A broken mind and heart housed in a fit body leads to a life of emptiness. I started to think about the three roles that I've played in my past. Three roles that maybe we've all played, when life gets the best of us.
Did you know your outer skin cells shred and re-grow every 27 days? Your body builds itself back up with what you eat and drink. SO yes, literally, you are what you eat.
I recently caught a glimpse of myself in new camera light as I was filming online videos with a professional. And what I saw shocked me. Lines around my eyes, forehead creases, frown lines. Roads of expressions mapped out on my face. Where I've been, emotions I've experienced. Love. Loss. Anger. Freedom.
I royally messed up my body. I royally tanked my metabolism. Yes, I lost about 60lbs, but became scale obsessed, and if I strayed from my restrictive meal plan, I gained weight. A SHIT TON of weight. This, my friends, is what led me down the path of creating my OWN macro plan. One with balance, AND CARBS, and ALCOHOL, and enjoyment, and living life. One that healed my body, not hurt my body.
I lied. I told a little white one, while sitting on a big blue couch in front of a Television Camera on a Tuesday morning. It was my monthly segment as an Expert Health and Fitness Host on our local TV network, and we were discussing my Break the Mould: Become Fit, Fierce, and Fearless in the Life You Deserve Book. "I'm being picked up by Chapters now!" Excitedly spat out of my mouth. Part of that was true, part of that maybe not so much.
As a mom, a wife and a coach, a trainer, and a nurse, it is in my DNA to give to everybody else first. Once I mastered my time, I mastered my mindset, I mastered my health. I had less anxiety. I had less worry. I had less negative thoughts. I had less desire to control every single situation.
You see, that's the most beautiful thing to watch. When your heart takes over. Not your head--- Worrying about if you're doing it right, Worrying who's watching, Who's ready. Worrying, worrying, worrying. Looking for your safety net and security. When you learn to look past that net. Do you even need it?
My body is pretty happy, but I want to see just how far I can stretch my mind. It's a pretty amazing feeling when you realize there is no ceiling to better. In the pursuit of helping everyone else, I've lost myself in the past 2 months. You can't continually GIVE all of your heart, body, soul, and mind. You have to earn some respect for yourself and it's redemption time.
With the constant negative replay in my head, I became a people pleaser and relentless perfectionist. Going on Television, at first, seemed completely out of the question. I'm fat and dumb, who would listen to me? I was completely comfortable staying in my own little bubble, behind my own closed doors and screen, where no one could criticize me. But here's what I learned about going on TV, and why now, it's probably the thing I look forward to the most!
I used to blame my chronic tiredness and sickness on being a nurse, trainer, mom, and wife and working 12 hours shifts. But the blame needed to be shifted into ownership, as the food that I was eating the real cause. We know that a stressful lifestyle or over-training can increase cortisol. Which then leads to inflammation and the symptoms above. But I want to offer you a quick solution. Because changing our work environment, training plans, responsibilities, and relationships take time. Changin
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