The more I think about my day and look at what I have done, nutritional and fitness wise, the more I realise that I've had a good day that I am actually proud of myself!
This is huge! I haven't felt proud of myself in relation to my weight loss journey since I fell off the wagon and lost all my motivation to be a better me.
You see, as many of you already know, it's hard to see yourself in positive light all the time. I was doing great with my weight loss and I was achieving great things. But then I things slowed down and my motivation slowly disappeared.
I maintained my weight, which is something to be proud of itself, but I begun doubting my abilities as I still had so far to go. That saying, "Don't focus on how far you have to go, but rather how far you have come" really are wise words. It is important to take pride in all that you have achieved to get to where you are now.
Even though my husband and I wanted more children, we weren't actively trying to conceive. We were previously (another reason for my healthy lifestyle change), but it just wasn't happening so I put 100% of my focus onto my weight loss. I was extremely focused and achieving fantastic results. Then BAM! We're pregnant!
We are super excited to be pregnant, but when we discovered I was pregnant, my situation changed and I needed to refocus and create new goals. But I struggled to do this. I didn't know where to go or how I was going to do it. I actually freaked out, as I allowed my weight to pile on during my last 2 pregnancies and I didn't exercise. I didn't take any responsibility for it all.
So after I got over the excitement of being pregnant again and the future that we are creating, my mind starting reliving all the negative results of being pregnant and I just assumed that all my weight was all going to pile back on. I used this way thinking to bring me down and completely destroy any motivation that I had left. But after a week of this, I told myself "Snap out of this Melyssa, this is not your way of thinking!!!"
Obviously my goals have now changed and weight loss is not actually my priority at this stage of my journey, but maintaining a healthy lifestyle is. Doing this 100 day blog, has allowed me to realise that I used my pregnancies as an excuse and that's the only reason my weight got out of control. I have now been able to focus on where I have come from and I can now see where I need to go. I have been able to clarify my goals for now and that I really need to hone in on building a bank of healthy habits.
Anyway, back on track. Today I am proud of myself!
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| Something for all of us to remember x |
Cheers Mel x
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