Be Nice....

It's so easy to be horrid to ourselves... too easy!

I find that I have so many reasons to tell myself that I am not good enough that it is weighing me down (in more ways than one probably!). I do not live up to my own expectations - but isn't that because I am trying to be Perfect... Yes Lacey I did take note of your recent comment.... :-)

I often tell myself that I don't want to be perfect - 'We are perfect because of our imperfections' (Jillian Michaels), but I do want to be the BEST ME that I can be and when I know I could do better I get frustrated and disappointed in myself.

I wanna be kind to me and this means eradicating some of the things that make me nasty to me....
1, The scales..... the lbs no longer matter in my weight loss  fitness journey. The lbs are a guideline, but they are most definitly not what tells me if I am doing well. I will reduce weigh ins to 1 x monthly as each time I see a number over 150lbs I am disappointed in myself!
2, Figure Comp... I have wanted to do one for years, I keep giving myself a deadline and failing to reach the target, so I will not put myself under this pressure anymore. There are several competitions I could do if I choose to over the next year... but right now I am not thinking about them. When I have leaned down considerably I will then look and see if there is one within the next 15 weeks and then start to prep. So now I have made this decision I can stop berating myself over not being dedicated to this goal.
3, Counting every single calorie... This can't be good for your mental health really when you think about it (unless you are in contest prep) so my target each day is to eat as cleanly as possible and hydrate well. I am not restricting my food at all. I will eat when I am ready and reasonable qty's. I am allowed to cheat, but not every meal or everyday.

So I am following in a fellow M&F Hers'er Michelle and starting Project Me and I am going to start to give myself a bit of a break... the weight doesn't matter, competing doesn't matter (right now). The only thing that matters at the moment is making the right choices and being consistant!