What's your story Sunday?
Everyone has a story. That's what makes is unique. Sometimes parts of our store is align with other people's stories so that we can relate, comfort and console each other.
Today, I'd like to share my health and fitness story with you.
Beware: it's possible this is going to be longer than normal post.
So it all started in high school when I worked at one of the teeny bopper clothing stores in the mall. I never knew what working out or dieting really was because I hadn't needed to do it. I was always in a group of friends that were of average size for our age or skinny and we all were able to share clothes....until we weren't!
I was "hippy". I'd heard the term "birthing hips" (trust me that didn't help when I just had a baby a month ago)! I immediately became self conscious. I didn't know why my hips were a problem but they were. My jeans no longer fit because I had a small waist and a big booty. Mind you I still wasn't "fat". So I had to go up a size or 2...who really knows or remembers?
Through high school and on to college I still wasn't overweight or even remotely considered fat but I had this preconceived idea that something was wrong. Like I didn't fit the mold because I wasn't stick thin like other people. So..I joined a gym. Paid for a trainer and only are what I knew I could handle cooking...egg whites and veggies and shakes...sigh...
It worked. I mean I was in great shape and still could go out any night of the week to live up my 20's! Then somewhere between working full time, going to school full time and having a side babysitting gig, the gym fell off my radar and I was back at square one...(ever been there before?)
So somehow my 20's came and went. I got married and then recently had a baby. I had this grandeur idea that I was going to workout whole pregnant and be the fittest pregnant person ever!! Well here comes so not so proud statements about that...sigh again!
Well as a Beachbody coach I should have worked out through your my pregnancy, I should have kept myself accountable and others. I should have done this, and that and the other thing... BUT I DIDNT! And I don't really know why. Maybe I was afraid something was going to happen to the baby, maybe I was just lazy and wanted to "enjoy" my pregnancy aka use it as an excuse to eat like crap (even if I drank shakeology everyday...)and not workout.. Who knows. But here her are a month to date after Ronin was born and I'm facing the biggest challenge of my life as far as health and fitness goes. I want to lose 50 lbs by November she we do the Tough Mudder again. (The first TM was in December 2012 which is where Beachbody entered my life...we bought Insanity for training on October and did it but...not to the level I should have and to be honest I should have started training well before that!)
This time I want to be ready. I'm going to be ready. There really isn't another option. I will stare those monkey bars in the face and conquer them like no ones business!
Here's the thing about stories, they are constantly being written, revised, added to, and changed. The end is no where near and I have the choice to change it all and star back at square one...yet again! And so do you!
If you're reading this thinking that it's too late for you to start, it's not! That your tool old, too out of shape, too sick...you're not! My coach Katy is kicking cancer's ass right now all the while doing p90x3! She's fierce, and doesn't use cancer as an excuse so whatever yours is...it's INVALID! There are no excuses. There is no reason not to change or rewrite your story.
But there ARE a million reasons to get started. I hope this inspires just one person to get off the couch today and change your circumstances. Choose to make a difference in your life. Instead of asking "Why me?" Ask yourself,"why not me ?" Ask for help. That's why I became a coach, to influence others to make a change. Trust me if I can do it so can you. Join my next challenge group and change your mindset and your body with me!
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