Woke up today with SORE arms from my workout on Tuesday with my new trainer. It always seems to take me 2 days to really feel a good workout, but I love it! While some people hate the sore feeling they get after working out, to me it hurts so good. I even called my trainer this morning to tell her how I felt and how good I felt and was looking forward to our next session. Training with her just feels different in all sorts of ways and I am excited to continue.
On the body note, I purposely wore jeans today that were a little tight. I know this sounds a little crazy, but to me its making sense in a way. Its showing me that not taking care of myself properly has led to these jeans (which are expensive!) being a litte snug. It reminds me to stay on my path to healthy, balanced eating and new exercises and these pants will fit more comfortably. Often some of my clothes have intimidated me depending on if I was feeling "fat" that day or not. I wouldn't try on specific shirts or pants because I just KNEW they would be too tight or make me look "huge". I know, it sounds a little nutty but its part of the distorted image I have of myself, one that with time I will change. And just putting on these pants, realizing yes they are a little tight and wearing them regardless is a step in that direction, because before it could have set me down a restrictive eating path, not this time!
And one more little side note, I had a SUCCESSFUL experience with cooking quinoa last night. I used the rice cooker that my husband and I got almost 2 1/2 years ago for our wedding! Its a pretty cool contraption let me tell you. My quinoa was ready in about 15 minutes and no bowls were melted or harmed in the cooking process! And I discovered I really liked quinoa. It has been something I was a little scared to try, not because it was unhealthy, but because it wasn't on my "usual" healthy foods list. It had more calories than I thought it "should" for me to eat (again crazy I know). But again, with this path I am traveling on, I left or tried to leave most of those distorted thoughts in the dust behind me and keep moving forward. Even if moving forward is something as little as cooking a serving of quinoa or trying the healthy meal that my husband is cooking for me tonight, which I will report on tomorrow!
So, turns out letting go of the negative thoughts & patterns leads to a more positive outlook. Funny it took me so long to realize this! Guess it is all part of my journey, and I am pretty excited to see what is ahead, hopefully looser expensive jeans, more sore arms (and other muscles), new healthy foods, and many other positive, healthy experiences.
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