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Happy new week all!
I wanted to touch on a part of our healthy journey today where some of us are at - maintenance. It seems to me after trying to maintain for a couple of years now, more or less, that maintenance can be harder than losing weight! My body although smaller, still has it''s fat days and thin days and days in between. I still panic that the pounds can come creeping back. This journey is as much about the mental as it is the physical.
Case in point; I have been lifting weights for the past 3 or 4 weeks as you know and my jeans are feeling a bit tighter, some days around the middle and also around the thighs. Now, I can see I look better for the weight lifting and still trim sans duds in the mirror, but because I think the size of my muscles in some areas has increased - I panic! I guess the thing is, I can''t expect it all to become so easy now after struggling with weight issues for most of my life. Although I may have made positive changes to my body, I can''t do so with my mind so easily - and I know that is the case for many many people. So I am trying to look upon this mood / feeling as a positive tool that I can use to help me on my way - that my body isn''t a machine that I can beat into shape the way I want to, but something I need to work with. If I am feeling a little larger, there is probably another reason if I am working out and eating carefully than that I am gaining weight! It could just be a natural part of changing my workout routine by using the weights and elliptical instead of the treadmill so much and that positive and enjoyable changes are on their way!
Have a great week and Mara if you read this, I hope you and Greg are having a fabulous time and lots of good eats! Rock that bikini girl!
I wanted to touch on a part of our healthy journey today where some of us are at - maintenance. It seems to me after trying to maintain for a couple of years now, more or less, that maintenance can be harder than losing weight! My body although smaller, still has it''s fat days and thin days and days in between. I still panic that the pounds can come creeping back. This journey is as much about the mental as it is the physical.
Case in point; I have been lifting weights for the past 3 or 4 weeks as you know and my jeans are feeling a bit tighter, some days around the middle and also around the thighs. Now, I can see I look better for the weight lifting and still trim sans duds in the mirror, but because I think the size of my muscles in some areas has increased - I panic! I guess the thing is, I can''t expect it all to become so easy now after struggling with weight issues for most of my life. Although I may have made positive changes to my body, I can''t do so with my mind so easily - and I know that is the case for many many people. So I am trying to look upon this mood / feeling as a positive tool that I can use to help me on my way - that my body isn''t a machine that I can beat into shape the way I want to, but something I need to work with. If I am feeling a little larger, there is probably another reason if I am working out and eating carefully than that I am gaining weight! It could just be a natural part of changing my workout routine by using the weights and elliptical instead of the treadmill so much and that positive and enjoyable changes are on their way!
Have a great week and Mara if you read this, I hope you and Greg are having a fabulous time and lots of good eats! Rock that bikini girl!