Ego vs Realistic Goals

Hello on this beautiful Saturday morning! Can I just jump straight into it? I know that I mentioned having a packing blog and I haven't held true to my word, but I felt like some other mention-ings were calling to me. Also, I realized that the photos I took of our suitcase didn't include everything and it has me questioning if I should stage a pack or wait until out Mexico trip to film that packing. But what I did want to share today was some information I have recently rediscovered about my weight loss (and life journey too I guess).

We're moving soon and as I was going through my desk area where I found my old Body Mass Index charts. At that time in my life, I was a full time Nutrition Consultant, I had dropped 110 pounds and I had reached my personal goal weight (or was about 7 lbs off). Part of my job was to go to different corporations and put on nutrition 101 talks with them. I had wanted to partner with a nationwide company and decided to go in for one of their free consultations as a patron. In my head I knew that while I close to my personal weight goal of 170lbs, it didn't correlate to the physique I wanted. So the consultation with her and the information their scientist conjured, was that I literally perfect for my height and weight. I was astonished and knew at that moment that my hard work paid off and with that said, it was time to train for the physique I wanted and not focus so much on the scale.

And that's what I did from 2013 on. I lifted heavy weights with a personal trainer who had brought many women to win on the competition stage. I was going for Figure Champion!...

While packing today, I I then came across some of my old food journals and goals I had from after I had been training for the stage for bit. You guys. Reading this now, my goals were impossible to reach! They were not a healthy sustainable lifestyle and were just utterly crazy!

I like my drive and dedication back then. My daily grind that was effortless because it was my main focus. A fraction of that drive is what I'm currently striving to get back and maintain. However, I don't like that I had those totally unrealistic goals set for myself!! That I didn't appreciate the hustle! I couldn't appreciate where my body was and just maintain to keep it there. I wasn't seeing that my everyday efforts of hitting a workout, getting my meals in- that was all I needed to do. I didn't need to get any smaller, less bodyfat, any of those things.

So with that being said I guess now that I know that. My journey now is to really be happy with where I am in the journey. It's never ending. Life happens and it is my job to have reasonable, obtainable goals for myself that I can keep in the long run.

That's why I'm so happy I realize that I have the Ace Card. I have the ease of superfood nutrition sitting in my cabinet just waiting for ME to implement it consistently so that I can reach my super obtainable goals! *sheesh*

Now we're off as a family to the Melanin Moms expo, where I hope to learn and discover some new lifestyle changers to help this transition to plant based everything!

Happy Saturday!

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-M