13/03/2023
๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ข๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐, ๐จ๐ค๐๐ & ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐จ
For most of my life I was exactly like you
I didnโt put a single thought into what I ate
I didnโt set aside time to get a workout in
I felt like s**t all the time, felt so uncomfortable with my body, hated the way everything looked on me, & was so unhealthy
For most breakfast & lunches I ate white bread with peanut butter
For every beverage of the day I had a glass of Pepsi
And I probably ate more ice cream than I should have almost every single evening
My upbringing was far from โorganic, clean, minimally processedโ
I didnโt have a lick of knowledge regarding how to put together a workout
I had no idea how to use 90% of the machines in the gym
&& ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐
And probably like many of you there was one day I woke up and decided this wasnโt the way I wanted to live my life
I wanted to feel energized and able bodied
I wanted to fuel my body with food that offered me a long, more fruitful life
I wanted to be able to put clothes on, look in the mirror and say โoooh girl look at youโ
๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช
I had to make changes and at 15 years old, with an environment that didnโt fuel that goal, it wasnโt easy
I didnโt have tons of my own money to get a gym membership, buy groceries on my own or educate myself on how to move my body
But I started somewhereโฆ
I traded 1 Pepsi at a time for a glass of water
I swapped added some healthy protein in one meal at a time
I found ways to add fruit and veggies to my diet
I started talking walks which lead to runs, which eventually lead to gym workouts with all the machines, dumbbells & equipment I had never used in my entire life
I invested in myself once I did have a job
I made healthy swaps & improved one habit at a time to get me to where I am today
Iโm not someone that was brought up in a healthy environment, where making a change was easyโฆ
๐๐ณ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ!