Another example is to think of running a race and wondering how many miles are left to complete.
Think of paying down your car loan and checking each month to see how much of the balance is left.
We always focus on what we have left to do. How much more time until _____. How much more money until _____. Do I have to put in much more effort until ____. How many years are left until _______.
It’s no different with health and fitness. We are constantly wondering how many calories we have left to eat today, or how many reps until we get to be done with the set. We wonder how many pounds we have left to lose.
I guess the thing I want to talk about is what we so often forget. Our journey so far. In other words, how we got here. To focus on the success vs the journey.
Specifically, the small wins and successes that we accomplished that rarely get noticed, let alone celebrated.
I often see this when a client has a set goal. For example, I’m thinking of a particular client that had a 50 pound weight loss goal. After her first 2 weeks or so she had lost 5 pounds of fat, but she couldn’t see this success.
She accomplished this.
When I stopped and talked with her about this, she got a little teary and said, “I didn’t really think of this as a success. I only see that I have a lot of pounds left to lose.”
This is one thing I wish I could change about personal training and the fitness industry. I wish the successes were noticed more so than they are. As I’m sure you’d agree, it’s much easier to put on 5 pounds than lose 5 pounds.
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