The more I thought about Thursday's upside-down crunches, the more insight I got into what was going on. In order to not fall, it was up to me to keep my quads engaged and my feet up under this bar. If I relaxed my grip, I would have slid down the bench and landed on my head.
My fear had to do with a lack of belief in myself. Just like when I go through rigorous circuit training, it's me I'm relying on. David tells me what to do, but it's up to me to do it. There's always a moment of doubt, but with his encouragement (let's hear it for trainers!), I'm discovering that I am strong and can take care of myself.
The food/emotion equation is more challenging, I think, because emotions vary and food is always available. I need to somehow take the self-reliance I'm learning in weightlifting and draw it to the part of me which faces food.
~Karin
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