Checking in for the weekend, so I've got a few questions I missed:
Question of the Day - July 29
So, Tomorrowland presents us with the idea that it's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow and we should look forward
to the future. Sadly - Disneyland's Tomorrowland is sort of murky and has no vision / focus. It's in an identity crisis!
I know in your journey that you've had some great ideas of where you wanted to be, but maybe you've had to modify
some of those plans or... adapt to situational changes. Let's talk about shifting plans and modifying goals.
Tell us about how your vision/goals have changed during this process and how you've changed with your progress.
My goals slightly shifted from (2) 1 hour sessions on the elliptical each week this month to doing something active twice a week for at least an hour . DH and I ended up doing a fair amount of biking this month due to Pokemon Go and I was definitely working and sweating harder doing that than my elliptical hours. So I thought that was a fair trade. Then my cousin and I started holding each other accountable for yoga. There was yin and vinyasa but still gaining some strength. Again, I thought those were fair trades as well. Considering I was basically a couch potato last month, anything active made me feel like I was making progress!
I think it is because I was focusing on the wrong thing. I just worried about the weight and not really getting healthy.
This struck a chord with me-- I understand completely. This is the first month I am really trying to quit focusing on dropping lbs quickly and looking to change my lifestyle. This is like my 9th month on the DIS with these challenges and this is finally clicking for me haha!
Reflection Question of the Weekend:
What are your final results? How did you make strides in making changes?
If you aren't satisfied with your progress, what changes will you make for next month?
For the first time I am
SOOOO EXCITED to say 100%!
I am feeling so accomplished. I literally just finished my final hour for this month because I didn't want to let wine, or TV, or the seductively lazy Sunday atmosphere screw me up!
Something clicked with me this month. Probably making my goal SUPER obtainable. I am a perfectionist and I think not making large strides quickly has been getting me down. This month I made it simple and was able to meet and exceed my goal. Rather than the 8 active hours I was shooting for, I logged about 12. And if we count the two nights out latin dancing I could probably add another 6....but there were cocktails so that was probably a wash haha!
Also feeling good today because the scale finally went down 2.5 lbs. So I lost the two that I "gained" and then a little more.
But BEST OF ALL: My fall boots that haven't zipped up over my chubby calves for the last year and a half zipped up this morning!!! Funny story, DH later confessed that he was so scared when he saw me pull them out just to see if they zipped. He was prepared for them not to and for me to be sad about it as usual. He was just as surprised and excited as I was!
Anyway, those boots tell me something is working! I want to stay active next month too. I will probably keep the same goal. I want to up to 3 hours per week being that I about did that anyway, but it was front of the month heavy (true to form: I overworked in the beginning and struggled to finish in the end). I don't want to set myself up for failure. I may do the same next month to solidify this as my routine and then up the ante come Sept or Oct.