I look at how I am functioning. My exercise sessions get easier, I can go upstairs more easily and with less shortness of breath and I can walk more quickly.
I’m no expert, but if you can do even a little more each week I would say that means you’re getting stronger
Look in the mirror and just see it! I mean, when you see your muscles get bigger, and more defined, you know you’re increasing strength.
I think better of myself. Drinking water is making my mind clearer and my sugar cravings lessen. I have less expectations of others.
I definitely feel I have more willpower to do what I set out for myself to do. Every morning when I get up, I think to myself that I can do it - surely, that exercise is only a few minutes and I feel so pumped when I finish. That small annoying voice saying 'you can skip once' is getting fainter and fainter and I finish the morning routine even when I’m tired and didn’t really sleep well.
The same exercises you do every day get a little easier and even start to become enjoyable. You begin savoring your progress and striving to set new records instead of feeling incapable. Remember, mental and emotional strength goes a long way towards your journey to complete your goals
When going up the stairs feels like piece of cake. You no longer feel like your dying after your done going up the stairs.
I think mindset has been my ultimate strength right now. There’s been such a shift in thinking differently about life and habits and food and it’s slowly taking effect.
You find, over time, that you can do more. It’s nice to take some data so you can keep track. But even if you start small - at first, I could only walk fifteen minutes. But after a while, I wasn’t so tired after that fifteen minutes. So I walked more. You add weights, or you add poses, or you add new exercises. Don’t be in a hurry, that’s how you get hurt. Just advance gently.
I was surprised that I was able to finish the whole 19 minutes. That is a good indicator that I am getting stronger and more fit.
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