What I need to remember is I am a better performer with a challenge. I am results-driven and respond to someone (including me) telling me I can't do something. The goal then is to prove that statement wrong! I'd been discouraged in this free-fall from Thanksgiving to Christmas, telling myself I'd never be motivated the way I'd been during the Fall. Good eating, running 5 days a week - racking up 15-20 miles a week - all seemed out of reach post-free fall.
Today is different. My schedule currently allows for running time in the evening - unless I get sidetracked. Tonight I was not sidetracked. In fact, I looked forward to running all day. I couldn't wait to get home and lace up my running shoes. Weird, huh?
I spent more time thinking about how to continue positive choices. On a way around campus today, I thought of ways to incorporate more protein and whole grains into my meals. I walked briskly to music, smiling at people as I kept a good pace. It felt good.
Tonight I ran 4 miles. They felt better than last night. I was determined. And I was successful. Someone asked me today how old I was, and without hesitation I told them. I'm proud of my 46 years and all that I've learned, and learned to let go of during that time. Whew! Sometimes what I was carrying around was heavier than me at my heaviest.
Take a breath. Look around. Find comfort and satisfaction in where you are. I just did!
Today is different. My schedule currently allows for running time in the evening - unless I get sidetracked. Tonight I was not sidetracked. In fact, I looked forward to running all day. I couldn't wait to get home and lace up my running shoes. Weird, huh?
I spent more time thinking about how to continue positive choices. On a way around campus today, I thought of ways to incorporate more protein and whole grains into my meals. I walked briskly to music, smiling at people as I kept a good pace. It felt good.
Tonight I ran 4 miles. They felt better than last night. I was determined. And I was successful. Someone asked me today how old I was, and without hesitation I told them. I'm proud of my 46 years and all that I've learned, and learned to let go of during that time. Whew! Sometimes what I was carrying around was heavier than me at my heaviest.
Take a breath. Look around. Find comfort and satisfaction in where you are. I just did!
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