Month: October 2018

October Measurements

Pretty cool to compare where I am now opposed to where I was in February when I restarted things after a sizeable gain following the holidays (which I hoping planning to avoid this year) or even to look back at January 2017 (in red) which is when I started Weight Watchers. 

I’m now 3 weeks into sleeping with my phone charging in the guest room and it’s made such a difference. I’m falling asleep earlier, sleeping better, and getting out of bed sooner because I have to go into the other room to shut off the alarm.

For most of this timeframe I’ve completely kept my phone out of the bed and it’s great. I have been able to notice my mind look for an excuse to check my phone which could lead to me getting lost in a rabbit hole or mindless scrolling.

“They” say it takes 21 days to break a habit, I know I’m not fully “cured” but I am on my way!

My Body Pump initial instructor training is a week from Saturday. Yesterday I was sent the new release and my assigned tracks to learn: 5 – Triceps and 6 – Biceps.

I did the whole release as a student then watched and took notes yesterday. Today I did tracks 5 & 6 three times with my verbal cues. I feel really great about Triceps and only need to fine tune my cues for Biceps. It’s crazy how it all sort of comes to you while you are doing it.

Regardless practice makes perfect and I plan to get these tracks in at least 25 more times before the training weekend!
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This personal development journey has really been something else, something extraordinary. To read something on a page (or hear it on a podcast) and to think YES! THAT, EXACTLY THAT! It’s both comforting and humbling and upsetting.
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We are society of broken people putting on a happy face at all cost. I’m tired of paying that cost, I’d rather spend that energy healing and filling my cracks.
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Book: The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller