So, this might seem like a weird post to post. But my heart is happy and full and so I am posting it anyhow.
My whole life I have struggled in the self confidence area. While other people have had bright shiny talents, something they are really good at and really love-- I have always lacked. I have always wondered if there was something I was good at, or something that I loved. I was never the fat girl, but always the heavier girl. I always worried that when a dance came around in school, I'd be the girl nobody wanted to take. (Partly because I was heavier, partly because I super SUCK at dancing) I always coveted other girls skinny frames. I would work out, but never really feel like anything was working to my advantage.
I got married. I have the hottest husband alive. Really, I think that. I always wondered why he picked me. I couldn't believe it when he would tell me I was hot or pretty or had a nice body. How could he think that? The image in the mirror did not reflect those nice things he said.
I got pregnant. Pregnancy did not treat me well. Yet another damper on the self confidence area. Pregnancy 2 was better. I decided to start this blog 10 months ago and have felt a sincere boost in the way I feel about myself and my abilities, and about the way I look. I write this blog because I think it is important for everyone to realize that I am a normal mom and wife, that stays home, and has made health a priority in my life. And with that priority I have become more confident in myself. If I can do it my friends, let me guarantee you something-- anyone can do it.
So at the end of my 530 am cycling class today, a fellow cycler paid me the compliment of telling me I should get my own class on the off days. Maybe that will happen. Maybe it wont. But the fact that she thought I was capable, and good enough to do it had me floating on cloud nine all day. She will never know how happy she made me. But it is a testimony to me of being nice, kind, and building other people up. We never know how the people are affected by the things we say. Thank you to that sweet lady, who sweated her butt off in my class today.
I will never be the best instructor, the skinniest girl in a crowd, or the best at anything maybe... but I am finding myself and finding things that I really love-- getting healthy, maintaining and pushing my fitness to a new level, and watching people around me succeed in their health, when in a lot of cases they thought they never could orwould. I finally feel like all those times I was "faking in until I made it," are starting to pay off.
Our bodies are what we make them. We can do hard things. We can set goals and achieve them... and nothing, my friends is impossible.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
A well deserved prize!
SOOOO.... I finally have gotten the opportunity to sub for some cycle classes!!!!!!!!!!!
I might be a bit stoked about it still.
Well my classes (6 classes in fact) are either at 6 pm.... or 530 FREAKIN am!! Can you believe it? I got my butt up to get to the gym at 430 yesterday!
It rocked my little world. It was soooo fun. Well the early thing wasn't that great, but it was an opportunity I am so thankful for. There were 10 of us in class and that is BIG to me. It was so much fun. I was yelling and woohooing and pushing it to the max... oh ya and I was DRENCHED in sweat. And so were some of the other riders.
Anywho, the point is. If you are that person who has thrown away any excuse about not having time to work out, and has gotten your A up at 5am (or whatever is SO early to you) to burn some calories.-- you rock, my friend! I am proud of you! And if you are still telling yourself that you don't have time to work out, I promise, promise, promise you... that you do. You just have to sacrifice maybe to find that time. I read yesterday in a health magazine this quote... that I have heard time and time again and it has touched me to the core in many aspects of life "Anything that is worth having, or doing... is A LOT of work!"
It will not be easy. It is always a decision to get there, to exercise, to eat the almonds and not the candy bar or the salad and not the whole pizza... but they are choices that lead up to a VERY BRIGHT future. Total health is a journey and a amazing, fullfilling freaking ride at that!
Make the choice today to be your best self.
I might be a bit stoked about it still.
Well my classes (6 classes in fact) are either at 6 pm.... or 530 FREAKIN am!! Can you believe it? I got my butt up to get to the gym at 430 yesterday!
It rocked my little world. It was soooo fun. Well the early thing wasn't that great, but it was an opportunity I am so thankful for. There were 10 of us in class and that is BIG to me. It was so much fun. I was yelling and woohooing and pushing it to the max... oh ya and I was DRENCHED in sweat. And so were some of the other riders.
Anywho, the point is. If you are that person who has thrown away any excuse about not having time to work out, and has gotten your A up at 5am (or whatever is SO early to you) to burn some calories.-- you rock, my friend! I am proud of you! And if you are still telling yourself that you don't have time to work out, I promise, promise, promise you... that you do. You just have to sacrifice maybe to find that time. I read yesterday in a health magazine this quote... that I have heard time and time again and it has touched me to the core in many aspects of life "Anything that is worth having, or doing... is A LOT of work!"
