MY MOTIVATION
I often get asked - what motivated me to start this journey.
I have always wanted to be a fitness buff. I wanted to like running (never happened.) I wanted to like going to the gym (and I did - for a long time - but I got burnt out doing 2+ hours everyday in my mid-20's.)
But something weird happened. I would go to the gym and burn 2000 calories a day according to my expensive polar HRM - and I was losing some weight - but not seeing any results. I know now it's because of my nutrition.
I realize now that following Weight Watchers, I was eating processed, chemically altered foods that were sending my body into a tizzy. I thought "low fat" and "low calorie" meant healthy. WRONG. And lets not get started on portions. I literally had no idea what a portion size was.
And the thing about Weight Watchers if the more you exercise the more "extra" points you get. So I would work out SUPER hard so that I could go on binges (food and alcohol) on weekends. Derailing any progress I might have made during the week.
So I gave up. I gave up on Weight Watchers. I gave up on the gym.
I went through a period of horrible depression when trying to conceive my daughter. I didn't work out. I ate poorly. I woke up, I went to work. I made poor choices, I came home. I took a nap on the couch and then I was too tired to cook so we ordered take out.
I gained a lot of weight. I felt horrible about myself.
Fast forward to a successful IVF - The day I gave birth (July 14, 2014) I stepped on the scale at 197 pounds. I gained a healthy 30 pounds during my pregnancy.
The day I started to work out I was 170 - which was around my pre-pregancy weight - but still the heaviest I had ever been in my life.
So I made a change and I was determined to stick to it. I had already been drinking Shakeology for nutritional reasons during my pregnancy. I joined a challenge group and I never looked back.
Have I had off days? I sure have.
But I don't let it get me down. Why? Because I have a new reason, a new motivation, and a new reason to get out of bed in the morning.
Being healthy makes me feel better about myself and gives me more energy. It gives me a mental clarity I didn't know existed. It makes me a better wife, mother, daughter and friend. With results like that - who wouldn't stay motivated?!!?
I have had a lot of unhealthy habits in the past. Starvation diets, binging, dangerous diet pills. You name it I've tried it.
Do I want my daughter to see me as someone so obsessed with her body image that it starts to eat away at her? Or do I want her to see a healthy mommy?
The latter - of course.
So that is my motivation to work out everyday. That is my motivation to make the best decisions about my nutrition that I can and on day when I screw up, I start right back over in the morning.
What is your motivation? Do you have a why? I'd love to hear about it.
Are you ready to start your fitness journey? I would love to be the one that is with you 100% of the way!! You can E-mail me or Fill out the application to learn more information about my upcoming accountability and support group.
