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I’ve been thinking about my goals. What I want to achieve as part of my healthy lifestyle.
And guess what?
It isn’t all about the scale. It is easy to get caught up in that number, but it is JUST. A. NUMBER.
This is me last week when I was in Monterey, California.
While I am no skinny minnie, I am happy with the way I look these days.
For seven months I have been working with a personal trainer once a week. Now I can only afford this because it is a benefit of where I work. It is a very reasonable charge and it is one thing I do for myself. It has made a big, VERY BIG, difference in how I feel about
myself AND how my clothes fit. And I saw results fairly quickly. It also motivates me to get my exercise at least 3 other days a week, but I try to exercise 4 other days. I usually take 2 days off from strenuous exercise, but on those days I will take a walk – usually 2-2.5 miles in about 25-35 minutes.
However, the scale isn’t moving too much. My clothes fit better and things are fitting looser…LOVE IT! But again, the scale isn’t moving. I am having to be satisfied with other benefits. So, please, don’t get caught up in the numbers on the scale. Find other ways to measure your success.
So…
What about you?
How are you measuring your success?
Are you exercising? Have you set a goal?
What results are you seeing?
Here are some websites that I think might be useful to you…
I find a lot of articles here: http://fitbie.msn.com/
And recipes here: http://www.cookinglight.com/
And some workouts here: http://www.self.com/
This is a good one too: http://www.shape.com/
Hope you have a good week…please, please share what you are doing to achieve YOUR healthy goals!
Hi Mary! Congrats especially on like how you look and getting healthy…always the goal right? I've found that the number on my scale fluctuates because of things I eat (think pizza, salty foods and rice). Honestly, the only time I have TRULY LOST weight (after pregnancy) was when I changed-permanently what I ate. Like eating less sugar, eating more whole wheat pasta and such, more protein (animal or not), more fruit and veggies and rarely eating fried/fast food. Trust me…it works. I knew a woman who lost 10 pounds just from cutting back to one coke a week and taking her lunch to work four times a week. No exercise! And if you weight lift or gain more muscle, well the number goes up too.
However, a number is just a number! If your clothes fit good and you feel good,that is what counts. Thanks so much for honestly sharing what you are doing.
I am glad you say 'no numbers' because my pants are loser but the scale says nothing has changed. Doing the mediterranean diet and moderating some other parts of my life. Still enjoying wine, but in moderation. A bit of chocolate in moderation. My ultimate goal is 15 pds off by a year from now. VERY do able. Thanks for the encouraging notes.