Mirror, Mirror on the wall…..
I’m leaning up with all this running I’ve been doing. Losing a couple of inches here and there and only one miserable pound. I’m 14 days into it and have covered a total of 45.5 miles in that time. The long runs are a bear. I have a 10 mile run this weekend, last long run before the race. The upside, I’m back in my SKINNY jeans! Those darn things would go up my thighs and that was it. However, here is the BUTT of all buts, things are not hanging the way I’d like them to be. I wonder when I’ll arrive at that moment. The moment where I look in the mirror and say to myself, "damn, you look good." I wonder when I’ll take a compliment given without that little voice in my head saying to me…"yeah, but…." and it so kindly points out all the flaws and what nots. Every once in a while the critic in me of me will look up my pics and agree with that little voice in my head! LOL. It’s a small bump in the road I say to myself. Keep running, keep working out, keep showing up, put in your time, just keep at it. And for now….DON’T LOOK IN THE MIRROR!
November 28, 2007 at 9:15 pm
If it’s any consolation at all, you look damn good to me.
November 28, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Well I’m glad your back in your jeans. It will happen, your’e seeing results. If you weren’t then maybe you should worry. Good luck on your run, you look great.
November 28, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Continual progress everyday….Never let good enough, be good enough..this is why that voice in our heads is there: to keep us improving. When you wake up on that day, and your voice says, "alright, that’s it, this is what we were striving for, this is the pinnacle:" what then?
November 28, 2007 at 9:24 pm
good sex of course! The kind where you say…"I feel so good, you are going to feel me roar!" LOL.
On a serious note, I never thought of it that way. Thanks bodyauditor.
November 28, 2007 at 9:28 pm
I agree with body auditor, I wonder what I will do if I ever say, damn I look just the way I want. I know that will never happen. Always somthing to work on. I think you look great. Take the compliments if nothing else they reflect all of your hard work. You deserve them. I hope the yeah buts are nothing more than small voices and that you know you look better than most!
November 29, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Look in the mirror all you need. You look great woman….Good luck with the run.
November 29, 2007 at 1:11 pm
The mirror is you best friend and worst enemy.. Always try to beat the person in the mirror. Thats how I stay motivated.. i say "you have to look better than that person in the mirror"
November 30, 2007 at 4:34 pm
The jeans are the first step, hun. And mirrors always distort the truth anyway. I know mine keeps trying to tell me I still weigh 200lbs when I know I’m not an ounce over 185
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Keep working at it. You’ll be able to crack walnuts with those thighs in no time!