Lindsay Week 5

 

WOW is is already week 5?  So this journey has been a hard one for me.  I find it so easy to get frusterated over the number game.  I find myself angry that the pounds aren't coming off; especially when I am working SOOO hard.  I have severly limited my sugar intake (reading labels like a hawk and realizing that I am an addict) and excercising hard 4-6 times a week for over 30 minutes.  I am drinking TONS of water (peeing like a race horse).  I am crabby (due to lack of sugar).  I am sleeping well (Im exhausted).  So why won't the pounds come off?  I did some research....I realized that I could possibly be short on Vitamin D.  We have been in Alaska since December and I have not taken Vitamin D regularly...ever.  I have to admit.  In less than a week.  I FEEL better.  We do not get much sunlight here even during the summer.  And this morning this is what the hillside next to our valley looks like.  (And tonight as I type...it is snowing.)   

 

So back to the numbers game.  I have finally (after a few hard weeks of discoragement) come to the conclusion: 
It is how I FEEL and not how much I weigh that matters. 

It is hard to overlook the numbers.  I feel frusterated by it continually.  I think I forever will be.  But I FEEL better.  I FEEL stronger.  I FEEL more comfortable in my clothes.  I think I may even FEEL a bicep muscle on my arms?  I can do more laps of stairs.  I can run longer.  I can do more pushups.  I can say in plank longer.  I FEEL healthy.  Some say the numbers don't lie...well, sometimes they do.  It is a matter of perspective.  That being said...I signed up for a half marathon on the 13th.  Because yes, I FEEL that good.  I know I can complete it respectfully (Not a runner like my brother Jeff...I said respectfully not exceptionally).  So I hope others are noticing the good changes in themselves and trying hard to not let the numbers discourage you.  Keep up the good work. Celebrate the little miracles.   My stats:  This week:1.17%  Total: 3.43%