Give Yourself Permission To Be Proud

How many of us are struggling with the same 10, 20 or 30 lbs and we've lost it, gained it, lost it, gained it…you get the picture. I think I've finally figured out that the biggest thing standing in my way of keeping those lbs away is my self-defeatist attitude.

Last week, after pretty much a full 8 months of doing nothing but sitting on my butt, I decided to get back into running. I ran with a group of friends here at work, and I ran 3k. I thought, well that's not too bad, I mean it has been 8 months since I've ran. I ran another 4k last week and 7k on Sunday. Then yesterday hit, and I went out for a 4k run, and at the end someone asked me "how far did you run?" and I said, oh, just a little 4k. I kept on walking and started to think, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY? And I came to a realization - while here I am being so hard on myself for running JUST a piddly little 4k, there are tens of thousands of people out there who can't run from one telephone pole to the next, and I ran past 104 of them! I realized that those 4k were something I should be proud of not something to just write-off and say oh well that's done, on to the next longer run.

So, I guess my pointer would be to not sell yourself short. Instead of looking ahead constantly at what you still need to accomplish, take a look back at what you have accomplished and give yourself permission to be proud.

Best of luck to everyone!!