Motivation comes from the coolest places
I currently walk 3 miles a day and have gotten to the point that my daily walk is something I look forward to, rain or shine. Now before I got to this point, I was cycling between gym in the morning before work, gym in the evening after work, trying to work out at home, biking, hikes, different diets, and so on. But I couldn’t stay consistent with any of it.
Three months later, I’m consistent, just walking around my neighborhood and seeing results and even more motivated because people are noticing my progress in different ways. I have a neighbor that will see me walking and shout something encouraging as I’m on my way. It’s mostly around them seeing that I’m consistently walking. Today my coworker asked me at the end of our meeting if I’d been losing weight. And it felt so nice for them to notice and encourage me to keep at it when I told them what I was doing. The motivation is real and so validating because it feels like the shift in behavior is being applauded, not just physical.
In the last 3 months I’ve lost about 18 pounds. During my walks, my average HR sits around 140 and my pace averages 18:43. I eat when I’m hungry and don’t deprive myself (which helps with not overeating, which was my crutch). This lifestyle change makes me feel so grounded and above all I am so much kinder to myself as I’m appreciating these physical changes through a different lens.