A motivational post for me to look back on when I feel like I’m not making any progress. All things I’ve noticed in the last week:

• I have had to loosen the laces on my Doc Martens (they have zips as well) as they’re too tight around my calf muscles.
• Someone complemented me in class as they’d noticed me crank out a fair amount of ‘proper’ push-ups. As these have been my nemesis for years, I’m rather pleased about that! (Shame I still suck at sit-ups!)
• I was talking to a visitor about my kettlebell and I demonstrated a couple of military presses to show an example move. She then tried to pick it up and in a shocked voice said “but you didn’t make it look that heavy!”
• The day-to-day pleasure I find of moving something heavy that I would probably have asked for help with in the past.

Small wins, but satisfying ones.