I am enrolled in a Fitness Business marketing course and one of our assignments was to share our story.
At first, I was nervous to share my story again, because I feel like I have shared it a million times!
But then I was reminded that so many people still haven’t read it. How can I help those people who need a coach like me if they don’t even know me? So- here I am sharing my story -again, because… #actionoveranxiety
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When does the pursuit of the perfect body become an obsession?
For more than 10 years I would workout 2 times a day, 7 days a week.
I would eat 6 strict measured meals and never deviate from my plan.
I would train to burn calories. I was always exhausted, injured, hungry, but would not let myself eat more.
I was miserable. Terrified of weight gain. Moving from one eating disorder to another. Bulimia, to exercise bulimia, to extreme calorie restriction.
I lost my period, I couldn't sleep, I was moody and felt so much anxiety around food and exercise. It controlled me. Something I thought was supposed to add to my life was absolutely destroying me.
Pursuing what I thought was the perfect body was actually destroying my health and taking away my happiness.
The amount of sacrifice it took for me to get lean and stay lean provided VERY little return on investment.
I had to get help. So, I did.
Today in 2020, I train with heavy weights 4 days a week and do some sort of conditioning workout 1 x day a week, and I walk a lot.
I eat all foods using the #moderation365 philosophy ❤️
Did I gain weight? Of course! But soon it leveled out and I didn’t die!
After several years of trying to recover my period I have done it. I did all the work. I healed my relationship with food and let my body rest. My breasts grew a full cup size and along with my menstrual cycle, my libido came back too! Hello sex my old friend!! 😉
At first, I was worried that people would think I had "let myself go" or got "lazy" with my diet.. fuck. The stories I told myself!!
One cannot always be seeking FAT LOSS as the main goal. At some point you must be ok with a little weight gain. Bodies are made to fluctuate.
What if the weight gain is the body’s protective mechanism to the years of calorie restriction & excessive exercise?
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙇𝙔 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣?
WHAT IF…
You weren’t thinking about food and eating 7/24?
You never had to set another weight loss goal, or start another new diet on Monday?
You could get better results from training less?
You practiced moderation (eg no measuring, weighing, counting... obsessing), and get results?
You could be around any food at any time and be ok?
That is what the goal of #Moderation365 is all about.
I HAVE AN EFFORTLESS RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD.
I am maintaining my weight without doing anything extreme at all. I am connected to my intuition and am always mindful.
Mindfulness is that low level of automated thinking going on in the background always.
This is the opposite of dieting.
I’m done with dieting.
How about you?
I want to work with the people who have tried everything, and they're DONE.
#thegreatdietdisruption
