Getting started...Can I really do this?
In August of last year I started to really work on myself.
I made a commitment to start eating healthier and working out more. I figured it would solve all of my problems, plus how hard could it be? Before I was pregnant I had no problem with either of those things. The realization hit soon that it wasn't going to be as easy as it was pre pregnancy.
Naturally I gain weight relatively easily, but I also was always able to get it off pretty quickly given the fact we are talking at most 8-10 pounds not 90. It hit me how much harder this go round would be for me. Never did I think I would be up against such a big weight-loss.
It also came very apparent that my mindset was thrown a curve ball as well. Whenever I looked in the mirror I didn't see the girl I once knew, instead I found a stranger. Who was this woman looking back at me? She looks tired, swollen and overwhelmed.
Can I actually do this? lose 90 pounds? I have to! Or do I?
After having Maverick I lost 20+ pounds right away. I felt good and was really motivated, I felt like it would come off so easily. Then August came and I soon realized that It was going to be way more than just eliminating a few foods and working out every now and then, I was going to have to put in a lot more work, mentally and physically.
This is the part where we quit. The part where the struggle and that uphill battle weighs you down so much where your fight turns into flight. No one wants to go through it. No one wants to be the over weight one, or the out of shape one holding the group back on the hike. Its embarrassing. The clothes size, the extra sweat and breathing. Its awful... and that right there is when we find our fuel. All of those reasons are why WE CAN DO IT.
I got tired of the sympathetic looks, old clothes not fitting and having a hump on my back from the weight of my boobs effecting my posture. I got angry at myself and fed up with my insecurities that instead of using all my reasons why I couldn't as an excuse, I turned them into the fuel that would give me the motivation I needed to make my first step up that hill.
I can do this. I will lose 90 pounds. I have to because I am tired of it.
I changed my mentality and the moment I did I started to see a change in the woman I saw in the mirror. She looked a little like the girl I used to know, but stronger. She looked confident and happy. Her outlook on life changed and she found a passion for something that used to scare her.
"Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will." -unknown
We can do it. We can get up and get it. We can help encourage and inspire others no matter what stage we are in when it comes to being happy and healthy. When we all come together and surround each other in positivity we will make a difference. We can choose to use all of our frustrations and things that we are fed up with as fuel to start our journey and make a difference.
-Kayleen
I made a commitment to start eating healthier and working out more. I figured it would solve all of my problems, plus how hard could it be? Before I was pregnant I had no problem with either of those things. The realization hit soon that it wasn't going to be as easy as it was pre pregnancy.
Naturally I gain weight relatively easily, but I also was always able to get it off pretty quickly given the fact we are talking at most 8-10 pounds not 90. It hit me how much harder this go round would be for me. Never did I think I would be up against such a big weight-loss.
It also came very apparent that my mindset was thrown a curve ball as well. Whenever I looked in the mirror I didn't see the girl I once knew, instead I found a stranger. Who was this woman looking back at me? She looks tired, swollen and overwhelmed.Can I actually do this? lose 90 pounds? I have to! Or do I?
After having Maverick I lost 20+ pounds right away. I felt good and was really motivated, I felt like it would come off so easily. Then August came and I soon realized that It was going to be way more than just eliminating a few foods and working out every now and then, I was going to have to put in a lot more work, mentally and physically.
This is the part where we quit. The part where the struggle and that uphill battle weighs you down so much where your fight turns into flight. No one wants to go through it. No one wants to be the over weight one, or the out of shape one holding the group back on the hike. Its embarrassing. The clothes size, the extra sweat and breathing. Its awful... and that right there is when we find our fuel. All of those reasons are why WE CAN DO IT.
I got tired of the sympathetic looks, old clothes not fitting and having a hump on my back from the weight of my boobs effecting my posture. I got angry at myself and fed up with my insecurities that instead of using all my reasons why I couldn't as an excuse, I turned them into the fuel that would give me the motivation I needed to make my first step up that hill.
I can do this. I will lose 90 pounds. I have to because I am tired of it.
I changed my mentality and the moment I did I started to see a change in the woman I saw in the mirror. She looked a little like the girl I used to know, but stronger. She looked confident and happy. Her outlook on life changed and she found a passion for something that used to scare her.
"Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will." -unknown
We can do it. We can get up and get it. We can help encourage and inspire others no matter what stage we are in when it comes to being happy and healthy. When we all come together and surround each other in positivity we will make a difference. We can choose to use all of our frustrations and things that we are fed up with as fuel to start our journey and make a difference.
-Kayleen
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