Most of you know that I am in the final weeks of completing my BSM. I have really struggled these last couple of weeks trying to work on my Applied Management Project while working full time, doing BMSW2 and having a family. I've been feeling a little overwhelmed with how many pages I've had to turn in each week. There are just not enough hours in my day, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We are off this week for Labor Day so I have my very last class on Thursday, September 10!!! My final project is due on 9/17. I was telling my husband the other day that when I went back in January 2014 graduation seemed so far away, but it is just around the corner! When I first started thinking about BMSW2 it seemed like it also seemed so far away, then it finally started & now we are 1/2 way done! I know our goal for BMSW2 is 40 pounds which I believe I am on track for, but my ultimate goal is over 100 pounds which has always seemed like such an impossibility. For the first time I am believing that I really CAN do what I set my mind to. It is a different kind of hard work, but it doesn't feel as impossible as it use to. I'm gaining confidence in myself and what I can do when I am determined and work hard for it. I am seeing changes in all of us & it is so encouraging!
This weekend we were suppose to walk 3 miles. I set out to hit the track at JMS after noon yesterday. I only got 2 miles in when I started feeling kinda woozy-it was just so hot. I ended up heading back home telling myself I'd walk again once it cooled down. Well, it was still almost 80 at 8 o'clock last night, but I was determined to get 3 straight miles in. I told Brad I was going to Planet Fitness to walk on the treadmill in the air-conditioning. (I haven't been down there since BMSW2 started. I felt like I was cheating on Spiece!) When this started I don't know that I could have even walked 2 miles. And if I did I would barely be able to make it to my bedroom from the couch after because my legs would have hurt so much. Yesterday I walked 2 miles then actually went back to walk 3 more!
Talk about no excuses! That is what you did, no excuses, you said you would do it and you did!
ReplyDeleteTina is always reminding us to listen to our bodies, and it sounds like that is what you did when you cut your walk short outside..good! And Tina is also always reminding us to hydrate!
I am so glad you are keeping your during the program goal and your ultimate goal in mind! So glad it is feeling possible now, and you are gaining confidence!
(whenever I have something really hard to do....I give myself a pep talk...YOU ARE FWSW, YOU CAN DO THIS! (silly, corny, yep,) but it works for me...its the program, the workouts, the tough runs and exercises, the successes, all summarized to give me the confidence to push forward!
Frank and I did SUP (Stand Up Paddleboards) Sunday.... (I am a clutz off the dance floor, I get freaked out getting in and out of boats, and this was no boat, just like a giant surfboard between me and the lake!!....) It was way out of my comfort zone, and not something either of us would have ever even considered 2 years ago! I can't even count how many times I gave myself that pep talk in that short hour!!! But it was fun! And another accomplishment....
I mention this to say, that confidence, from celebrating and remembering doing all these things in the program, can keep helping you, keep building your confidence, and allowing you to realize, YOU CAN DO IT!!