Nicole0216
We all want a finish line moment
Jul 12, 2015
At 360 lbs walking without losing my breath and having to stop was almost impossible! Hell sleeping at night without stopping breathing was also not the norm. I had to have a machine to keep my oxygen flowing, so to imagine running a 5K was so out of reach in my mind. What I have found as I have moved through this pathway of releasing weight and then welcoming it back for deep emotional reasons, is that we are all seeking a finish line moment. In every group and program I have been in there are new post ops who have now become runners and then run races! They fall so in love with moving their bodies in ways they never could..and man they LOVE that finish line moment!. I mean who wouldn't! They love it so much that many end up hurting themselves and then are no longer able to run. They then lose faith and fall apart! They loved that finish line! The problem is that not all of us can run, but we still want a finish line moment. I learned the hard way hitting your " goal weight" is a fleeting finish line moment, the line keeps moving and moving away. What I am learning to do is to find other ways to have that finish line moment, but in a way that is sustainable and is not a mirage. I want that moment in my health, fitness, and career. I have further begun to question the benefit of a finish line......if we finish then what? So we increase the distance of the finish line.....we change our goal weight....it is never quite enough because we want that finish line desperately but then we don't know how to handle it once it is gone. My question is....Is a finish line more valuable then a run itself?
