Motivation Monday
Happy Monday, everyone!
Wowzas, have I been a busy bee! April disappeared in the blink of an eye, and in came May at warp speed. I think it was when the calendar flipped to May that I had a serious wake up call as to how much I still needed to get done for school. I had been doing an excellent job of keeping my workload nice and even and completing things on time, but I didn't take into account that the end of the year projects are always much more time consuming and difficult to complete. I'll spare you the gory details (trust me, they don't paint pretty pictures of rainbows and butterflies) and skip to the good news that, as of last Monday, my Spring 2014 semester officially ended! What an amazing feeling. Now I just have to deal with the torture of waiting for final grades to be posted, but I can finally breathe for another week until my two summer classes start. I conquered my senior capstone project this semester, which completed my communications major requirements (if I passed it...), and it feels GREAT to have that over with. For the summer and fall semesters I am focusing on four final classes for my Behavior & Psychology minor, which I am looking forward to...I think...anyways, now I need to start focusing on future job possibilities, which is kind of intimidating, especially since I'm not exactly sure what I want to do yet. I'm keeping an open mind, exploring all options, and reminding myself (often) to just breathe, which is something I think we all need to remind ourselves to do every day. :) Whatever it is that is weighing on you in this moment, take a moment to close your eyes, put your hand on your heart, take a deep breath, and think of all the good things in your life. *I'm about to get religious - skip the next few sentences if you don't want to hear it*. Thank God for all the blessings he has given you throughout your life, the lessons you've learned through the hard times, and pray that he'll be with you and give you the guidance and strength you need to sort out the current dilemmas in your life. Even though this only takes about a minute, it helps me so much in the long run. :)
In other news, I am really enjoying my new health related Instagram account (@janeshappyhealthylife)! It has helped get my creative juices flowing by allowing me to have fun with food! Following other people who have similar accounts and seeing what they create has also given me new ideas and introduced me to some awesome new healthy food products. I am still doing my best to adapt a healthy lifestyle, which I think I am achieving, and I really do love it! A proud moment for me happened on Thursday when I went to the gym. I was having one of those days (which is almost every day) where I just wasn't feeling the gym and didn't know if I wanted to go. I womaned up and went anyways, and I'm SO glad I did! It was member appreciation day, and a guy from the Max Muscle store was there giving away free protein powder samples and doing free body composition tests. I haven't weighed myself in a long time...I don't remember the exact time I weighed myself last (at least 6+ months ago), but I remember the scale generally read around 150ish, which was my "normal" for a while. I don't care to know what I weigh, because your weight doesn't define you, and scales can be terribly misleading. I figured since it's been so long I should at least check in so I have an updated weight that I can put into my heart rate monitor watch to make it as accurate as possible. I hopped up on the fancy scale contraption, and I think my mind went into a mini state of momentary shock when I saw my results. My weight is down to 138.5, and I *think* my body fat percentage was around 22%, which is a fit and healthy level. I kept asking the guy if this scale is accurate, because I still couldn't believe it. Oh, and Anytime Fitness used me for their "Monday Motivation: Success Story Alert" today! I am really bad at being proud of myself, but I think this is what being proud of yourself feels like. There was a time in my life when I struggled with food, and my idea of healthy wasn't "healthy" at all. To look back and see how far I've come is an amazing feeling. Sure, I'm still going to have my fair share of slip ups, stumbles, and struggles, as humans we all have our moments, but the simple act of believing in yourself has more power than you think. The fact that this "transformation", I guess you could call it, was unintentional and
came about by me simply changing my lifestyle is the coolest feeling. The negative Nancy in me always worries that, for whatever reason, I'll fail, or not be able to keep up with this lifestyle, but I just remind myself that as long as you keep doing what you're doing, even the tiniest steps will lead to progress. If you can't give 100%, just remember that even 1% is better than quitting or not trying at all. "It's a slow process, but quitting won't speed it up." Whatever it is you are striving towards in your life, whether it's to be a harder worker, a better parent, a healthier you, a more devoted Christian, a more talented singer, a better baker, a Zumba star, a pro-sports player, or to finally conquer level 76 on your favorite video game; whatever it is - never give up hope.
Soooo....this post turned way more emotional and sappy than I intended it to...whoops! Anyways, I hope everyone survives their Monday and has a wonderful, happy week! :)
♥ Jane
Wowzas, have I been a busy bee! April disappeared in the blink of an eye, and in came May at warp speed. I think it was when the calendar flipped to May that I had a serious wake up call as to how much I still needed to get done for school. I had been doing an excellent job of keeping my workload nice and even and completing things on time, but I didn't take into account that the end of the year projects are always much more time consuming and difficult to complete. I'll spare you the gory details (trust me, they don't paint pretty pictures of rainbows and butterflies) and skip to the good news that, as of last Monday, my Spring 2014 semester officially ended! What an amazing feeling. Now I just have to deal with the torture of waiting for final grades to be posted, but I can finally breathe for another week until my two summer classes start. I conquered my senior capstone project this semester, which completed my communications major requirements (if I passed it...), and it feels GREAT to have that over with. For the summer and fall semesters I am focusing on four final classes for my Behavior & Psychology minor, which I am looking forward to...I think...anyways, now I need to start focusing on future job possibilities, which is kind of intimidating, especially since I'm not exactly sure what I want to do yet. I'm keeping an open mind, exploring all options, and reminding myself (often) to just breathe, which is something I think we all need to remind ourselves to do every day. :) Whatever it is that is weighing on you in this moment, take a moment to close your eyes, put your hand on your heart, take a deep breath, and think of all the good things in your life. *I'm about to get religious - skip the next few sentences if you don't want to hear it*. Thank God for all the blessings he has given you throughout your life, the lessons you've learned through the hard times, and pray that he'll be with you and give you the guidance and strength you need to sort out the current dilemmas in your life. Even though this only takes about a minute, it helps me so much in the long run. :)
came about by me simply changing my lifestyle is the coolest feeling. The negative Nancy in me always worries that, for whatever reason, I'll fail, or not be able to keep up with this lifestyle, but I just remind myself that as long as you keep doing what you're doing, even the tiniest steps will lead to progress. If you can't give 100%, just remember that even 1% is better than quitting or not trying at all. "It's a slow process, but quitting won't speed it up." Whatever it is you are striving towards in your life, whether it's to be a harder worker, a better parent, a healthier you, a more devoted Christian, a more talented singer, a better baker, a Zumba star, a pro-sports player, or to finally conquer level 76 on your favorite video game; whatever it is - never give up hope.
Soooo....this post turned way more emotional and sappy than I intended it to...whoops! Anyways, I hope everyone survives their Monday and has a wonderful, happy week! :)
♥ Jane
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