Happy #fitnessfriday !! I’m not normally the one who posts on Fridays, but I reached a personal milestone today at @otfbountiful and wanted to share some thoughts. Today, I got to sign the “100 Classes” picture. It may seem small, but that signature represents a couple significant things to me:1. Patience. Patience has never been one of my virtues. I’ve always wanted to lose weight quickly and furiously, which is not the right way to do it. 100 classes takes time. It took me 7 months of the hardest workouts of my life to hit my goal. Because OTF focuses on both cardio and weight training, there is a period of time where weight loss is slow and changes seem imperceptible while fat converts to muscle. It’s hard to keep going when it feels like results aren’t happening. But I’m learning that the best kind of change takes time. That was a lesson I needed to learn.
2. Self-Worth. I’ve always seen myself as hopelessly un-athletic. I’ve felt self-conscious about it my whole life. It’s honestly still true. But at my classes, I can see my growth based on how many miles per hour I’m rowing now compared to 7 months ago, and how heavy the weights are that I’m lifting. I can tell how much faster I’m running based on my current base pace and push pace. OTF also has benchmark weeks where we record things like our mile run, our 1000 meter row, etc. and then repeat it 6 months later to track progress. I now know I CAN grow and become better at something I’ve always dismissed as not “my thing.” I’m still the slowest one on the weight floor, but I’m better than I was before. And that’s enough for me.
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