The topic this week: what are you scared of that seems to be holding you back?
Why is this holding you back and what must you do to get over it?
I have over come many fears in my lifetime, but it seems with each new fear that I conquer another one creeps in. Perhaps this is normal and we cannot live without any fear as humans. But I do know this: I lived in fear of failure for 10 years being over weight and unhealthy. I will not live with that fear any longer and I did over come it. But again with slaying that fear brought new ones.
I fear I am not being a good partner and mom when I go off to train as much as I do. I workout 7 days a week and I switched to early AM workouts to avoid missing too much family time. I have tried to combat this fear with those habits and it is helping.
I fear that I will fail. period. With that failure this girl will come back and haunt me:
Every day when I look in the mirror I see her, and it is like a ghost that haunts me. I picture her before I head out for a workout, and when I feel like skipping one I remember her. When I feel an urge to binge creep in I look at her and remind myself of how close she can get if I am not careful. Honestly I live in fear of that girl every damn day.
And that is the hardest fear to over come. And that is why I fight so hard.
Wow this one was hard to admit....
What do you fear? How do you deal with it?
3 comments:
You are amazing. And that woman in that picture is WORTH fighting for. She is the woman that said, "I want more and I am worth it." And she is beautiful and feisty. I vote you train, eat clean, and work hard to honor her. At least that is what I do with my fat girl; we are becoming friends....slowly, but friends indeed.
I fear that each plateau or stop in weight loss is going to trigger me to give up. I fear not being able to accomplish the goals I set for myself.
I think about those things and I look back to see evidence that they won't happen. I have gotten through plateaus or bad weeks, and I have accomplished small goals. Maybe they weren't perfect, or by my deadlines, but I got there.
I have to talk myself through my fears and challenge them.
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You are amazing - so strong and so honest. I think it's very natural to be afriad to fall back into our old ways and habits. All you have to do is look in the mirror and back at your blog to see how far you have come. Keep it up girl, you are an inspiration!!
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