For some reason, the scale refuses to move. Even though this is the case though, I KNOW that my body has gotten stronger. Maybe not smaller or lighter, but definitely stronger!! I know this because of the Fit Test that we do every two weeks with Insanity. So, as mentioned before, I’m not too focused anymore of the number that presents itself on the scale but more with how my body has changed DRAMATICALLY since starting this entire thing.
As I was working out today, I decided to take a moment and look at my tummy. I did what, I guess, the normal girl would do and pulled here and there, tried to flatten and shape my stomach to what I was hoping to see with the next few rounds of butt-kicking workout videos. There was also a second where I just stopped and stared at myself (without the pulling and pushing) and just noticed the DIFFERENCE compared to what I used to look and feel like.
To get a better idea of the difference, once my workout was over, I pulled up the before pictures of me. I didn’t have any workout clothing at the time and ended up taking pictures in my under clothes; therefore, a lot was revealed to me in that sense. Literally, my stomach hung over about three inches (if I had to guess.) It was absolutely astonishing to see that I actually looked like that! (It still boggles me now because I never thought I was that bad off.)
I also noticed a drastic difference in the way my face looks. It’s hard to think that people can actually recognize me now because of how much I was packing on my face alone!! I can’t even believe that my face used to look like that!!
Before I close this post, I’d like to share a little bit of what I was thinking about on the very short drive home from work this morning. We have a road that we turn down that probably takes a maximum of two minutes (if you drive slow) and it’s nicely shaded and very peaceful. For some reason, I usually go down memory lane while driving down this road. Anyway, today I was looking back at when I started with P90X. I remember how I just committed to it. I kind of let loose and hoped for the best. And, while I was doing the program, I remember feeling and thinking that I wasn’t getting anywhere. I didn’t feel like I was losing anything or transforming myself in any way. Even though I noticed that clothes were looser, I just didn’t feel like I was getting smaller. Still, I continued to devote myself to the FREEZING cold workouts in the garage during the winter (I literally had to wear gloves and find a space heater because it was just so cold!!) and the STIFLING hot workouts when it got warmer (luckily there was a fan in the garage and I tried my best to stay underneath that for the duration). I kept a really good track of my food intake; I just went for it! (What did I have to lose, right, expect a ton of weight!!)
As I went down this memory lane, I realized that once you become fully devoted to something, going through it doesn’t seem that bad. A lot of people have agonized over the thought of going through P90X and some have even said that it was TOUGH TOUGH TOUGH, but for me it wasn’t like that at all. I was so committed to that program that it was just something that I was determined to do; and it really wasn’t all that hard. Yes, my muscles hurt a lot throughout the program and yes, a lot of the moves challenge you, but I never thought it was so horrible that I just wanted to quit. Being determined to do something or see something through makes the thing that you are going through not as bad. Looking back at it all, it wasn’t hard for me to change my eating habits, it was something that I needed to do and once I did it, it became second nature.
I think some people think that it is going to be SO HARD to change their lifestyle, to input exercise where it never existed, to change food decisions from unhealthy to healthy. I can imagine that some people are so afraid that they won’t be able to do it that they just don’t. Sometimes, you have to dive in, not knowing what the outcome will be, but only knowing that it change your life! And, when time passes by and you’ve lost 43 pounds like I have, it will seem like the easiest thing you ever did!!
So, for all of you who want to work out and get in shape, let this little memory lane trip be of some encouragement for you. All it takes is commitment to a healthier lifestyle. Once you fully commit, the rest gets so much easier!!
Signing Out, ‘
It’s Poissible!!
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