Thursday, October 15, 2015

embracing the non-scale victories

Hi friends! Look at me - two days in a row! I'm basically a pro at this now. Today felt like a good day to me. I was busy and productive at work and ended up having a long, very emotional session with one of my clients. Remember yesterday how I was talking about needing to remind myself of why I do this?  I was wholeheartedly reminded during this session with my client. Sometimes my job feels extremely monotonous and mundane, but then I realize just how much I'm facilitating change in people's lives and it's all worth it. 

I haven't been tracking my food this week because I've been working on getting my mindset back into what I need to be doing. I have noticed though in the past year that even if I'm not tracking, I'm making much better and healthier decisions. It truly is a lifestyle change when you can say those decisions are just part of your every day life. I had a pretty major NSV (non-scale victory) tonight. It may seem small to some, but to me it was huge. I am a massive fan of Chinese food, to the point that I could legitimately eat if all day every day. After my great session, I wasn't going to get home until after 9 so I decided to grab some take out. I ordered my usual meal, but when I got home I immediately took out a tupperware container and put half of the meal in it to keep for lunch tomorrow. I have never done that. In my life. I felt so accomplished and proud of myself because such a small decision has such a HUGE impact. Not just on my weight, but on my mind. Now I know I can do that. I don't have to sit and gorge myself with an entire meal. I can be satisfied with half of it and then be excited to eat the rest the next day. It's those small victories that remind me just how much I've changed. It was a pretty awesome feeling!

I have all these ideas for things I want to write about and discuss on this blog, but more than likely it will all come out a little jumbled. I hope I can use this productively and as a way to find and give support. I want to start conversations and have meaningful dialogue about life and its many wonders. So hopefully you'll join in and we can make this great! :)

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