It's Monday morning and I sit here with the usual anxiety and fears that Monday's bring, waiting for 430pm to hurry up and get here so I can know what I've accomplished this week... but wait... I'm waiting for a number on a scale to tell me what I've accomplished this week??? I don't already KNOW what I've accomplished this week? I don't know that I tried as hard as I could in the pool even though I had an injury? I don't know that I gave it my all in our special challenge from EJ in the pool on Friday? I don't know that I wanted to make sure to get some sort of a workout outside of the pool in and since I was cleared for normal activities after Friday so I walked laps around my backyard because it was too late at night to go walk in the neighborhood and that even though I was already sunburned from sitting outside and watching 2 of my kids play soccer from 9 am - 1130 am on Saturday morning I still went directly to the track to walk my miles in the hot sun pushing myself more than I ever would've 3 weeks ago?
I don't know why that number on the scale is so significant and why I let it fill me with so much anxiety every single Monday. Do I think I'm going to do great this week on the scale, nope, I don't because I don't feel like I was dying the same way that I do when I leave the gym on Tuesday and Thursday, and because I'm a woman and women deal with things that men don't have to and well because that's how I feel but should I let it defeat me even if it says I gained 10 lbs? (It better not say that.) No, and either should any of you. We are doing things we wouldn't have imagined doing 3 weeks ago and we are going places in our lives that some of us (me included) haven't been since we were teenagers. We should use the scale as a reference and not an end all be all of how we did the previous week. We know how we did and a number on a scale can't tell us any different. I'm going to carry the knowledge that I did my best this week with me to weigh in today and not all the anxiety that is sitting in my stomach right now. Every one of us is doing awesome and I for one am proud of myself and all of you!
Preach it sister. You are right the scales are just an indicator which you can't control. All you can control is your eating and your exercise. The question each week should be reflect on the past week and how well did you do in these two areas? What changes could you make to improve your eating and/or exercise? Also remember there are other indicators to look at as well. Some you have mentioned - how are you feeling, how is your motivation doing, how have you improved. Also there are evaluations of how do your clothes fit now? Other things you can do is set goals (since you are released from the pool) to achieve during the week on a machine and then see yourself be pushed to achieve them. You are right that you and everyone are doing great. I am having so much fun seeing how well everyone is doing and then bragging to other people about all of you. Keep up the hard work and proper focus.
ReplyDeleteYay!!! You are so right! I love this mindset! You are right, you know what you did this week!
ReplyDeleteYou should copy this and look at it every Sunday night and Monday morning, while you are feeling weigh-in anxiety!
I am so happy for you that your are cleared to work out with the group again! So happy for you that you pushed thru over the weekend and did what your training schedule called for, even though you were tired out/or too dark out! You truly are following the No Excuses mindset! You rock!
(just a thought, maybe you could walk around the soccer field while you are watching your kids play soccer....)
Wow, this perfectly addresses the overwhelming anxiety I have had since yesterday and so far this morning. I just love your attitude and insight! Thank you for the encouraging words!!!
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