I recently read this article and it struck home: The Healthy Skeptic’s The Biggest Obstacle to Perfect Health is Your Mind.
In it, Chris Kresser talks about identifying your weakness instead of tweaking your strengths. His example is food, and I think it resonates with me: why am I tweaking food when I already eat pretty well (possibly too much, but well at least) without addressing other issues?
I preach my face off about the importance of sleep, but sleep is one of the first things to go when I get busy. In our loft-style apartment, I can’t get a dark room, but it’s hard to go to sleep early enough to ensure darkness outside. I recently bought a sleep mask, perhaps it will help.
And what of the emotional issues? Like not believing I deserve to “have it all” and feeling bad when I look better/fitter than other women I know?
I think his point is critical: if you’re close to good enough in one area but terrible in another, why keep tweaking the good enough one?? So I’m trying to identify and work on my weak link(s). Today I’m identifying sleep and emotional guilt as my weak links, NOT my fitness regimen or diet. So let’s work on those, shall we?