When I go to the gym, I sometimes take my hearing aids out, so I can put my AirPods in.

My AirPods fit over my hearing aids, but I sit in the sauna after my workout, it’s 230 degrees and I’m not sure my hearing aids can withstand that kind of heat.

I did this again recently–left my hearing aids in my condo–and ended up talking to a guy in the sauna who’s an attorney from Coeur d’Alene.

And let me tell you…I could not freaking hear him during parts of our conversation. He may as well not have been talking.

It was a painful reminder of how miserable it is to try and hear people without my hearing aids.

It also got me thinking about how quickly we forget the pain we were in that inspired us to change in the first place, including with our weight loss and health.

Seriously, how BAD does it have to hurt before we stop forgetting how miserable we were before we made the decision to take our life back, rooted out the sugar, and took control of our health?

I’m not saying it’s great to wallow in the pain or anything…but we don’t wanna forget where we started, either, because that’s the surest way to backslide.

So is forgetting to be grateful for how far you’ve come, and for the benefits you’re enjoying because you took your life back.

The joint pain stopped. The brain fog stopped. You fit into clothes you actually love. Your grandkids can wrap their arms all the way around your waist.

Remember to celebrate the little wins as well as the big wins…not just once, but all the time. Remind yourself what you fought so hard to get and what you wanna KEEP, because, like I said…how quickly we forget!