A couple of Christmases ago, what with one thing and another, I didn't get to the gym over the holidays. By the end of two weeks, I was climbing the walls, convinced I'd lost all my muscles and put on loads of fat.
After my first session back at the gym, I came home triumphant and showed my husband how I'd got my muscles back!He told me it just wasn't possible. It just wasn't possible that I'd lost all my muscle in 2 weeks and it also wasn't possible that in one session I could have got back what I thought I'd lost.
The moral of this story is this: it really isn't about what you actually look like, it's about how you feel about yourself when you look in the mirror.
If you look in the mirror on a day when you feel have accomplished things, you will always see something better than what you see on a day when you feel you have achieved little.
We don't exercise to look good. We exercise to feel good - mentally and physically.Regular exercise boosts immunity, self-esteem, metabolism and mood - it also radically improves what you see in the mirror, simply because exercise makes you like yourself more.
When you like yourself more, it's easy to smile at your reflection!
