Forgiveness

Closing in on a year of trying to better myself, and I have learned a lot. One of the most helpful is learning to forgive myself. I could not have gotten this far without learning that I have to forgive myself when I miss a workout or I have a “bad” meal. I just returned home from a short trip with my incredible parents, and early on in my journey, I would be stressed about stepping back on the scale tomorrow. That thought would have lingered throughout the trip and not necessarily ruined it, but it would have definitely dampened it. While I am still a tad bit worried about what the scale will say tomorrow, this is the first time I have thought about that. I know that a few bad days a pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Those are going to happen and I have to forgive myself when they do. There are going to be periods, some longer than others, where eating well and working out don’t happen as easily. Some of those are for fun things, some of those aren’t. Regardless, letting myself have those periods is the only way to change my lifestyle. Life is going to happen. Fun is necessary. The journey is long. Keeping that in mind is what makes this doable and what allows for progress to happen. I will get back on the horse tomorrow (not an actual horse, they’re terrifying), get my meals prepped for the week (shoutout to Presidents for existing so I get the day off), and get back in the gym (shoutout Justin for the workout). Have fun, forgive yourself, get swoll. Love you all! 

Here’s a picture of one of my best friends surprising me for my birthday last week. Love ya dude!