When you lose weight you face a lot of physchological issues. Some bad and some good. You have a little person in your brain telling you to quit each and every day and you have to fight past them. You have another little person telling you that that greasy food sounds good. The ones you have to listen to are the even littler inside your head telling you to prevail and reach further past your goals. You have to be stronger than the negativity that life throws at you.
I am still not at my goal weight because I do slack at time, after all I am only human. I have weeks where I feel like a beast and weeks where I want to give up. I never give up entirely because I know how much time and work I have put into this. And I also know how bored I would be if I gave this up.
Working out gives me something to focus on besides all of the negativity that life gives you. It gives me the ability to find the silver lining in all situations. I choose to be positive because I know that if I keep infesting others with happiness, kindness, positivity, and love, they soon will do the same to others around them.
Last week, I sold a bunch of my clothes on facebook that unfortunately no longer fit me. I am happy that I am shrinking in size, yet slightly depressed that every single item of clothing I have no longer fits me correctly. Yesterday alone I found 2 brand new shirts that are way too big and today I am cussing at myself for wearing my size 34 jeans that I refuse to give up even though my 31's are beginning to be too big for me. All small successes yet failures at the same time because I am broke and have no money to buy new clothing. :)
During my clothes selling I decided to put everything on swap shop, including a pair of Sperry's that never got worn but maybe one time. The amount of people that commented on these Sperry's was unreal and I was almost overwhelmed. The first person that got to them was a distressed mother who told me that I came along at the perfect time because her daughter had spent 4 weeks babysitting to afford a pair of Sperry's. The daughter went out and spent every last penny as a 14 year old to afford these shoes, only to go over to a friends house where these shoes got latched onto by the dog and holes torn everywhere. I am a firm believe that everything happens for a reason and I believe that I decided to put those Sperry's up for sale because another little girl lost hers. I met the mother the next day and decided to give these shoes to her free of charge and I told her than you for being such an amazing mother because many would not do this for their child. She cried tears of joy and hugged me right then and there.
The feeling that you get walking away from that situation is way more satisfying than $10 was ever going to give me. That example is why I choose to be the positive and kind person. You should try it too.
If you know me, you know that I didn't used to be the nice person. I went through a few years where I felt like it was more beneficial to me as a person to be nasty to all those around me. I found Christ in my life and that changed it all for me.
Now, I have found 3 things in my life that keep me positive all the time. Jesus Christ, Ross, and health and fitness.
4:45 AM every single morning I get up and get to spend 30 minutes working on myself. I get to work on my physical self and my psychological self. I know most of you are thinking I haven't seen 4:45 on my alarm clock unless I woke up on accident... It gets easy as time goes on. When you know something is going to make your day better, help you wake up, and keep you in a happy positive mood all day, would you do it?
When I wake up at 4:45 AM I know that it's the right decision because I get my me time, I wake up, and I get my day started off right. For the rest of the day my body rewards me for it.
Did you know that fitness classes will be starting in Bedford, IA soon? Soon as in 3 days. Monday morning is the first class that will be held at the Bedford Dance Studio. The first class that will be taught by me is Tuesday at 6:30 PM. However, if you are planning on coming to this class I would like everyone to be there by 6:00PM if possible to work on you. We are going to take before pictures to be shared with NOBODY but you and I. We are going to take before measurements, and we are going to fill out a goal sheet. I want to do all of this so that you have something to look back at when you don't know why you're doing this anymore or when you don't think that it is working. Before pictures give you motivation to keep going, measurements help you see the changes, and goal sheets tell you why you started and what you want to get to in the end.
The Schedule for these classes will be listed below. I want each and every one of you to know that there will be ZERO judgement in my class. I am not at my goal, you are not at your goal, we are all equal! I am going to wear what I am comfortable in, which I encourage you to do as well.
Monday, April 6, 5:15am Total Body Cardio Fix
Tuesday, April 7, 5:15 am Upper Fix
Tuesday, April 7, 6:15 pm Lower Fix
Thursday, April 9, 6:15 pm No Class Due to Dance Pictures at the Studio
Friday, April 10, 5:15 am Pilates Fix
Saturday, April 11, 6:30 am Cardio Fix
Saturday, April 11, 1pm Dirty 30 Fix
Monday, April 13, 5:15am Plyo Fix
Tuesday, April 14, 5:15 am Total Body Cardio Fix
Tuesday, April 14, 6:15 pm Upper Fix
Thursday, April 16, 6:15 pm Lower Fix
Friday, April 17, 5:15 am Pilates Fix
Saturday, April 18, 6:30 am Cardio Fix
Saturday, April 18, 1pm Dirty 30 Fix
Monday, April 20, 5:15am Upper Fix
Tuesday, April 21, 5:15 am Lower Fix
Tuesday, April 21, 6:15 pm Pilates Fix
Thursday, April 23, 6:15 pm Cardio Fix
Friday, April 24, 5:15 am Dirty 30 Fix
Saturday, April 25, 6:30 am Plyo Fix
Saturday, April 25, 1pm Total Body Fix
Monday, April 27, 5:15 am Lower Fix
Tuesday, April 28, 5:15 am Pilates Fix
Tuesday, April 28, 6:15 pm Cardio Fix
Thursday, April 30, 6:15 pm Dirty 30 Fix
Friday, May 1, 5:15 am Plyo Fix
Saturday, May 2, 6:30 am Total Body Cardio Fix
Saturday, May 2, 1 pm Upper Fix
We hope to see you there!
XOXO,
Audrey
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