Which one are you?
In the very beginning I have to admit I was numbers focused but now after many trials and tribulations I am now results focused. Don’t get me wrong, I still use my tanita scales to record my weight and body fat percentage, my calipers for skin folds, myotape for measurements and I also take monthly photographs. They are simply tools that myself and my trainers use to record my progression. Numbers don’t define who I am, I do and my actions do. The judges don’t know what weight, body fat, skin folds or measurements I am. They judge me by the way I look on stage that day, that’s it.
I don’t set short and long term goals that are numbers focused and for very good reasons it’s not realistic. To say “I’m going to compete at 55kg in 2009″ is an unrealistic goal. There are so many contributing factors both internal and external that it’s almost an unrealistic expectation to put on myself as there’s only so much I can control. It would be almost like I was setting myself up to fail if I didn’t achieve that weight and who needs that, I certainly don’t.
I can’t control my results but I can control what I eat, what supplements I take, how much water I drink and how often and intense I train. That’s what I focus on now and whatever my monthly results are is what they are. I simply record them, accept them and move on with my life. They are after all just numbers.
To figure out the answer to my question, ask yourself this question. What’s more important to me, the numbers I see or the reflection looking back at me in the mirror?
