…the more they change.
The goals I mentioned back at the beginning of April? Well, they are officially habits now.
The mornings workouts? I haven’t blown off a single one in 7 weeks. That means on weekdays, I get up at 5 or 5:15 and get movin’ (weekend, I sleep in to a luxurious 6:30 am!). No snooze buttons, no resetting the alarm when I wake up at 4 and realize I only get one more hour of sleep — nope. None of that. I’m ridiculously proud of myself for making this change; I promised myself I would do it and I followed through. It’s often too easy for me to break promises to myself (with the excuse of, “Well, who am I hurting?”), but I’m trying to honor those promises now with the same focus I would honor promises to anyone else. I should give myself the same respect I would another person, right?
And it feels pretty good.
My food choices have become less processed, more nutrient-dense, less sugar-tastic and carb-errific. I’m eating lots more vegetables and my breakfasts have serious protein now, and all around I’m feeling really good.
As for my weight, well, I don’t actually know what I weigh right now. I last weighed 3 weeks ago. I’m taking a scale break because I’m focused on lifting heavier weights this month, and I don’t want to feel upset by the scale shifting around. My clothes are fitting well and I like how my body looks right now, so the scale can’t offer me any information I really need.
And lastly, I honored one last promise. I have some screwy body issues that I’ve sort of been ignoring in the hopes they would fix themselves. They haven’t. So, I finally made a doctor’s appointment and have started rounds of testing to figure out what’s going on. I can’t take care of my health in some ways and then completely ignore other ways, right?
So, I made goals and I achieved them. Sure, they were small, but really, isn’t every big goal just a lot of little goals all headed in the same direction?
So, the more small goals I check off, the closer I get to my big goal of a life of balance, wellness, and happiness.
And some days, I think that life is already here.