You Are Worthy of the Hype Too

Halfway through my workout the other day, I felt like I needed to cry. As I was trying to identify the reason why, it popped into my head that it comes so easily for me to encourage, motivate and build others up but I hesitate to believe I deserve the same compassion. I wasn't comparing myself to others, I was comparing myself to the old me. I got frustrated at where I let myself get and that I was back at day one...again.

I started working out again for a couple weeks and then got sick and then as I was starting to get better, I got sick again. I swear that every time I start trying to get into a workout routine over the years that I end up getting sick or hurting myself. It's like I find the mental fortitude and then my body is like HA, just kidding. Anyway...this day was my first workout back since then.

We did a one mile benchmark and I was determined to finish it in the allotted time, which I barely did. It took longer for me than anticipated. I wasn't feeling the urge to cry because I felt bad, but because I actually finished. Then when I moved over to the weight training side of the workout was when I started thinking about why I would totally be cheering someone else on and making sure they felt accomplished in what they just did given their circumstances and goals.

If you can relate, this is our reminder that we are worth of the focus and hype too. On Monday, I tried to coach myself through on the intense parts of the workout almost as if the voice in my head was coming from the outside of me. I overpowered the other voice just like you would do for someone else. It also helped for me to talk to a two people this week that could relate to how I was feeling because I could be honest about how I was feeling and why and they understood the additional mental challenge.