Have you ever tried to change somebody else? How about trying to change yourself? It is so hard! For starters you cannot make somebody else change, and it’s pretty hard to change yourself. I have had some powerful positive change happen over the past 4 years on the inside so I know change is possible with hard work, sweat and a lot of tears. Where I find myself today is needing to now take those same steps to have that powerful change on my outside and get healthy overall. I’m not getting any younger and I want to enjoy every single day I have left. As you age, you realize that the old saying that life is short, is true.
If you read my last blog, you see I am on my journey to regain my physical health. I don’t know if it’s the fact that I am now approaching 50 and I realize that over half my life is over, if it is a mid- life crisis because I realize I am not where I want to be, or if I am finally just getting smart. Whatever the reason, guys I’m just feeling miserable! Anybody feeling me?
I have always been an emotional eater. At various points in my life, I have had it under control, and have been very healthy and in shape. At others due to medical conditions, meds, stress in life, I have not been in control or in shape. That’s where I find myself today. First Covid, and the stress of being laid off from a job, and now it’s a lovely condition women go through…menopause and hormones. Young girls, just wait for it! It comes for us all at some point.
I need to digress for just a minute. Let’s talk about this menopause thing. What in the world happens to our bodies? I have a rubber ring around my middle. A rubber ring! I have always had a small waist and flat stomach and over night it totally disappeared. Puff! Gone! I also have fat in areas nobody ever talked to me about and my thighs rub together. On top of that, I’m tired 24/7, not sleeping and brain fog! I cannot remember anything and I used to have the most amazing memory! Seriously, I will spare you anymore details, but things change!
Back on track to our subject at hand. So, I decided to get back in shape and called my trainer back. Last week was week one. Day one, I woke up at 4:15 and was in the garage doing my cardio. I was on it. Day two, I say to myself I will do my cardio Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday so I will sleep in. Wednesday, wow busy morning, my routine was thrown off, didn’t get to the garage for cardio. Thursday, feeling really guilty so I do get my weight training in and felt so freaking good. Friday rolled around, Saturday rolled around, Sunday rolled around. The weekend was crazy busy and yep, you guessed it, I got two whole workouts in last week.
You may be asking did she have any wins last week? The answer is yes, I did. My eating was mostly on point, until the weekend, which is the hardest for me. I thrive with routine in my life and my weeks are pretty routine so it’s easier for me to stay on target, but I struggle on the weekends, and I know that about myself. Weekends don’t have a set schedule and it throws me off everything. Here it is a new week. This week I will try to do a little better.
Here are my thoughts after week one. It’s a journey, right? Not a sprint to the finish line. It’s the daily habits and changes to get us to the changed mindset and to the results we desire. I won’t beat myself up. I will just shoot for more wins this week. More workouts, and better choices in the weekend. My changed mindset internally did not change overnight and I know it won’t this time either. One must study themselves and truly know themselves to make the necessary tweaks and changes to be who they ultimately want to be. I know myself enough to know that I must move the needle just a bit every day and in time it will be second nature, and it will be a healthy habit that guides me through every decision. If you are one of the lucky ones who makes a decision to do something and just does it, well I applaud you, and would love for you to send that good energy my way! For those who are like me, just create some routines and do things to move the needle a little every day and we’ll get there together. We must simply remember, we have just this one life, just this one body.
With love for you all,
Shauna
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