Don't waste your time reading this post unless this description below fits you or some one you love. If it does, then I encourage you to Read On, because this simple little post may be the straw that changes things and sets into motion a change for you.
If it doesn't then spend the next 5 minutes loving on your child, or spending time with a friend or educating yourself in some other way.
Does this describe you or some one you know in any way?
*Feel tired, or exhausted or in a state of zombie (where all though you are doing things, you are just going through the motions because you are too tired to actually have the energy to put yourself into the task) for more than an hour a day???
* Feel icky, sick, bloated, or irregular more than 1 day a week?
* Not confidant and happy with who is reflecting back at you when you look in the mirror?
* Pain in your joints, back, neck or other areas of the body on a regular basis or on again off again basis longer than a couple months?
* Not sure how to eat healthful balanced nutritious meals and not sure where to start or go to to learn how, because so many articles out there contradict each other?
* You can't imaging adding exercise to your daily routine, because you are so tired and drained from the daily tasks required of you already?
* Not sure what is most time effective when you go to your local gym or which at home program or work out is going to give you results as so many out there tout that they are the best?
* Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired 50% of the time or more?
If you thought "YES" to two or more of these about your self or someone in your circle of influence then please read on, and I hope this will be of some benefit to you.
What makes you get out of bed each morning?
What is keeping you going day after day after day?
Essentially WHAT is it that you are LIVING for?
In fall of 2014 I found my self in a bit of a pity party, Oh sure I thought there were moments, hours, even days that I was happy. But KNOW what??? Over all there were more unhappy, miserable, lonely, sad days than there were happy days.
I told myself I was getting out of bed each morning due to obligation as a mom, wife, friend, or just plain That's What You Do!
I kept going day after day, because I thought there has to be something better out there maybe just around the corner and so each day, I kept searching, praying and living my life, In Hopes to FIND something WORTH LIVING FOR!!!!!
I knew that God put me on this Earth for a reason (or well many reasons possibly complied into one big picture) well at least I knew the scripture answers for it. He wants us to be happy and learn right from wrong and return to him.
I guess I was kinda to the point last fall that I figured I guess if I press on to the end, then in Heaven I will be happy and have True Joy!
Yet it still kept gnawing at me that there was more to it, and I was missing something, I just had NO CLUE where to find the answer, cause quite frankly I didn't know what the answer was, which makes it rather difficult to find something when you don't know what you are looking for.
Well over this past year I feel like I finally figured it out, I found the ANSWER!!! Now that doesn't mean I have it completely figured out or that I am perfect at it yet, But what I found was that In order to be Happy, with others, for others, or when you are around others, YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY LOVE YOU, EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT YOU!!!!!
Well now you may be thinking, okay great well how the heck do I do that? There isn't much I like about myself at all! And Know what I was there I felt that too, there was no way I could just convince myself to love things about me that I had hated about me for years. And this was true, I didn't come to find this answer by some one simply telling me you gotta love yourself, or reading about it in some blog post. (I swore I would never even have a blog, because no one wanted to read about what I had to say, it was far to dismal and depressing)
So how on earth did I figure this all out and get to where I am today only 1 year later???
Well I had a friend invite me to join with her in an accountability group on Facebook. I had no idea what that meant, all I knew was that she had recently been posting photos of her weight loss journey and inviting people to join her. So she shared with me a bit about what it entailed and (remember I was in my own little pity party, but didn't know it, I thought I was fine) I told her I was already working out on my own and didn't have the money or feel I needed to spend money on exercising. But deep down, I wanted too, I wanted to learn more, I wanted results like I was watching her have, I wanted the friendships that she was referring to in her FB posts. But I putt it off for 4 more months.
In November of 2014 on the 28th just 6 days after my 33rd birthday I decided that I didn't want to hurt any more, physically or emotionally, that by my 34th birthday I wanted to to feel good, look good, and be much happier than I was. What could it hurt, I could give one of her 4 week accountability groups a try and if nothing changed well then, at least I tried. So, I bought myself a Challenge Pack (because my friend told me that was they best bang for my buck and it would offer me the tools I needed to begin on my own personal health journey) and along with that purchase came my COACH!!!
So what made this Beachbody program that I ordered and this Shakeology so life changing??? Well they are phenomenal products, but if I had bought them and simply tried to figure it out on my own I would have most likely failed and not had the Life Changing results I am sharing with you today. The Game Changer in this was that I know had some one dedicated to me succeeding, some one who I could feel, cared about me, and my goals, a personal Cheerleader so to speak, every step of the way, that was my Coach.
Well as my body and health began to transform, I began to realize I had to be getting out of bed in the morning for ME!!! I needed to keep going day after day for ME, no one else was as important as ME. (now you may think wow, that sounds so selfish, how could she be a mom and feel that she is more important than her children) So here is why, If I could not love my self, how in the world could I love any one else, how could I give of my self completely when in the back of my mind I was thinking "I am always the last one to the dinner table and rarely get thanks for the meals I make" or "I just want to go to bed but I know that I should spend some time with my child and read them a book, so lets hurry it up and read it"
I was not able to fully love them, serve them, or care for them. And like I mentioned I am still not 100% there. But I am leaps and bounds a head of where I was. Because now, I look in the mirror and see a woman filled with EMPOWERMENT, Strength, Love, Joy, A Heart that actually yearns to serve others, I have fun with my children and enjoying assisting others to begin their journey of Creating Themselves into what they desire.
So how in the world did a simple work out program and bag of Shakeology do all this for me:
* It started me down the path I am on, as a health and fitness coach with Beachbody, earning a significant income that we can put towards our debt.
* It introduced me to a family (network of other coaches and customers) of other like minded individuals all joining together along the same journey
* It taught me that when my body feels and functions properly,that boosts my love of my self
* I found that when I see my self in a family photo and don't nit pick every thing about my body, because it actually looks good, I am happy
* I found that genuine support, friendship and encouragement in society today are hard to come by, and boy am I grateful I found them
* I found that I Truly Love to serve others and honestly it brings me so much Joy when I am no longer expecting anything in return or begrudgingly doing it because I felt, I should be the one being served.
* I found that when I exercise 6 days a week I am able to get out any frustrations that may be in my mind and feel energized from the release of endorphin making me ready to take on the day
* And I found that I am so excited to get out of bed (most mornings, I say most because when the toddler is up half the night, I am still a bit exhausted when 6:45 rolls around) each day to see what I can accomplish, who I can be God's hands for, and how I can better myself or be an example to those around me.
So now I want to say STOP making excuses, STOP the pity party for yourself (they are lonely and rarely any one comes to join you) NOW is as good of time as any to ACT, there will never be a perfect time in your life. You have to just decide and DO IT!!!
Reach out to me and let me know you are ready or even if you simple have questions to see if this is right for you now in your life. I am here to serve you, I love to serve you, and I hope that this helped you in some way and wasn't a waste of your 5 mins of time reading it.
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