“I am scared of food. Am I eating too much protein? Am I eating too little protein? Are unrefined grains bad? Are they good? Is natural sugar good? Is it bad? There are too many conflicting things and I don’t know which one to do or believe anymore!” (a text from a client)
Is this how you feel?
It’s how we all feel or felt. Sometimes it’s worth leaving the health articles behind, stop over thinking, stop being a pleading soul for weight loss and begin listening to your body. What works for you?
This journey is brutal. It’s not fun. It beats you down. It takes you from high to low and from low to high in seconds. It controls the first look in the mirror every morning. Until you throw your boulder off you, begin to stand on your own, begin to forget about being a certain size and begin to love you, will change begin.
YOUR BODY IS BROKEN.
Guess who is the only person that can fix it? Yep, YOU!
Your only limit is you.
No food tastes as good as it feels to have energy, be active, slide on those favorite jeans, sleep better, and feel good about who you are.
The struggle is real. No, it never becomes easy. It simply becomes a way of life. Every trainer will give you a different nutrition plan. It’s a fact. We are bias to what works for us. I can honestly tell you what works for me, may not work for you. I live differently. I work out differently. My body is not your body. You are one person and you must find your path in this hell of an excursion we call healthy living. I hear, see, read, and watch health articles, trainers giving tips, dieticians, physicians, TV ads, etc… telling you what works. Really? You believe this because it works for them and their results are fantastic. Are you doing what they are doing? It’s all factored in.
Let’s look at the “Twinkie Diet” that some man did a few years ago and lost tons of weight. Of course, he lost at first, because he was simply taking in less calories than he had been. Can you live on Twinkies alone? Did I even need to ask that question? You’re smarter than that, surely.
What are your struggles? Lack of motivation? Will Power? Dedication? Saying no?
You said you’ve tried everything. Have you tried not giving up?
Let’s take life and not your health. Your kids struggle with friends, school, sports, and just growing up. You go to the ends of the earth to enable and make sure that all is right in the world for them. Do you give up on them? No.
You can’t give yourself the same respect. Value you.
Real food is where it’s at. Natural ingredients are where it’s at. Portion sizes is where it’s at. When to eat what is where it’s at. How to combine your macros is where it’s at. Supplements, if used appropriately, is where it’s at. Your answers lie closer than you think. You just have to want it and stop making excuses. You may be a size 10 for the rest of your life. What is wrong with that if you feel great?
If you ever stop struggling, let me know your secret. I can’t think of one day that I haven’t. Dealing with the struggle is where we differ. Suck it up buttercup… You are not in that boxing ring alone. How you throw the punch, is how you come out in the end. You can tap out or you can get up and keep fighting for your health.
Your thought for the day… If you would have never given up, where would you be today?
STRONG – Mitzi
