I better not be the only one posting a before pic guys! Haha! Excuse the sweaty no makeup look! :) Basically I wanted to do this challenge to up the ante and create a victory for myself. I dont advertise this typically but I have high cortisol and adrenal issues, the downside of wanting to do and have it all I guess. When my grandmother passed away leaving me shocked and devastated, I had just gotten engaged the month before and got married about six weeks after. It was all a huge transition, plus I was a TV reporter working on my MBA, president of the CEO club and still working as a real estate broker and fitness instructor. We got a house, were rehabbing it, plus I was traveling a lot, AND hoping to do my first figure competition that June so I was training hard, dieting hard, and experimenting with intermittent fasting. Looking back I realize I wasnt giving myself time to grieve or process changes. So all of this happened over a 5 month period. Long story short I gained 12lbs in two days and 20 within 4 DAYS. This was March 9, 2013 which I know because Id just had bodyfat and measurements done. No MD, DO, Chinese medicine practitioner etc could figure it out (other than saying it looked like water retention from stress hormones and wanting to run a lot of expensive tests) but I felt horrible and nothing I did reduced all the water and inflammation I felt I was experiencing. It stayed with me through a 60 day hot yoga challenge and more. It wasnt until about 8 weeks ago, June 2014, when I had some cheat meals, took time off from hot yoga and engaged in longer meditation sessions that I dropped 10lbs in a week! I only tell this story to say stress can be your bodys greatest enemy and totally undermine your goals. Now that Im feeling a lot better, I want to become more CONSISTENT and train my brain and my body. Objects in motion tend to stay in motion right? So even on off days I just FEEL way better when I swim or walk or paddleboard. My brain is in a totally different place when Ive gotten rid of that physical energy. Id like to lose 10 more pounds to get down to my fighting weight, yes, but Im also on a quest to reduce stress and for me, moving daily is vital. I want to challenge myself to listen to my body so Im not overtraining and letting exercise become another stressor too! This is my quest for balance.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:22:07 +0000
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