The first year was full of incredibly dramatic changes and results. I lost pounds and pant sizes like crazy. My body transformed and my abilities increased. I was a new person. I look back on my first year with a huge sense of accomplishment and pride.
The second year was quite different. It started with the best of intentions to keep on the rapid weight loss path, but I encountered some road blocks along the way that were, shall we say, unforeseen. The second year was much more of an emotional change than a physical one. I was dealing with adjusting to a new body, trying to figure out how to incorporate my fitness life into real life, and dealing with normal life issues that included relationships and work. My second year in this journey saw a change in nutritional guidance, 2 changes in jobs, a huge move, and ultimately a change in trainers. It was a bit stressful. It was not what I wanted it to be.
But, throughout all of the stresses of this second year, I have not gained weight from where I was a year ago. I have not completely relapsed into my old habits. I was able to stabilize and get through some tough periods of life. I am still a size smaller than I was a year ago, and a couple pounds lighter. Definitely not the accomplishments of the first year, but big accomplishments just the same.
I often think "man, I could have been down to my goal weight by now if I had just kept on the right track." But that is not how I need to think; that is not how any of us need to think. We are exactly where we need to be and we need to remember that.
Oddly enough as I was drafting this post, my new trainer posted on his facebook the same quote above in a different image. Clearly we must be on the same page, and that is a great place to be!
So when you think you have lost time, change your thinking. Everything is right on time.
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