Trust the Process
So, I used to be a heavy drinker. Over the last two years with therapy, I’ve been working to get it more manageable. Last month was my first successful dry January!
In the last year I’ve also started getting much more consistent with diet and exercise (CrossFit), but have been frustrated because even though I was feeling better, I wasn’t seeing it in the mirror to the extent I wanted. And the scale hasn’t budged. Kept telling myself to trust the process and that my body is going through recomposition rather than dropping weight. The best metric has been tracking my lifts (deadlift max went from 300 to 425 in a year) and pull ups have become one of my favorite workouts.
Well, last night I was trying some new shoulder mobility movements before bed and my wife grabbed this shot. Never had this level of definition before, much less in my back!
Seeing this has been incredibly reassuring after almost a year of not feeling like I’m seeing the visual change I want. I know it’s happening, and this is just proof that I’m doing the right things.
So if you ever feel like you are just going through the motions and not seeing the gains you want or are expecting, just keep at it. Trust the process. If you aren’t seeing the gradual changes, the big changes might sneak up and surprise you when you least expect it!
So, I used to be a heavy drinker. Over the last two years with therapy, I’ve been working to get it more manageable. Last month was my first successful dry January!
In the last year I’ve also started getting much more consistent with diet and exercise (CrossFit), but have been frustrated because even though I was feeling better, I wasn’t seeing it in the mirror to the extent I wanted. And the scale hasn’t budged. Kept telling myself to trust the process and that my body is going through recomposition rather than dropping weight. The best metric has been tracking my lifts (deadlift max went from 300 to 425 in a year) and pull ups have become one of my favorite workouts.
Well, last night I was trying some new shoulder mobility movements before bed and my wife grabbed this shot. Never had this level of definition before, much less in my back!
Seeing this has been incredibly reassuring after almost a year of not feeling like I’m seeing the visual change I want. I know it’s happening, and this is just proof that I’m doing the right things.
So if you ever feel like you are just going through the motions and not seeing the gains you want or are expecting, just keep at it. Trust the process. If you aren’t seeing the gradual changes, the big changes might sneak up and surprise you when you least expect it!