Skip to main content

Happy Halloween!!!



I started tracking my workouts in June of 2013. I started caring. I started thinking. I started educating myself. 

On the back of the journal is a quote, "continuous efforts, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential." -Winston Churchhill (see above).  So I got the journal and I'm tracking my WODs and there was a cool quote on the back and I still did things my way.  I'm still doing things my way. But my mental game is shifting. I'm asking myself the whys and I'm more aware of and recognizing my habits. This is liberating. I'm more in control.  

Mindfully relentless...continuos effort. I happen to grab my journal tonight to read it and check my time from this mornings workout.  And happen to read the quote on the back, "continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential."  Continuous effort is the key to unlocking our potential.  Mindfully relentless.  I'm on a journey...this is life...meal by meal.  It doesn't matter what I did two days ago,  my workout two days ago doesn't make it okay to make bad choices.  I need to look forward to the next meal.  I've learned that I need to eat a meat vegetables and a fat.  I know what im supposed to choose to get closer to my goals. And I've also learned that I either eat that because I'm prepared or I eat something else or maybe I go to an event and I eat something else.  People, that is okay. This is my life and going to live it. History has shown that I will. It be perfect in my efforts.  So I eat something not meat, vegetables and fat and I move onto the next meal.  I look forward meal by meal, workout by workout..like a lifestyle.  *insert mind blown expression here*

Continuous effort. I feel like I've come full circle. Now I just gotta focus on the next meal. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How Do You Identify?

I've been going to my CrossFit gym for five years now.  Yes, I've dropped a few pound; yes, I'm stronger; but could you tell I crossfit by looking at me?  Probably not.  My transformation thus far has all been mental.  I have and continue to find encouragement in what my body can do rather than what the scale says.  I've learned functional ways to move my body to support my reconstructed knee.  I've learned to shut my mind up and just move.  Just recently I've been able to push myself when my legs are shaking and I can't hardly take a deep breath to finish the workout rather than stop and lay on the floor.  "Keep moving!"  I can hear Coach Rachel encouraging me.  "One rep at a time! Vamos!"  I can hear Zulma tell me. I've also recently begun to allow myself to move at a slower pace and complete the entire workout instead of scaling reps to keep up with everyone else.  I am no longer concerned about what anyone else is thinkin...
Post a Comment
Read more

Cousin Meredith Finally Showed Up

So I went ahead and took several weeks off from the gym.  The gains I made during my 8 week 4x/week run have disappeared.  Replaced with new stretch marks, horrible self-talk, depression, lethargy and an overwhelming desire to sleep all the time. I sporadically heard from fellow gym goers during my time off and as of recently have heard from several in a more urgent manner.  Like, get your ass to the gym already.  So I went this past week.  My inital goal was 5x/week, but as I'm learning, goals for me are constantly being revised. Read, I went Wednesday.  One morning.  I was even up on time this morning and yesterday morning.  That's how loud these ugly voices are inside my head.  I once again chose to sleep.  I went to my son's room and had that whole tiny bed to myself (he snuck into our bed during the night) and it was dark; I turned that box fan on and was out.  One and a half, can be stretched to 2 more hours if I cut out doi...
Post a Comment
Read more

Here's an Interesting Thought

I recently got my 4 year tag from CrossFit I-35.  I've been a member for 4 years and weigh 40 pounds less than when I started.  Most, if not all, of that was baby weight as I began shortly after I had delivered my son. I've lost the same 10-15 pounds since the initial loss and I had an interesting thought about that tonight. What if I'm afraid of fit healthy crossfitter Meredith??  See, I take progress photos.  I've seen the awesome gains I make and then I FREAK.  And avoid the gym for days, weeks, months.  It's like I see how hot I could be and I start eating.  As I'm eating I'm fantasizing about seeing my muscles and wearing jeans and a bikini.  Longing for comfort in my own skin.  Yet the moment I start to get a glimpse towards that, I go backwards.   What is up with that??  Afraid of my own success?
Post a Comment
Read more