My Journey With Health And Fitness – Managing My Frustration

I am convinced the instructor today was trying to kill me. She demanded that I (and everyone else) grab a set of heavy weights. When I asked her to define ‘heavy’ she said nothing less than 25 lbs. I knew at that point this was going to be challenging and it was. We went through a couple sets of exercises using those weights and I can assure you that by time we were done my arms felt like they were dead. Can’t wait to see how I feel tomorrow.

I know I am seeing many changes in my body right now. Of course the first place the weight left was my face. Then, my arms got noticeably thinner (though also way more buff). I have had several people comment on the fact that my butt is much smaller and I am cognizant of the fact that my legs are back to being muscular. Moreover, I’ve started wearing clothes that at the beginning of this current journey did not fit very well. All of this I should regard as progress.

The frustration is the belly fat that seems to be clinging to me right now. It just does not seem to be going away the way I would like. Don’t get me wrong, I know I have lost weight and that I have some more to go (next weigh in is in 2 weeks) but it was just that I had hoped the weight would come from the worst places first.

So, time to manage this frustration before it becomes a deterrent. I am very aware that my fitness level has drastically improved in the past 2 months. I also know that if I keep all of this up I will easily be back to my best weight by the end of the year. But most importantly, I know that there is no way to lose weight from a particular part of your body, you just don’t get to demand that. Besides, I am once again starting to feel some pretty impressive ab muscles under that stubborn layer of fat and I know eventually they will shine through again.

Time to stop being frustrated and instead reflect on how far I have come. Oh, and doing a farmer’s walk carrying 50 lbs of weights is still not my idea of the best way to start the day.