Losing weight... I'm just no good at it!

Health and Fitness isn't all about weight loss; though the "industry" would love for us to think that.  And in most cases, we do.  In High School, I weighed 130lbs.... Army, 140lbs... Mom-life 150lbs.

• None of these numbers scare me.
• None of these numbers make me feel "less than"
• None of these numbers mean I am "unhealthy"
• None of these numbers determine my worth, sexiness, happiness, etc.

In 2014, I still held on to some baby weight *pictured* - despite my baby being 2 years old.  In 2015, I decided enough was enough and lost a good amount of size...not weight!  In 2016, I felt amazing, look pretty good, and still weighed 150lbs.  As I coached my clients to believe that the number on the scale didn't matter and that they should throw their scales in the trash, I secretly harbored self-hate at the 1-5-0 that stared at me every 21-30 days.

Allowing that number to have power over me, made me feel like I wasn't good enough.  An evil habit of mine is to eat when I am not feeling "good enough."  - It's called comfort food for a reason. -  I used all the excuses, "I'm just sharing a snack with Lily," "I want to bake with my daughter," "It's just for today."  Well... "just today" said everyday, doesn't really benefit our goals!

I eventually just gave up.  Around Thanksgiving/Christmas time, I let go of my fitness.  Excuses?  Oh yeah!  Lily's off from school this week, It's the holidays, I'm not feeling so good... blah blah blah.  In the past month, I've noticed I'm getting a little lazy, a little sad, and a lot more depressed... My morning routine now consists of staying up so late that 7am is the middle of the night.  

I figured out... I'm just not good at loosing weight.  Mostly because, I don't BELIEVE I have to.  My "weight" isn't at all an issue.  The way my body looks, and the way I eat IS my issue!

Whenever I have set out to workout, I've ALWAYS wanted to build muscle.  When I was younger, I didn't care about my weight, I just wanted to be strong, I wanted to be built.  So, I had to ask myself... Self.  Why oh why have you been using program for weight loss?  😱

I know... I was shocked too.  I've had, in the back of my mind, a program that I badly want to complete, but thought I should loose 10 pounds first... LISTEN UP... don't worry about weight!  Unless you have a special circumstance and a physician has told you to focus on loosing weight, GO FOR THE MUSCLE!

Muscle burns fat y'all!  As you work to build your body, the muscle will decrease your body fat.  No, muscle doesn't weigh more than fat - a pound is a pound - but you may gain a pound or 2 when building muscle.  Don't worry because your body will change for the better... Number on the scale be damned!

Body Beast is the program I will begin next week - Monday 2/27. This is my first go at this program and I'd love some newbies to take the ride with!

If you are interested in taking a different path towards health and fitness, letting go of the number on the scale, and making a change for the better, apply for my next accountability group below!

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