This kind of a public self-reminder, but I just want everyone to remember that fitness is literally a journey. It may not feel like to today or tomorrow, hell not even next month, but you’re going to see positive changes and improvement. I mean this in the least “hustle culture” way, but keep grinding everyone.
For me what helped was finding ways to enjoy exercise and focusing on that. I think some of it almost was like self delusion at first, but now I legitimately enjoy my exercise routine. Treating it like some terrible tasting medicine you have to endure makes it easier to stop when you aren’t in a great place. That’s not to say that I don’t still have days where I don’t want to start, but once I get going I’m happy I did.
It’s nice to have positive indicators of progress, but for some people it’s difficult for that to be your sole motivation.
Hell yeah. Trust the process, and also enjoy the process where you can.