Progress kinda sneaks up on you… it tends to happen when you’re not paying attention. One day you ‘can’t’, and the next day you ‘can’. It’s Awesome!
The progress will reveal itself when it’s ready… no need to stress out about not being where you want to be. Enjoy where you ARE. Celebrate mini-victories along the way. Don’t negate them! They count!
Having a goal is great, but I urge you to focus on enjoying the process too. That’s the good stuff.
I love being able to do pushups: all kinds of them. But nothing was quite like the feeling I got from being able to do just ONE. No matter how fancy, bad ass, or surprising my ‘new’ pushups are, nothing compares to that first feeling of ‘holy shit. I did it!’. I wouldn’t have relished it nearly as much if I’d been holding out for the day I could do 10. That first one was AMAZING.
One got me to two. Two got me to three. Eventually, I got to 10. Then 20. Then 40. And the journey was the best part… not the end game.
Enjoy the journey. Celebrate your victories. High five yourself when no one’s looking. Even better, when EVERYONE’S looking. Big steps, little steps, missteps, first steps, failures, mistakes and bumps: they’re all awesome and a magical part of your Health and Fitness Story.
Have a Happy and Healthy Day, Cheers :)