WELLNESS PATH, WELL TRAVELED
I had an interesting meeting with my wellness coach last week. She gave me huge kudos for my weight loss this past year and the example that I am to those around me. It was a huge motivator. Why? Because I have been down on myself lately about my progress. Isn't it strange how you can go from wow I am starting to look good to feeling like you have gained 10 lbs. If you are a woman, you TOTALLY will relate to what I am trying to convey. My husband thinks I am silly when I start to complain about my body but he loves me for who I am. Even after losing all of my weight I still have days where I still feel frumpy.
People ask me all the time how I stay motivated. What motivates me? Well, if I had the answer to that question I would definitely be a wealthy lady. I have been motivated many times in my life and then it faded away. I used to be the "I'll start on Monday Diet Lady." The one thing that has kept me motivated the last year or so has been my "before" pictures. I don't want to be the out of shape person that I was back then. I also know that I tend to be motivated by challenges. I can be motivated by fear but also motivated by successes.
I still have the capability to be an over eater and I know that I have to be very careful with my portion sizes. I also need to push myself during my cardio sessions. If I hate anything about working out, it is cardio. I absolutely HATE it but to make progress I have to push myself. I would rather lift weights six times per week then do one single cardio session. :-)
My current challenges are to maintain my weight and keep making gains with my weight training. Weight training has changed the shape of my body. If it can do that in over a year, what can I do in the next year or so? I want to become even stronger, maybe a little leaner, and I know I can if I work even harder. I feel that my body looks more lean and fit than a lot of women my age and that, to me, keeps me motivated!
The fear of gaining the weight back is motivating. Even though I have made what I hope are permanent changes I feel that I have to fight this battle every single day. The fear of losing muscle tone that I have never had ever before in my life is motivating. I always want more MUSCLES! :-)
The success that I have made still seems unbelievable. Knowing where I came from and where I am at today. The plan is simple, but it sure isn't easy.
HOUSE UPDATE: As for the progress of our house, we are one week away from our Closing Date! Yippee! We have so much to do and are extremely happy the building process is coming to a end. It definitely has been fun and adventurous but we just want to be settled in our new house. I know Kevin is ready for a cold one and is ready to smoke that stogie with his Dad (outside of course)! :-)
People ask me all the time how I stay motivated. What motivates me? Well, if I had the answer to that question I would definitely be a wealthy lady. I have been motivated many times in my life and then it faded away. I used to be the "I'll start on Monday Diet Lady." The one thing that has kept me motivated the last year or so has been my "before" pictures. I don't want to be the out of shape person that I was back then. I also know that I tend to be motivated by challenges. I can be motivated by fear but also motivated by successes.
I still have the capability to be an over eater and I know that I have to be very careful with my portion sizes. I also need to push myself during my cardio sessions. If I hate anything about working out, it is cardio. I absolutely HATE it but to make progress I have to push myself. I would rather lift weights six times per week then do one single cardio session. :-)
My current challenges are to maintain my weight and keep making gains with my weight training. Weight training has changed the shape of my body. If it can do that in over a year, what can I do in the next year or so? I want to become even stronger, maybe a little leaner, and I know I can if I work even harder. I feel that my body looks more lean and fit than a lot of women my age and that, to me, keeps me motivated!
The fear of gaining the weight back is motivating. Even though I have made what I hope are permanent changes I feel that I have to fight this battle every single day. The fear of losing muscle tone that I have never had ever before in my life is motivating. I always want more MUSCLES! :-)
The success that I have made still seems unbelievable. Knowing where I came from and where I am at today. The plan is simple, but it sure isn't easy.
HOUSE UPDATE: As for the progress of our house, we are one week away from our Closing Date! Yippee! We have so much to do and are extremely happy the building process is coming to a end. It definitely has been fun and adventurous but we just want to be settled in our new house. I know Kevin is ready for a cold one and is ready to smoke that stogie with his Dad (outside of course)! :-)
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