This
is a totally raw and honest post from yours truly J
2 ½
years ago I took on a HUGE goal—LOSE weight! Get HEALTHY! It was my life, it
was my passion, my every thought, my total mindset was focused around this. I
did it too—I lost 30 lbs of FAT! Put on muscle and never felt better in my
whole life. I never starved myself, didn’t use a “lose-weight-quick” plan,
never thought about throwing up my food, nor did I obsessively weigh myself. I
am proud to say I got healthy the healthiest way you can do it. Eating healthy
and getting active…
In
this pursuit for the perfect body ;) What’s that? Right! LOL!
SOOOOOOO
many changes occurred. As they do whenever you make or have a significant life
change. My goals, focuses, aspirations changed. A lot of them were for the
better, but some weren’t… I started asking questions like:
WHY
doesn’t everyone do this?? Why don’t people lose weight? What’s with all of the
excuses? {I know I had my excuses for about 5 years} What will MAKE people
change? How can I MAKE people change? I posted about it on my FB, twitter, told
everyone I knew, I just became obsessed with “Fit-Thinking”. I have to make
everyone lose weight!!
What
I didn’t realize in this crazy, one-track-mind, obsessed frenzy I was in, was
that not everyone wants to make this change. Not everyone was as obsessed as I
was about their body image. Needless to say, the “healthy-looking mindset” I
thought I had, wasn’t too healthy. I offended people with these thoughts and
couldn’t give my clients what THEY NEEDED. Even though I thought I was doing it
out of love {Who wants to watch their family/friends die, be depressed or get
sick because of obesity related issues you can do something about it??} The way
I was going about it, was not loving.
My
point of this post is not to be an advocate to being overweight or that it’s
okay to shovel fast food into our mouths on a daily basis while we follow it
with a HUGE soda. I 100% believe in living a healthy lifestyle, but that also
means being able to have “cheats”, enjoy cake, take a rest day from fitness, be
a size 8/10 without having criticism, help people find a plan that works for
them and their lifestyle.
Over
the last year-ish {steadily gaining weight} during this pregnancy, not being
involved in any fitness/weight loss company, stepping back from FB,
prioritizing and re-fueling, I feel I’ve have a “mindset change” I’ve been able
to step back, take a break and my eyes have been opened. I thank the Lord for
this time. Although I’ve maintained a healthy pregnancy and stayed active
throughout- I’ve still GAINED… My skin has stretched and I’m a vessel for this
little boy who has already stole my heart and I haven’t even met him!! Also,
stepping out of the fitness industry has been huge, constantly feeling the
pressure of the competitions and media can take a tole on your thoughts!!
I
want to be in a place where I can HELP people. Not force people to be a certain
size or weight, but ENCOURAGE them to just make healthy changes in their lives.
It
really, really, really is AMAZING to have a healthy, functioning body. To sweat
out toxins, fill up with endorphins, feel confident in swimwear, have energy to
LIVE, fight off diseases, feel sexy and proud of the work you are putting in. I’ll
never stop living a healthy lifestyle!!
After
baby comes I’m SO BEYOND excited to work on my post-baby body {I dream about it
everyday, lol}, which will be amazing, beautiful and any flaws will be proof
that I created LIFE inside of me! I want to encourage others to join me and help
people find their way of living healthy.
It’s
just important to keep healthy and happy in the forefront of my dreams! There
is no one-size fits all fitness plan, people are fabulous no matter their shape
or size. As long as they happy and healthy!!
Over
the past couple years I’ve been BLESSED to have helped quite a few ladies {And men}
lose weight, get their bodies to a place where they feel confident and sexy. It’s a passion of mine to help, motivate and encourage people. It’s also been amazing to go through this journey and discover my flaws so I can better help MORE people. Thank you Lord for showing us our weaknesses and flaws so we can work on ourselves and be better, more joyful people J
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