Last night, as I was getting ready to relax after a long, busy, and active day, I took my shoes off and sat down on the couch. As I was sitting there thinking about the amazing walk I had with some friends, I casually glanced at my shoes. My shoes, the same shoes that were my very first reward to myself, back when I started my weight loss journey. There is nothing special about these shoes; they are black, with a splash of my signature color (purple!), but really just normal cross trainers. As I sat there looking at them, I realized that they are so much more.
Those shoes have been with me through it all. They have seen every workout. They have been there with me while I sweat like crazy, pushed myself beyond what I thought my limits were. They saw the tears of frustration when I wasn't reaching my goals. They are the one thing that has been constant throughout this journey. The workouts have changed, the goals have changed, and even the people I spend my workout time with have changed. My shoes, however, have remained the same.
Now I know some of you are reading this and thinking "Um, they are just SHOES!". Yes. But, they are
my shoes. Purchasing them was one of the first things that I did to make me a better me. They were an investment in my health, and they made all of the difference in my workouts. They helped me reach my goals. They supported me when I was kicking butt at 5 in the morning. I wasn't ready to workout until they were on my feet.
Almost 4 years have gone by since I bought those shoes, and they weren't doing their job of supporting me anymore. So, I bought a new pair of shoes. They are totally different than my old ones. Different support, different colors (BRIGHT colors), and instead of cross trainers they are high performance trainers. These shoes, I am told, are more suited to the type of workouts that I do. So my old workout shoes are now my everyday "running to here and there" shoes. I don't know how I feel about my new shoes yet. They are a bit more bold than what I am used to, but as long as they do the job they are supposed to do, that 's all I ask.
So here we are starting our journey together, making new goals, sweating new sweat. I am gonna reach my goals, and I am happy to have a "constant" going on the journey with me, even if it's just shoes.
