Saturday 24 May 2014

Not giving up (or maybe a little stubborn)

The one thing I hate shopping for is pants. It actually freaks me out. The other day because T insisted I went looking for new pants and as usual the whole experience was not very pleasant. I still have work to do on my hips they need to be toned down for sure by the end of the day I was really very upset.  My entire journey back home I was thinking about where I was going wrong? Was I putting in less effort? Was I cheating on my food without realizing? then I started getting frustrated, I know I put in the effort why am I not seeing the results?? for a brief moment I even thought I should just give up and then I asked myself  ‘Do I really want to give up? Do I really believe I can never have toned legs?’ the answer was ‘NO...no way will I ever give up, I am going to keep trying to get better every single day’
When I got home I went through my workout plan, I went through my food and workout journal just to confirm if I was going of track. The next day I spoke to my trainer and figured out some new exercises to try and I am back with a new hope :). Surprisingly it takes me very little time to start over with fresh hope.
There was a time when I really couldn’t run, as a kid I didn’t even participate in games that involved running. When I started weight loss I could barely run for a few seconds that’s when a friend told me I don’t need to struggle so much I could find other ways of losing weight but I still carried on because my dream was to be able to be comfortable with myself when I ran. Some days I hated it, sometimes I would find excuses not to go for my run, sometimes I could not finish my planned run but in all this one thing that stayed with me was my dream to be confident enough to go out for a run on my own. I can now proudly say I have reached that goal. I am still not a great runner but I definitely have crossed my initial goal of running that’s where being stubborn helped me.
My fitness/weight-loss journey has had it’s ups and downs. I have had days when I am not happy, days when the scale is not my friend or when I have made the wrong choices. At time I have failed miserably and I have made many mistakes in this journey but the one thing that kept me going is not giving up. I still have a lot of fitness goals that need to be reached. Just because I fail once, twice or even a hundred times doesn’t mean I am not going to be able to achieve my goal just means I have to get up and try again.

T says I am stubborn but somehow in my mind I am not willing to accept that I can’t reach my goals (however impossible they might seem to others).

Failing is not a good enough excuse to give up on my dreams

I hope all of you also don’t give up on your dreams too, maybe you have eaten more than you wanted to..maybe you have missed a lot of your workouts maybe you have put on weight...doesn’t mean you can’t reach you fitness goal it just means you have to get back up and be a little stubborn.

Keep Reading I will Keep Writing 
Tanvee

7 comments:

  1. Whether it's fitness, weight-loss or life itself !

    It's made up of ups and downs to keep us on our toes.

    Take Care

    All the best Jan

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  2. It is hard....if it were easy, everyone would do it...or at least that is what they say. I am finally in a place that I am seeing real differences in my size. It has taken a long time to get here. Giving up is NOT an option.

    Lynn

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  3. Just ran into this... "I am thankful for my struggle because without it, I would not have run stumbled across my strength."

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  4. I didn't know that u r still having issues with weight loss. I thought u mastered the art. Now I realised that weight loss is a continuous struggle. I m trying but I m not giving a hundred percent on struggle due to many issues like can't make my own food, my age factor etc... But I will try my best. All the best for you.

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  5. I give up easily...thx for the reminder.:)

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  6. So true Tanvee,, giving up is a permanent! Don't beat yourself up for things that could be genetic, like a large Hip bone, I know as I have one too, there's always a good 2 dress sizes difference from my waist and my hips, and that is even in my skinny days, just the way I was!

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