Blame (v) to assign responsibility for a fault or wrong. I used to despise this word. Why? Because it's easy. It's easy to blame others for your circumstance, mood, and decisions. It's heated. You aren't just angry or upset with someone. You BLAMMMEEEEEEEEE them.
Some days get the best of me. So I make mountains out of molehills. Or my temper fires inside, especially when we don't hit deadlines or technology doesn't cooperate. But the first step to any change is not running away. Facing our quirks, and hot buttons, and emotions.
And now here we are, the night before your first day of school. And Mamma finds herself again, crying happy tears and having lots of "feels." You may not know what "feels" means. It's kinda like when you first went down a slide at the playground, Or when you give Cesar, the cat, wayyyyyy to many treats, Or even when YOU-- kiss Mommy and Daddy's bo bo's, My kind and sweet boy.
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.
FEELINGS. They are a bitch sometimes. They don't go away, No matter how hard you try to push them away, drink them away, busy yourself and work them away- they just don't. And for 20 years, I've been trying to do all of that. In my moment, the lowest of the low, when I thought that one action could take the pain away, And my family, friends, clients could have a better mom, wife, trainer, friend, one they deserved, I realized something.
My three and a half year old son loves to blame a "bad guy" (because he loves police officers and "arresting" people),for stealing his toys, and eating the last cookie. And we're teaching him about responsibility and honesty, But the same goes for our health. It's the easy route to blame genetics for poor health. I come from a family of Italian and American women, who all had heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. The way I look at it, I'm doomed! Which is why I had to take action!
One of the number one complaints people say about eating more greens is that they are bland and tasteless. But I found a completely addicting, totally nutritious PEPPER! It's called a Shishito Pepper, and it can be found at Farmers Markets, Asian or Korean Stores, or even Trader Joe's in the 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.
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