Non-Scale Victories
After a weekend of rest (due to illness and stress), I headed back to the gym this week feeling a bit unsure as to how my body would take to getting back into exercise after the break. I did light exercises yesterday and decided to test myself today on the tread climber. (If you don’t know what that is, it’s the love child of a treadmill and a stair climber.)
The results I had are something I’m proud enough to consider a non-scale victories – the victories we should all talk about more often.
Usually when I get on the tread climber, it’s a workout that tires me out more than every other cardio machine except the no-impact runner (why can’t I think of the name of it?). Usually I stop once every ten minutes to catch my breath, and I’m always practically glistening with sweat.
I worked at it for a while and got to the point where I would only have to take a breath every fifteen minutes, but that was really pushing it.
Today I got on the tread climber hoping that I wouldn’t be too bad of a time after the break.
It turns out I got on the tread climber and didn’t have to get off until I was done (thirty minutes). I was sweating, but it certainly wasn’t torture or forcing myself too hard.
Yay for non-scale victories!
What kinds of non-scale victories have you had? Is there a pair of pants you can now fit into? A battle with a craving that you have overcome?
Please share your experiences in the comments section. 
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