Flashback 4-ish years ago: I’m a Sophomore at UC, working two jobs, taking 18 credit hours, an officer in my sorority, a girlfriend & a 19 year old trying to figure out how to cook everything in a microwave...
Wanna know what it looks like to pour from an empty cup? The photo on the left embodied that.
I was focused on being enough for everyone around me I was forgetting to be enough for myself.
It was like my body was that chair in your room that you throw your clothes on (you know the one):
It started with just a shirt, then it was a week's worth of clothes, then a month, then before I knew it, I couldn’t even see the chair anymore because there was so much crap on top...that’s how this weight gain felt. It started slow, but then those +30lbs hit me like a truck.
I mean, I had definitely gained some weight...I stopped running track, nutrition basically meant dr. pepper, leftover pasta from chapter, dining hall cereal....I don’t know what I expected to happen.
A lot has changed since I was that girl on the left.
The ONLY reason why I look different now? Because my priorities have changed.
WE ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF OUR PRIORITIES.
2016 priorities: Having fun. Passing my classes. Doing whatever I wanted. Wearing cute clothes. Avoiding FOMO *at all costs*.
2020 priorities: Health. Family. To be a good wife, friend, coach, mentor, leader and example to those around me. To do what feels right FOR ME. To put myself & my families needs first, no more trying to please everyone around me. Personal growth.
I could have been in great shape at 19. I had gym access, healthy food available, workout clothes, all of it. But I didn’t take action. Why?
Because I had to CHOOSE to change. Change was there when I was READY for it. And 2016 me was NOT ready.
If you haven’t realized yet that: closed mouths don’t get fed, $1 Million dollars isn’t going to magically land into your account, you won’t wake up with abs when you keep hitting snooze on your gym alarm...THIS IS THE PART OF THE STORY WHERE YOU REALIZE THAT!
It’s HARD to change. But you know what’s harder? NOT CHANGING.
2016: Lookin like a snack → 2020: FEELIN like a snack