Small Victories

Hi Friends,

I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend, can you believe that the summer is slipping away from us so quickly! It seems like just yesterday we were all bemoaning the colder-and-rainier-than-normal spring that we were having, and now before we even realized what was happening the summer has flown by! If you have kids, you are probably getting ready to send them back to school soon (I hear staples has an EASY button for that?), but otherwise you are probably just plugging along in the daily grind do the same-old-same-old, but maybe with a little more sunshine thrown in there?

Anyways, as we head into the last week of our Summer session, I wanted to take the a moment to chat about the importance of celebrating small victories in whatever journey you may be on, but specifically in terms of weight loss, and fitness and nutrition goals!

So often we lean towards being more focused on the BIG PICTURE, the GIANT goals that we set for ourselves, and just how far we need to go to actually reach those goals.  What if we all developed a new way of thinking about our success? A new way of measuring how far we have come that doesn’t involve reaching an illusive number of the scale, or fitting into those pants from years ago, and instead involved celebrating each victory as it came along, each pound that we lost, each pound of muscle that we gained, each bad/good food that we added into or subtracted from our life?

It is so easy to write off losing 1 or 2 pounds, of 1 or 2% body fat, or changing some simple things in your diet, etc, as “not a big deal,” or if you are like me, as really only a fraction of what you really want to lose or do for your body.  We treat these things as little, decreasing their value, because we don’t really see that they have any value at all…

It’s challenging on some days to recognize, appreciate and applaud yourself for all of the hard work that you are putting in (each workout, each clean eating meal etc) and celebrate each small milestone no matter how insignificant it may seem.  But the reality is, is that if we are constantly reminding ourselves of the small victories in each aspect of our lives we will be more motivated to continue; more motivated to keep taking the steps that we need to take in order to ensure long-term success in whatever we may be trying to attain. 

Rather than being discouraged with our lack of progress (BIG PICTURE) we can be encouraged by each victory no matter what it may be (smaller picture).  Suddenly losing 1LB becomes a stepping stone to losing 2, and 3, and so on and so forth. Before you know it, you will be able to look back and see just how far your have come…

Have a great week, and know that you have full PERMISSION to celebrate each of the small victories you experience this week and every other week!

Have a great day!