Roughly 6 months ago we all started on a journey. I think for most of us the driving force was to lose weight.
We know now that there was much more attached to it but that was where we all began.
The common goal.
The truth was that we all needed to get ourselves back. The weight was a symtom not a cause.
So where are YOU at?
Are you further along? Have you made some progress?
Or are you back where you started?
For me everyday of the last 6 mo has been about more, about push.
Now I have not been pushing so hard as to wear myself down but enough to keep some forward motion.
We all made so much progress in the first 3 months that its hard to mark what happened in the next 3.
Interesting it seems much longer than only another 3. Its a great perspective actually.
I have been feeling like I have not made much progress in that "again" time but that too is perspective and one that is not accurate.
Somehow I expected myself to have a life changing transformation in the 12 weeks that followed.
Maybe not a realistic perception.
The other day Helen and Dana sent me thier 166 days . Remarkable changes in both.
I do not see it in myself yet others do so maybe all I need to worry about is forward motion.
Is it important that I reach a certain goal, one that I set based on hope rather than fact?
Or is it important that I keep reaching until I meet it?
An obvious answer when you step back and look at it.
So where am I at?
I am in forward motion. I do a workout between 4-6 days a week many of those days I do 2 plus an hour walk.
I eat with awareness daily. Filling my body with nutrients it needs. I indulge with awareness, a few too may times I feel but what was once out of control is no longer so that is forward motion as well.
I wake at a set time and follow a routine. I daily make lists and complete a large portion of them.
I attempt to focus everyday.
Is everyday 100%? No, but some are and I get closer to my goals every day.
Last weekend I went to "art after dark" and posted the pictures.
Yesterday I went back and looked for the pictures that were taken at the last event I went to in March.
Yes, March pre-RTP. I of course did not take them a friend did. I saw them when she posted them in facebook. Fortunately no one realized who they were.
I took a long look at that woman and realized I have come a long way. The other thing I know is that while I have not hit my goal, I will and I also have no fear of going back.
So where ARE you at?
Are you eating with awareness. Nurturing your body to be healthy? Giving it something to sustain itself? Good food, reasonable exercise, as little stress as possible?
How's your emotional health?
Is not blogging working for you?
Its time for a 6 month check up.
I would love to hear from you, here or at everybody matters.
The common goal has not changed. If you think it has that's just an excuse.
I believe we can all maintain our goals and forward motion in a way that is not all consuming. But to do that you must participate.
What I know is that I will reach my goals, all of them. One day at a time.
Forward motion, c'mon.
California dreamin’
6 years ago
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