Comparisons

Today I've been thinking a lot about comparisons and how they are usually to our detriment! With this challenge, I find myself making comparisons and it isn't helping me!! When I go to the gym and see other couples working out, I marvel at how fast they are doing the eliptical, the amount of weights they are lifting, or watching them do lunges across the room. I start to feel inadequate and wonder if I'm not working hard enough or if I just don't have the ability to accomplish what they are doing. I look at others and see they are looking thinner, but yet I can't see it in myself. I look in the mirror and see the same person who started this challenge.

Well, I came to a realization on the bike today...this isn't about comparisons, well it is, but it isn't. The comparisons we make aren't between each other, but within ourselves. The success of this challenge isn't if I can keep up with everyone else, but if I can change and improve myself. I started this challenge at a different level than everyone else, so my progress and my path will be very different. I know the only way to judge my success is by how I am doing and changing. Granted, it is hard to judge-I can't check my cholesterol or body fat percentage every other day to see the changes. I can only go on the amount of weight I've lost, my stamina level, and the way my clothes fit, which aren't always the most concrete ways to judge.

So, I've decided to made an attitude adjustment! I am no longer going to compare myself to others and focus my energy on making myself more heart healthy!!