{"id":647,"date":"2015-01-25T13:44:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T20:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2015-03-29T17:35:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T23:35:22","slug":"a-new-yardstick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"A New Yardstick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately the switch from losing weight to maintenance has been really difficult.\u00a0 I’ve been feeling less sexy, confident and proud of what I’ve accomplished.\u00a0 THIS IS NOT a ploy to get tons of compliments of how good I look in this post’s comments.\u00a0 It’s just the truth.\u00a0 My hubby and I were discussing it last night and he helped me figure out part of it.<\/p>\n

I’m addicted to the numbers on the scale.<\/p>\n

I would get excited every morning to get on the scale.\u00a0 I’d step on and see the lower number I was hoping to see and I would feel PROUD.\u00a0 I’d fist pump the air and think about how awesome I was.\u00a0 This would be the height of most days.\u00a0 Seeing your hard work pay off is such an emotional high!<\/p>\n

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Now when I get on the scale in the morning, I’m hoping to see the same number.\u00a0 I keep coming back to this.\u00a0 I know I should see the same number.\u00a0 The doctor told me not to lose more weight.\u00a0 I am actually NOT wanting to see it go down. So I get on and think, great, I ate enough yesterday.\u00a0 No fist pump.\u00a0 No rush of awesomeness. Just……ok good.<\/p>\n

So much of my ‘awesomeness factor’ was tied to seeing the number go down.\u00a0 I thought I wasn’t so bad or addicted to the numbers, but now that I don’t have them, I’m feeling lost.\u00a0 It’s the easiest way to measure your health and fitness right? If the number goes down, you made the right choices. What do I measure by now? My abilities in fitness change so slowly that over time it’s hard to feel like you’re getting better.\u00a0 It could take me another 6 months to be able to meet my pull up goal.\u00a0 It’s too cold to hike my first 14er or start marathon training.<\/p>\n

I know in the spring it will be a lot easier to measure my fitness when I’m training for a half marathon.\u00a0 I will be able to literally measure how far I can run.\u00a0 Right now though……I feel lost. I know it should be a great relief to not be buying new pants every month and have met my goal weight. But I just……don’t.\u00a0 I don’t think I need to lose more weight and I’m really happy with my fitness level……..what’s my new yardstick?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lately the switch from losing weight to maintenance has been really difficult.\u00a0 I’ve been feeling less sexy, confident and proud of what I’ve accomplished.\u00a0 THIS IS NOT a ploy to get tons of compliments of how good I look in this post’s comments.\u00a0 It’s just the truth.\u00a0 My hubby and I were discussing it last … <\/p>\n

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