What's your story?

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! 

#noexcuses #gamechanger #toughmudder2014 #fitmom #itsmystoryIwillchangeitifIwanto

#beachbody #fitness #getfitwitme #heatherweiner #fittobefit #shakeology 

Tough Mudder in November for this new momma!

 Here is a post I did from today on my Fit to be Fit Facebook page. I thought it was worth sharing and adding to the blog world since not everyone follows my Facebook page. I really am starting to understand what it is like to live with weight that you want to get rid of and can't. Just from being pregnant. I want to help and inspire others and can't wait to get baby girl out in this world so I can show her what a fit mom is like!

 

I have been thinking a lot about this pregnancy and how it went by so quickly. I have loved almost every minute of it. The almost being the part where the lower back pain was bad but luckily it came in waves and has since gone away. The one other thing that all women I am sure can relate to is the weight gain. I had the best of intentions of working out and sticking to my Beachbody programs while being pregnant and somehow that didn’t happen. 

 

I let excuses get in the way, no matter how big or small, they might have been reasons, but they were ultimately excuses. Moving across the country being one of them.
At the beginning of the pregnancy it was like a fear that took over me about working out because I didn’t want anything to happen to the baby and then as the days and weeks and months flew by, all the sudden we are back in FL and about to have a baby in about 4 weeks! I will say though that having not worked out for this long now has put the FIRE under my YOU KNOW WHAT and I am getting antsy to do so. If you haven’t seen my posts about doing the #ToughMudder, I already signed up for November and that is my FITspiration. I am going to need all the muscle I can gain to get across those monkey bars, (the obstacle I didn’t even try last time)…I did the rest but for some reason that one just intimidated the crap out of me. (I even jumped in a vat full of ICE…darn #articenema )

But this time I am more than determined. And I want to live a healthy life for our baby girl so I can keep up with her. I was working on my weight loss goal when I found out I was pregnant and now it seems like I have further to go but might as well do it all at once I suppose.
The problem I most have is with food. I think that is everyone’s issue. I can get the workouts in no problem but the meal planning is so daunting to me. I have been trying to figure out which program I want to start with when I can get back into the working out routine per the doctor. I have #insanity #t25 #lesmillscombat #brazilbuttlift (and the master series) and I was thinking of maybe getting the #21dayfix to focus on the food portion but we will see. Or maybe doing a hybrid between T25 and Insanity and then add the Tough Mudder training in from their website and add running of course. Just going to have to see how it all pans out. So for this #motivationMonday, just know that I may be 8 months pregnant but I am motivated more than ever to get FIT!

The major thing I have realized with gaining weight is that being a beachbody coach and helping others get fit has so much more meaning now. There are so many people who start at this weight that I am at now. Who are discouraged and can't see the light at teh end of the tunnel. Maybe they want to have a baby but can't until they loose some weight...maybe they have the best intentions to START tomorrow, like I did while being pregnant. Who knows. The thing is, that I can''t imagine walking around at this weight and NOT being pregnant. It has given me a better understand of where people begin and now I can relate a little better to them.

If you know someone who might need a little extra attention paid to them with their health and fitness goals and would benefit from a challenge group, have them message me, I would be glad to help! Have a great monday friends! #askmehow

Let me know how I can help you!
#getfitwithme #heatherweiner #fittobefit #beachbody #fitmom #fitfam #shakeology #cleaneating #muddermom #beerpressure

Shakeology® Tough Mudder Carl Daikeler