EVER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GETTING NOWHERE?

EVER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GETTING NOWHERE?

We all feel this way!  We set our goals; we work our plans and we just feel stuck!

I compare it to being on a treadmill or exercycle.  You are moving but you aren’t going anywhere.  Does that mean you aren’t progressing?  No!  It just means that the progress is slower and less evident.

This has been proven to me over and over on this last weight loss journey of mine.  Looking at myself daily it often seems that I’m still almost 300 pounds.   This is one of the reasons I take a new picture every month or so and join it together with my before picture.  That is when you can really see the difference in all of you.  Your body, muscles, smile, eyes and face.

When I started jogging I thought, well this will certainly help me lose some extra pounds.  It hasn’t.  And I’m burning  an extra 300-400 calories a day.    But my body is definitely changing.  My calves are leaner.  My abdomen is still shrinking.  My thighs are tightening up.  My torso is decreasing.  My face is becoming smaller. 

Here’s my point.  Many days I feel like I’m on that piece of exercise equipment that allows me to move without really being aware of how far I’ve gone.  That’s why I love running my neighborhood.  I can show myself and others, “this is how far I traveled on my own power!”  Even at that, there are still times I feel like I’m moving and going nowhere.

You have to remind yourself that everything you do is helping you change your direction towards your goal, whatever your goal is.  It might just be your endurance and stamina.  It might be your attitude.  Even though you feel like you are at a standstill, any movement is progression.  When you look at it as just a picture in time, you can convince yourself that your work is for naught.  Those are the days when comparing yourself to where you started becomes very important.  You have to be able to see the comparison!  It will uplift you and encourage you to keep going.

I think that is what commitment is all about.   You keep doing what you are doing.  Even if you don’t see your goals materialize as quickly as you hope.  No matter what your goal is.  All the work you put in to reaching your goals will pay off.  You just have to be consistent, keep going and NEVER EVER GIVE UP!

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caryn cannatella

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