I have a confession…
Do you ever feel that way when you step in to
our little offices? Not that you should, but today I have one.
This last week was a doozy.
I got sick on Sunday.
So that means I didn’t prep one wink of food
that night.
I was home on Monday and slept ALL day long.
Tuesday I was feeling better, but not good enough to get a work out in, or even
try and eat anything like a veggie. Wednesday I was feeling much better, but I
could NOT get my butt out of bed to work out. That seemed to be the trend all
week long. I didn’t track my food, I didn’t work out, I didn’t eat the
healthiest and I felt SOOO guilty!
******Too be honest I normally like to go work out. It is time in
the morning where my kiddos are sleeping. I can think about the day ahead of me
and I don’t feel guilty being away from them since they are snoozing. But this
last week was a whole different story. ******
This last week I felt like I was letting you
all down.
By the time Sunday came around I was so
discouraged with myself and in a funk that I knew I had to pick myself up and
get my butt in gear. I kept telling myself, “Tomorrow is a brand new day.” That
is something I would tell you. I needed to believe it. I needed to believe it
for myself. I did NOT want to go back to old habits.
When I was going through the phases and lost
my 47lbs my motivation to do Ideal Protein were my little lambs and Chad. I
knew I had to be the healthiest me to give them the best me. Now that I am at
goal and have been able to maintain all of YOU keep me motivated to stay at my “Ideal”
weight. I can’t thank you enough for that.
Too be honest I haven’t weighed myself in
months. I can tell you that because I gave up on weighing. I gave up on it when
I really started to workout once I hit phase 4. I had to do that to stay sane. I realized then I
had to find NSV’s. Do you know what NSV’s are? Non-scale Victories! (These are
my favorites. I often call them Milestones) I try and find a new one each week.
My pants look a little better, I worked out every weekday morning, I stuck to
my ONE fun day that week, or I logged my food every single day. I am telling
you all this because all of us… Dusty, Andrea, Mandy and I are all HUMAN (Sorry
ladies, I had to let them know we aren’t super heroes!). We have to set goals
every single day, week, month for ourselves. And sometimes we fail. Point
blank. Now I don’t want this post to come across as being a debby downer, but I
want you to see a peek inside our lives/my life. That I have to work at this lifestyle
every SINGLE day. It's hard. But worth it.
This last week on Sunday I was looking back
and thinking that I failed. I failed myself, my family and YOU!
Buttttttt THEN as I was looking for
motivation I stumbled across a quote. “We need to accept that we won’t always
make the right decisions. That we’ll screw up royally sometimes. Understanding
that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”-Arianna
Huffington. Thank you Arianna. That hit home. It was ok. I needed to quit
pouting. Be realistic with myself and come to the conclusion that maybe my body
needed a break. Maybe I was supposed to spend a few extra mornings cuddled in
with my little Brodie- - or I mean Captain America as he calls himself now.
Maybe I needed to just think about life and how blessed I am. Maybe, just maybe
I needed some time to REALLY get my motivation back.
Well I can tell you all. It is Tuesday. I am back
to my routine and I feel SOOOO good. This week I’m thankful to be a mommy, a fiancé,
have a supportive family, and to work for an AMAZING company. I have my food
prepped for the week. I have our family meals all scheduled. I have gotten back
to the gym and I am doing just fine! I still haven’t stepped on that scale and
I am thankful that my skinny jeans still fit like they did last week.
. My NSV’s this week are…
·
Hitting the gym every week day morning
with my noble and accountable workout partner, Nicole.
·
Prepping healthy/tasty meals for
my family.
What are your NSV’s??
Please share. You just
might motivate someone. As we all know we could always use some extra motivation! J
XO,
Lindsay
Lindsay, you are the best! It's good to know that you still have to work at it because I think it would be easy to get a little cocky. Especially if the weight loss phases went easy! Thanks for being human. And, just like every week in your office, for being an inspiration !
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