I have to laugh every time I get a FB message or an email where someone is telling me that the pics Ive been posting over the last few months havent been inspirational at all and what happened to me posting gym pics and a ripped physique 24/7. Let me tell you...... (1) Im not a fitness pro or a fitness model. Being fit and healthy is important to me, but its not what comes first in my life. My kids and my family do. I consider myself a healthy and fit MOM. I will not consume my life around bodybuilding competitions and a ridiculously low body fat percentage. I do competitions and diet down to single digit BF because I like to see how far I can take myself. But, by doing my HOBBY every so often, means my family has to be placed on the back burner just a little. To me, that doesnt sounds like a hobby I want to live and breathe 24/7. Do I want to do it again and get back on that stage? Hell yeah. But, now is not the time. (2) There is so much more to me than the gym, dieting, recipes, muscles, and body fat percentages. Im a mom who likes to volunteer in my kids school and cheer my kids on in their sports, I love to go camping, RZR riding, go fishing with my boys, find new ways to wear makeup, fashion, skincare & hair care, play with my puppy dog, drink beer, try new supplements, and more. Many of the fitness pages you follow are people who either dont have multiple children, hide behind old pictures, or are extremely self driven. There are those who are extreme and they live and breathe bodybuilding and low carb meals 24/7. Kudos to them! But, if youre like me, living that way isnt realistic. I want to go out for ice cream with my kids and not fear that I will gain fat, I want to stay active by doing other activities besides just the gym, I want to have a life that isnt consumed by treadmills, barbells, and chicken with rice. Im just your gal from next door who has a passion for muscles and competitions, but that isnt WHO I AM. Its just my hobby. (3) I dont want my page or my business to be nothing but just low body fat percentages, gym selfies, and what Im eating. I want my page and my blog to encourage people to be THEM from all different aspects of life. I want people to follow me not only for my meal plans and the way I diet or my way of training and exercising, but also for my passion of makeup, fashion, hair & skin care, recipes, being a parent, being a women, being a good example and inspiration to not only be healthy and fit, but to also be happy in a world that is full of negativity. So, if you dont like the pics Im posting because theyre too Momish or not inspirational for you, than its very easy.......unfollow me. I post what I want. I post whats going on in my life as of right now. I will never be fake. I will always be honest. I will never be perfect and I dont want to be. I want to guide people to being better versions of themselves. I dont want people leaving friends, family, and loved ones, or missing out on having a quality dinner with their kids, because they feel the need to look a certain way. Trust me! Ive been there and all I have is regret. Just be you. Go to the gym because you love it and it makes you feel good and look good and its healthy for you. But, dont let it consume who you really are. Dont sit down and eat nothing but chicken and veggies {unless youre getting ready for competition}, while youre family is eating spaghetti. Dont miss out on the things that matter most. If a competition is what youre striving for and what youre working towards. AWESOME! Do it!! Because if you do it the right way {the healthy way}, its a satisfaction that I cant even begin to describe to you. But, once your competitions are done, relax, eat normal, and just be happy with all thats around you. Be fit, eat healthy, find balance, and spend as much time as you can with the people you love. If that means all of my pics at the moment are about my kids, summer time beer, and being okay not having abs 24/7.....then thats what Ill post. I want people to like me for me and not to just like me when Im competing. Like me, because you can relate to me....
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 20:45:15 +0000
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