I have heard so many times from fitness "junkies" to trust the process. But what does that even mean? What is the process? How does it work? I never fully understood this until recently. I have been going to the gym six to seven days a week since early May. My overall goal of going to the gym was to lose weight and burn fat in order to tone up.

Fast forward to mid-July and I am sitting at home looking at myself in the mirror and I am not seeing any change. In my mind and head, I look the exact same as I did ten weeks earlier and easily became super discouraged. I felt that all the hard work I was putting in was for nothing. Even the number on the scale had never changed either.

I was so close to giving up.

I talked to multiple trainers, who said to trust the process and give it time. I did my research which said the same thing and I talked to my best friend who said to stay positive. I didn't see how staying positive was going to help me. But I kept going. I continued to go to the gym every day sometimes when really bored I went twice a day.

But I have not only been working out every day, I have been eating healthier and reducing stress and everything I am supposed to do. But I did not think anything was working.

Until…

I was late for work one morning and grabbed the first t-shirt I saw out of my drawer. It happened to be a t-shirt from approximately a year ago that was way too small. It was too tight on my arms, shoulders, and stomach when I first got it. This day, it fits just like a normal t-shirt should. A shirt that had been a size too small finally fit after 14 weeks.

That is when I learned what trust the process meant.

Losing weight doesn't happen overnight even if that is how we would like it to be. The process is the time it takes and the work you put in day after day to better yourself. You do not have to see a change in the number on a scale to have change. It is just a number. Muscle weighs more than fat.

You might burn fat and build muscle causing an increase on the scale but you are still making progress. Believe in yourself and that you can do it, and YOU WILL.