Losing weight is hard. It never happens fast enough and the results are never noticeable enough... well to me at least. I mean dont get me wrong, I'm not delusional, I know I am not going to drop 20lbs over night, but a girl can still dream!! If I waited around to see the big differences in my weight loss, I may lose motivation and drive, so therefore I try to get excited about the little things. The things that seem trivial to some but are HUGE steps for me
For example, today I did a real push up!! Not a girly one or anything like that...I did a real life, army style, tough guy, push up. My personal trainer was making me do inch worms (my least favorite exercise EVER) and then, out of the blue, she stepped it up a notch and challenged me to do a girly push up in the middle of being an inch worm. However, my knee was bothering me so without thinking I just did a normal push up. Liz nearly fell off the bench she was sitting on. She was jumping all around as though I had just conquered Mt. Everest. Pretty sure she scared everyone else in the gym. So the good news is that I did a push up, the bad news is that now she knows I can do them and keeps making me do them! "Ummm... excuse me, do we have to do push ups just because I can?? Lets revisit the days when I couldn't do them!"
Also, I have officially retired a few pairs of pants!! Woohoo! A few pairs of workout pants, 2 pairs of dress pants and 1 pair of jeans... OFFICIALLY TOO BIG. Luckily for me I kept everything from the last time I lost some weight so I have a pair of jeans and slacks in every size down to my old high school size! I will be sooo happy to throw them all out. However Liz has asked me to keep a pair of my "before" pants and a shirt so that she can take one of those pics of me standing in one leg of my old pants, when Im skinny. Hahaha she has such high hopes for me!
And last but not least, my favorite small achievement. I walked from 6th Ave to 9th Ave, stood at a party for 2 hours, and then walked back to 6th Ave without my back hurting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This would have not been possible 2 months ago. Anyone that has walked around NYC with me, or anywhere for that matter, knows the back problems I deal with. It makes me never want to leave my apartment or go anywhere that involves a small walk. Now, don't get me wrong, Im pretty sure I am not able to go walk for miles and miles, but like I said... its the little things! 3 blocks are more than I could do 2 months ago. I'll take it!
I promise to try to blog more now that Kate has taken her summer hiatus. I know I cant make up for the lack of her blog, but I will try. I feel your pain, I am also going through withdrawal :-(