It will not be easy. It is always a decision to get there, to exercise, to eat the almonds and not the candy bar or the salad and not the whole pizza... but they are choices that lead up to a VERY BRIGHT future. Total health is a journey and a amazing, fullfilling freaking ride at that!
Make the choice today to be your best self.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Another Week
Here I sit, another week come and gone. Time is flying by and I can't believe how excited I am about Take Shape for Life.
I am still working hard. I am in the gym atleast 5 days a week. Working hard to gain muscle and strength, and watching and learning from the other trainers so one day I can have a class and share my knowledge of fitness with a group. I am still eating 4 or 5 Medifast meals a day, and 1 or 2 lean and green meals. My body is responding and it is delighting in its new found glory.
My size. My size! I bought a small sweater today, first time in my entire life I have bought a small anything. I told my husband this weekend, after apologizing for buying another pair of pants, that I feel like it is now an obligation to dress cuter. (ha, he didn't buy it either) I have never in my life had the confidence that I do right now. I feel good. I look in the mirror and I am so thankful that Take Shape for Life knocked at my door. It has opened a window I never thought possible. I never in a million years thought I would get on the scale and see 130, I never thought I would walk into a clothing store and buy a size 3/4 jeans (the first pair I tried on, even), I never thought I could wear vertical stripes because it draws too much attention to my middle section. I can do all of those things, and I can do them because I made the decision to change, not tomorow, but I made the choice to change TODAY and everyday.
I feel like I have been released from straps of bondage. Like my real self is finally out of my bigger body and it is shining. I am healthy, I am strong, and I can accomplish just about anything.
Take Shape for Life has shown me that if I can do this program, anyone can do this program. Anyone who has ever looked in the mirror with sadness, has ever stepped on the scale with disappointment, has ever walked in to a gym and felt like they didn't belong. Take Shape for Life is for you! It is for everyone who really wants to change. Anyone who really wants to feel the excitement of finding their smaller self. Whether you are 150lbs or 350lbs, this program can and will work for you-- when you make the decision to stop hiding behind excuses, or limits you or your body have set for you. Do not be held back, to not be a victim of your body's desires. Be the boss, be your best self, and let me help you on your journey to total health.
takeshapewithteri@gmail.com
I am still working hard. I am in the gym atleast 5 days a week. Working hard to gain muscle and strength, and watching and learning from the other trainers so one day I can have a class and share my knowledge of fitness with a group. I am still eating 4 or 5 Medifast meals a day, and 1 or 2 lean and green meals. My body is responding and it is delighting in its new found glory.
My size. My size! I bought a small sweater today, first time in my entire life I have bought a small anything. I told my husband this weekend, after apologizing for buying another pair of pants, that I feel like it is now an obligation to dress cuter. (ha, he didn't buy it either) I have never in my life had the confidence that I do right now. I feel good. I look in the mirror and I am so thankful that Take Shape for Life knocked at my door. It has opened a window I never thought possible. I never in a million years thought I would get on the scale and see 130, I never thought I would walk into a clothing store and buy a size 3/4 jeans (the first pair I tried on, even), I never thought I could wear vertical stripes because it draws too much attention to my middle section. I can do all of those things, and I can do them because I made the decision to change, not tomorow, but I made the choice to change TODAY and everyday.
I feel like I have been released from straps of bondage. Like my real self is finally out of my bigger body and it is shining. I am healthy, I am strong, and I can accomplish just about anything.
Take Shape for Life has shown me that if I can do this program, anyone can do this program. Anyone who has ever looked in the mirror with sadness, has ever stepped on the scale with disappointment, has ever walked in to a gym and felt like they didn't belong. Take Shape for Life is for you! It is for everyone who really wants to change. Anyone who really wants to feel the excitement of finding their smaller self. Whether you are 150lbs or 350lbs, this program can and will work for you-- when you make the decision to stop hiding behind excuses, or limits you or your body have set for you. Do not be held back, to not be a victim of your body's desires. Be the boss, be your best self, and let me help you on your journey to total health.
takeshapewithteri@gmail.com
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