12 things no one told me about weight loss:
✖️quick fixes don’t create a long term result
✖️not everyone will understand your commitment
✖️your body won’t look like you imagined it would
✖️doing abs every time you work out isn’t actually going to give you abs
✖️you can do everything right and still not loose a single pound
✖️losing weight doesn’t equal happiness
✖️weighing less doesn’t equal self love
✖️you’ll definitely have cravings
✖️everything you thought you knew about weight loss is unrealistic (especially if you’re comparing your goals to TV shows)
✖️you’ll start looking at your bathroom scale as a progress tracker and not your arch nemesis
✖️weight loss isn’t a straight line
✖️all of your wildest physique dreams are absolutely possible with hard work and patience
If you’re on this weight loss ride, have been, still are, going to be or will be again, you know that it’s not easy.
But have you ever heard anyone say that they regret their transformation? Or do you hear them say that they regret not doing it sooner?
If you’re on your own journey right now just know that you are KILLING it sister ✨ Remember that choosing yourself and working on your goals every day MATTERS. Changing your life is TOUGH but it is 110% worth it.
YOU WILL GET THERE. KEEP GOING.
YOU GOT THIS GIRL 💃🏼 go level up today my friends 🤘🏼 (also yes my gym has a trash bag corner because they were doing construction ok 😂)
🦋☝🏼ONE YEAR OF WORK🦋
🦋☝🏼ONE YEAR OF WORK🦋
Same girl, same messy bun, but completely transformed.
In both photos the right side is a few weeks ago, the left side is last summer (in the first photo May 2018, and in the second photo June 2018). I’ve been on this journey for just over a year now. An uncomfortable and grueling year both mentally and physically but the biggest year of growth I’ve ever experienced.
In May of last year, I was next to clueless on macronutrients, gagged at protein powder, my training up to that point was completely self taught from Instagram workouts and bodybuilding.com and was clueless as to what the word adherence meant.
Now, I’m wrapping up my NASM CPT certification, have multiple coaches, and feel so passionate about spending my life helping others change their life through fitness and nutrition.
When I took these photos a year ago, or even while taking these photos a few weeks back, I never thought I would be posting them online. No makeup, no hair brushed, no shower, nothing. Just a girl freaking proud as all get out of this body.
I.👏🏼MADE.👏🏼THIS. 👏🏼 I was unhappy with how I looked and felt about myself and I changed it. Not overnight, not by eating Keto or taking a fat burner, but by putting my head down and working all year long.
I was being presented with two choices: evolve or repeat, and man am I sure glad that I leveled up.
I am proud of this body. But we’re not done yet. 😈🔋
Does making your bed every day help you lose weight?
Does making your bed every day help you lose weight? 🧐
Yes. And no. Let me explain.
Making your bed is a simple task. Mundane at best. But every morning, you wake up and make your bed. You make the choice.
You establish a routine.
You make your bed on days you don’t want to. You make your bed when you’re tired. The first thing you do every day, no matter what—is make your bed.
Within your first few minutes of rising, everyday, you win.
It’s more than the bed itself, it’s the discipline. The routine. It’s about teaching yourself to be accountable.
It’s about winning your day.
That small task of making your bed creates a domino effect. You get the dishes done, you return that package, you pay that bill, etc.
You win.
Translate that same mindset, that “win the day” mindset to fitness goals.
You wake up: you’re tired. You’re faced with the choice to get up and get your workout in or to sleep for 30 more minutes. But you get up, get dressed, head out to the gym. You win.
On days you’re busy: you could either grab Popeye’s for lunch or you could throw your meal prep in your bag before you leave. But you’ve already got your workout in for the day, so this one’s easier. You pack your lunch and head out the door. Your second win.
By the time afternoon rolls around, you’ve already won SO MUCH of your day, that when your dinner plans roll around and you’re faced with the choice to stick with the plan or blow it, it’s no question here. You’ve already made so much progress today. You win again.
So will making your bed every day actually help with your weight loss? No.
Will making simple choices every day create a domino effect into the rest of your life? Absolutely.
To win or lose is 100% your choice.
What’s it going to be?