Slow Progress, Better than No Progress!
You, like me, have no doubt started to settle into the new year now and everything is pretty much back to normal. Some of us have decided to be healthier this year, or decided to achieve a certain amount of weight loss, to fit into that size 12 or 14 or promise ourselves to go to the gym or pool every week. Lots of promises and goals have been set and we are all expecting ourselves to keep to them 100%.
But, sometimes that doesn’t always go according to plan, does it?
Somehow, something and anything gets in the way of all your good intentions. I don’t know about you, but when something gets in the way of what I want to do, I get disheartened very easly. The thing is, you got to look at what you ARE doing more than what you are not doing.
I started out this year really well. I was going to the gym with my husband 4 times a week with no problem.
After the second week, I started feeling unwell (but not due to going to the gym!) and I have only been able to get to the gym twice since. I feel so frustrated! I really wanted to go 4 times a week, every week, until I’m the weight I’m meant to be! But I have to realise that it’s not always going to be possible! I have to do what I can and be proud of what I HAVE done instead of get all grumpy and lose my motivation!
Although I’m making slower progress than I want to (and I’m sure many of you can relate to that!) I have noticed a great improvement in my strength and muscle and joint control, which is something I really happy about! Because I have a lot of pain with Fibromyalgia and consiquently a lot of weakness in my muscles, I need to do regular strength and control exercise. Even though I haven’t been able to go to the gym as much as I’d hoped, the time I HAVE been going has made a lot of difference!
The point is, I am getting healthier and more fit by going to the gym when I would normally be sitting at home watching television! I’m making the effort to go, maybe not as many times as I’d hoped, but I AM doing it!
I’m keeping possitive and hoping that next week will be a better week!
