2021 are we going to undo 2020...

I went into 2020 like we all mostly did with high hopes and excitement!! 

Weren't we wrong!! Now I'm not going to moan at the year that was, as I learnt some good lessons and ended the year in the right places. 

But the one thing I am upset about is how I managed to lose a whole year of weight loss, working out to my full extent and reaching goals!!! 

I know most people feel in the same boat as me and it was certainly an adjustment year, however, I still get niggled by the scales or workouts not being where they should be going into 2021!! And considering in August 2020 I wrote It's all in the details and data... where I looked at my data and could see I was slowly putting the weight back on, I still did not find the motivation to change anything.

I did try to 'restart' a few times in 2020

Looking at last years blogs: 

I was sick in March/April, competed against my husband in May to try to get back on track, checked my data in August, we all relaxed and began to socialise in the late summer (equaling bad foods and alcohol) and even in October, I wondered when I would get motivated to get over my slump, which a few weeks later my body responded with an 8-week long chest infection!!! 

So a year of noticing an issue, a slump, a desire to change and even some motivation to do so, I am still where I am today! One step forward and three backwards with more weight to lose! 

We've had a couple of Covid-19 scares & tests

When I revisited my data at the start of 2021, my weight is worse than at the beginning of 2020 and my personal bests at the gym and out running have not been met or succeeded since the beginning of 2020! I've gained just over 10kgs when I wanted to lose over 15kgs during 2020, so now I have over 25kgs to lose this year to get back to where I was and then also to succeed my goals! 

I am determined to do so and do not feel like giving up or lowering my standards, it is more I just want to see in front of me how I have undone my hard work in a year and how I need to get back on track!

Nobody could have ever predicted 2020 and at least I have my health, my friends and my family. And for that, I am eternally grateful. 

However, I also want to be realistic to myself and use it to spur me on to 'get back on the horse' and to try again but this time even harder to make up for lost time, getting back on track! And I plan to catch up and succeed my goals healthily and in good time. I will not let the setbacks make me take shortcuts or try to do anything drastic, as I certainly know how yoyo dieting does nobody any good! 

We managed to have a lovely Christmas, if somewhat different to normal

If anything 2020 has made me more determined and taught me some good lessons! I will no longer take anything for granted and I know I have to grind to get what I want! 

2021 is going to be my year of Grit! I will lose the weight, I will Deadlift 100kgs and I will run 5km without splits and do it regularly with a damn smile on my face!!! And that's just the start of my goals list. 

I've managed to start 2021 out running again & regularly

If we don't learn and take lessons with us from 2020, then what the hell did we go through all that pain and unknowing for??? 

Find your reason for 2020 and use that to fuel your 2021, I sure am...