We take years, sometimes decades to gain our weight.
One day we decide we want it gone.
NOW!
We google “lose weight fast”.
We ask Aunt Mary about that shake she’s been drinking.
We starve. We overtrain. We cry. We beat ourselves up.
We spend lots of money.
We lose a few pounds.
We gain it back.
This is the classic diet mentality.
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Again and again…
Because we’re impatient.
We want a quick fix.
We don’t want to change our habits for good.
It takes too long.
Every time we crash diet, we lose fat AND muscle.
Losing muscle over and over slows the metabolism.
Restrictive eating does the same thing.
It gets harder to lose the weight with each diet.
There is another choice.
To go slow.
To change your habits for good.
Little by little.
Until this new way of life is routine.
I decided to lose the weight at age 20.
I stepped onto my first stair-master at 21.
I hired a personal trainer and began strength training at 26.
In my early 30’s, I embraced clean eating. No more processed crap.
At 33, I took up running.
And ran my first mile without stopping.
At 35, I became a personal trainer.
Last year, I ended the negative self talk.
For good.
I decided to love my body. Unconditionally.
And think only nice thoughts about it.
I’ve been on this journey for nearly 18 years.
Be patient and know that it’s okay if it takes awhile.
You’ll have setbacks along the way.
Simply dust yourself off and try again.
Learn from your mistakes. Don’t beat yourself up over them.
Be patient, kind and forgiving.
Stop trying to be perfect.
Stop trying to rush the process.
It will take as long as it takes.
And know this.
You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be right now.
