So this is a put myself out there post...and I mean REALLY out there...I dont share my life often...but I wanted everyone to know WHY I chose to be a Beachbody Coach...so here goes...grab a coffee....its a looooong one! My story is not dramatic. I have never dieted or been overweight.My entire life my family has been overweight. I vowed NEVER to be like that. So lived with the motto that if my pants, jeans, shorts etc were a TWO DIGIT number...then I didnt wear them or buy them...crazy right? Im 59 and was terrified to wear a size 10 pant!! So all through my teens and twenties and thirtys I made bad choices...both physically and MENTALLY...cause there is NOTHING good about thinking a size 10 is too big a number to wear. I would cut back on what I ate...party more, eat less...I didnt drive to work then, so I walked no matter what...I got married when I was 26...had my first baby on my 28th birthday!! and then the cycle started all over again!! HAD to be the thinnest....notice I didnt say most fit? most healthy? of my life...cause I WASNT going to be one of those women that had babies and then just stayed looking pregnant. With my UNHEALTHY habits I was back in prebaby clothing within months...I wore a size 6 dress a wedding that I stood in 7 WEEKS after my son was born. Then I had a massive health scare...a tumor the size of a babies foot was nestled at the base of my skull just under my brain...my child was 18 months old...and I had no idea what the out come of my upcoming surgery was going to be. Flash forward to post surgery...9 days in hospital, feeding tubes and LOTS of stitches...on my FACE...vanity went right out the window. I left the hospital weighing 118 pounds and fit in a jean sized 3...and even I recognized that I looked gross. I was bones and flesh. THIS is what I had been striving for? REALLY?? what the hell had I been thinking? Recovery was long and slow...and then baby number 2 was on his way! I was still so little that I didnt even wear maternity pants during the pregnancy...and left the hospital in a Levis size 13 boot cut. You would have thought that my brain would kick itself in the butt after seeing the walking skeleton I had once been...but the pressure to be the skinniest, smartest, prettiest was too strong for me...OH..did I mention the pressure was only coming from MYSELF???? Never in my life had anyone ever told me to lose weight, or change my hair, or dress differently...it was all my own perceptions. In my late 30s I started to find my groove. My family was settled in the neighbor hood, I had a small but good group of friends and I had found my passion....VOLUNTEERING!! turned out that I LOVED to help others....like really really loved it!! It was the best feeling ever to be able to do something for someone else and see the joy or appreciation on their face and not want a single thing in return!! So that is what I did...for schools, for sports teams, for the community, for friends...you name it...I would likely do it!! Cause it was my thing!! So how did I get fit you ask?? Wellllll....another mom at my childrens school was a runner...and I mean in MY head...she was hard core!!! like 5k all the time...that was like a marathon to me!! HA! She would talk about how great she felt, both physically and mentally..and one day she started an online running group...and I said what the heck!! Im in!! Lets just say I dont know who was more shocked!! ME the anti work out girl or her...knowing that I was the anti exercise girl!!! But I started a get off the couch running program and in 6 weeks participated in the Nova Scotia Bluenose Marathon!! Now lets be real...it was the 5k portion of it...I liked to call it the kiddie table race....but I did it...and was soooo proud of myself!! And that was my turning point!! I looked at my legs and was amazed at what I saw....tiny little muscles just desperate to show! GAME ON!!! My brain flipped a switch!! I realized that while teaching myself to run, that I felt FANTASTIC!! it hurt like crazy...but didnt stay hurting...and every run I either went further or faster...I was eating HEALTHY food...cause I CRAVED it!! My skin looked fresh and healthy, my body was changing shape but it a really GOOD way!! Fast forward again!!! Another life changer!! Our family had to leave our little community and move to another province. Holy stress Batman! So now I relied on my internet family to provide me the emotional support I needed and craved....and what a family they proved to be. I joined Beachbody for a couple reasons...The first is that I truly loved what the exercise and healthy eating was doing for ME. The second, was after learning what a Beachbody coach actually does...I was hooked!! It was like the feeling I was getting from volunteering only now it was helping others find their AH HA moment with being healthy...no more worrying about the size of my jeans...just pure HEALTHY choices, a positive environment of like minded people that want to help other people!! It was volunteering all over again!!
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:22:24 +0000
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