May 2, 2015
Posted in: OolaChallenge
This month, I’m doing the Oola Challenge. I’ll be sharing the daily assignment here and my reflections on it as well. If you are joining me on the challenge, either for one day or for all of them, share your reflections in the comments.
May 2: It’s easy to see transformations in our bodies. We commit to a fitness plan and in a few weeks our abs are leaner and our biceps are bigger. It’s transformation we can measure. By inches, by pounds, through calories and reps. But so often we forget about our mental transformation. We get caught up in comparisons and complaints. We focus on how far we are from our goal instead of how far we’ve come. Just as energy fuels our fitness, positivity fuels our feelings of self-worth. So today we’re going to exercise our bodies AND our minds. Today’s #OolaChallenge is to walk or run for 7 minutes and during those 7 minutes, we want you to come up with 7 things you love about yourself most. This might be tricky. You may have to be disciplined about catching your negative thoughts and turning them into positive ones. But it’s important, so even if you have to go a little longer than 7 minutes to get to your 7 things, we hope you follow through.
I made two lists. I completely failed at making my list while walking, since my exercise for the day was chasing a three year old around Sesame Place with an eleven month old strapped to my hip (ring sling for the win or Wynn). Instead, I made my list after getting both boys down for a name but I found that I needed to make two lists.
The first list I made was about my physical self. My postpartum body. I needed to make this list because as a mother, I hear the message that society wants me to erase all signs of a very physical process that changed who I am. I need to celebrate life beyond the 4th trimester and not lose track of the ways that I am wonderfully made. So, in no particular order…
The second list I made was about the qualities I love most about myself. What are the aspects of me that I want to be remembered for? What are the words I want my sons to use to describe me? Who is my best self?
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