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OVERALL RATING
Sometimes we are to busy looking for numerical affirmation aka: numbers on a scale, that we forget to assess our hard work, discipline and effort with how we're feeling. I have always stated that I train for a LOOK never a number. Don't ask me what my weight is because quite honestly I don't really know... I'm going to assume around 175 ish give or take. I always assess progress or lack thereof on how my body looks and my mind feels. Quick rules of thumb to assess progress: 1. Are my clothes fitting differently? ....and I use differently rather than better because 'not fitting' is also winning when the objective is to build beautiful muscle. 2. How's my energy? Do I spring out of bed excited to take on the day? Do I no longer need to skip out of the office for a mid day afternoon snooze? Do I no longer dread the 'second shift' most of us working moms have to switch into when we get home? 3. Do I sleep better...longer...sounder? 4. How's my skin? Cleaner...brighter...am I glowing? 5. When I look in the mirror... What. Do. I. See? Remember before you begin belittling your program, trainer...or YOURSELF because a "made in China piece of metal that acts as a bathroom accessory" spews numbers at you ...take a moment to open your eyes a little wider to everything else that's happening in, on and around you:) Ps. When your bestie is just as badass as you