Positive Thinking Really Does Help

So I have still been trying to train for my very first 5K but it has been slow going. I am by no means a runner but maybe I will be one day. Not sure if I even want to be a runner but I decided a 5K was going to be one of my goals so for now I'm going to run.

So what does positive thinking have to do with training for a 5K? Well, positive thinking gets me through each and every one of my runs. I'm 100 pounds over weight so training for a 5K is NOT easy! When I'm out side doing my interval training with C25K (the app I have been using to get me ready for a the 5K) I literally have to coach myself through each run. I have mentioned this in an earlier post, you can see it here.

I'm very negative to myself normally, always calling myself fat and ugly, out loud and in my head. I know this isn't healthy but it is how I see myself and how I feel. I'm really trying to move toward being more positive. I truly believe that positive thinking can help you accomplish your goals. While I'm running I will tell myself over and over "you got this" or "this is nothing." I think my mind is holding me back way more than my body is. I had a poster on my last post that reads "Your legs are not giving out. Your head is giving up. Keep going." This seems to ring so true for me.

It is really hard for me to understand the mind game you have to play with yourself to run. I guess I have been telling myself for so long that I CAN'T do something instead of that I CAN...some how I have to get out of that mind frame.

Are you a positive or a negative thinker when it comes to yourself? What has helped you think more positive?

Me working out on the Bowflex after a run.