Getting Back on the Horse

I learned how to ride horses very young in life and got to hear the saying "get back on the horse" a few too many times. I have had a couple rough days to start this week, and it caused me to not want to write blog posts because I felt so bad about it. I "fell" off the diet and workout plan on Sunday and stayed dismounted for two days. I finally got myself together on wednesday and went to crossfit and ate correctly. I am really bummed with myself because of my three day hiatus. I feel that to be successful in this I have to stick with it and stay on the freaking horse! Falling off can't happen too often, and getting back on better happen really quick to avoid steps backward in progress.

Getting back on the horse is hard, you feel defeated and frustrated with yourself. I felt awful the whole time about the fact that I couldn't pull myself out of the slump I was in. I think that the difficulty in staying with my routine stemmed from being done with classes and not having a set schedule to work my exercising and eating around.  I am learning to pull encouragement from within myself, because even though I have a great family that supports me I still need to be able to push and motivate myself. I am always thinking about what I will look like and how I will feel when I have hit my goal weight. As I examine my own flaws I notice that I am looking at a goal that is so far away, and that I need to give myself rewards for benchmarks towards the end goals. I am so excited to buy new clothes and such, but I need to figure out what I will do for myself when I hit 175 or 160. Allowing myself to have little victories to build up to the final goal will keep me excited to see this to the end.

I am super tired and will be up tomorrow for a run, so I will leave you with a question.

Q: What is your goal, and what keeps you motivated to see it through?