I was having lunch with some friends today. I love our lunches. We are all fitness junkies and we all care about what we eat. Most of the time that is. I say that because as a collective group we are at different points in our fitness and nutritional journey.
Interestingly enough there is never, ever a case of “you know you should be doing better”. There is talk.
Inquisitive questions that help each person think through why they are willing to give up weeks and weeks of good clean eating or consistent training for food culprits, ie. sugars, or processed food.
Ironically most of the time it usually comes back to not progressing as quickly as one would like.
I used to get so jammed up that I wasn’t progressing fast enough, getting stronger fast enough, getting faster fast enough. All of these thoughts started hindering my ability to progress at all.
I finally came to the realization that trusting in the process is just as important as eating clean, working out and getting enough rest.
A friend asked just yesterday: “On a scale of 1-10 where are you in your fitness?” I can soundly say I’m sitting at 7, I’m above average in both my clean eating and nutritional disciplines. The interesting thing was the acknowledgement that I have no idea was levels 8, 9 and 10 are for me. Not what someone else thinks my levels should be or are, but instead how do I define them.
Love that thought-provoking question and I’m working on identifying those levels. Identifying them results in action. Leaving them blank and unanswered leaves me right smack dab where I am today.
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