Get your life to the next level

I am reading this book “The Big Leap” and it speaks about how we all have an Upper Limit, which acts as a glass ceiling that prevents us from getting to the next level in all areas of our life, whether it’s relationships, financial freedom, health.

The book explains that we all have a level at which we feel comfortable, and if things start getting “too good” in any one of those areas, our upper limit gets triggered and we unconsciously do something to bring us back down to a level we feel more used to, perhaps because deep down we may believe we don’t deserve to be that happy, fit, loved or financially stable, so we cause a situation to bring us back down a notch or two, based on the 3 P’s: Prevent, Protect & Punish.

The funny thing is, while this all made sense in theory. I hadn’t yet come to see how exactly it applied to me, after all I have a pretty good grip on most areas of my life. I am financially stable, I enjoy a fulfilling career, I have a loving and supportive partner and family, and I had started setting time aside for me to get back to my daily workouts. However, after last Thursday photo shoot which left Katie and I feeling great about ourselves and what we do for a living… for some reason I could not help myself and that same night I ordered a pizza and ate 90% it myself. I woke up the next day looked at myself in the mirror and things still looked pretty good, I felt lucky that I could eat a whole pizza at night, wake up the next day and still see definition in my Abs, what I didn’t expect was what came next. I couldn’t stop myself and all Friday I ate like crap… One treat after another, and although I felt more and more guilty with each one, I couldn’t seem to stop, I kept telling myself it wasn’t a big deal and I could just get on the elliptical at night and burn a whole bunch of calories. So I ate two donuts, a cinnamon bun, two A&W burgers, etc… and on top of it all that sugar had me crashing down so hard that I couldn’t get myself to do my cardio that night.

So Saturday I woke up with the worst headache ever, I was freezing, my whole body hurt and I felt nauseous… I hadn’t felt this way in years. I got out of bed only to go back to sleep less than half an hour later, I felt that bad! So I got back in bed, but just before falling asleep again I remembered what I had just been reading about in the book.  I contemplated it being an Upper Limit problem more than a health problem. Then it all came to me, I realized I had felt SO GOOD on Thursday that for some reason my upper limit got triggered. Perhaps because subconsciously I thought things were going TOO good to be true, so I sabotaged myself by eating tons of crap and literally making me feel sick and miserable.

I decided the only thing to do was to forgive myself for what I had done, and remember that there’s no reason why I shouldn’t have so much good in my life!

I shouldn’t feel guilty for having an amazing “job”, a prosperous business, a loving partner and great health… I have worked hard for all these things, including my fitness level.

So I slept for maybe 90 minutes, woke up, had a shower and felt myself again. I spent the rest of the day reminding myself that I deserve ALL the good in my life and consciously pushing my upper limit way up to make room for all the amazing things that will come this year.

It’s amazing how we create so many of these seemingly random events that prevent us from reaching our true potential!

Have you ever experienced something like this? I invite you to read: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks and share what you discover in yourself 🙂

Do Not Give Up

Miguel