14/05/2013
Sup people. Just wanted to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to share a little bit of my back story and for the awesome response that followed.
So, if you found my story the least bit inspirational, then this story will blow your mind!! Sarah, a good friend of mine from back in the days in Alaska. Check her out, she is doing great things, motivating and inspiring people like it's her JOB. Oh wait it is:)
So some of you may not know who I am or were sent to my page by a friend... here is my story =)
The moment I realized that I needed a change in my life was the day I got married, it was that day that I realized just how bad it had gotten. May 27, 2011; A day that I was supposed to be at my happiest, when in fact I was at my lowest.
I hated how I looked, I hated how I felt, and I hated me. I couldn’t stand to see myself in a mirror. I needed to start loving me again. I didn’t really know much about weight loss or nutrition when I first started, so I just started with calorie counting and logging everything on myfitnesspal.com and walking, lots and lots of walking, 2-3 hours a day and riding a stationary bike for 1 hour a day. I did that for about 3 months and lost 30 lbs. in those first 3 months. I then decided to change it up a bit and I started doing cardio kickboxing and weight lifting. I slowly started to change how I ate; still not truly understanding that nutrition is so very important in getting fit and healthy. By May 27, 2012 I had lost 90 lbs. It was then that I hit the biggest plateau I had ever been on. It took me another 4 months to lose the last 10 lbs and it was in those 4 months that I really started to delve into the nutrition part of it. I changed the way I eat entirely and have never felt better in my life. I have gained lean muscle and lost inches off my body. When I started with my journey my body fat percentage was around a 42% and today it is down to a 19.5%. I still continue my kickboxing and weight lifting routines changing the weight lifting every 6-12 weeks so my body does not get accustomed to one thing. Today, I feel alive, happy, confident and most of all healthy and fit! I never ever want to be that unhealthy ever again, and if I could help anyone in any way to become a healthier them, I will.
I have found that the key to staying motivated is just doing it, over and over. Make yourself do it until it becomes habit. People around you can inspire you, but motivation has to come from within, you have to want this. You have to want it bad. I wanted this more than anything and I didn’t let anything stand in my way. It will be hard, it will suck, you will want to quit. The quote that kept me going through this all is and will always be, “without struggle there is no progress.” I stand true to that.
