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I promised two things in previous blogs that I have not forgotten.
- picture updates of my personal transformation journey so far
- information detailing why I take the supplements I do
"What does wellness mean to you?" my friend Ray
asked me.
I have known him since we were about 16 and we became
fast friends. But we became even faster
workout buddies because he would literally knock on my door and wait for me to
change so that I would go to the gym with him.
Talk about motivation. Back then, if I could fit into my
size 28 jeans, whether it was through starvation, fad diets, smoking or
exercising, I felt that I had been practicing wellness. I know it was a superficial motivation to
exercise, but a little seed of endorphin had been planted in me. And without realizing it at the time, it made
me happy.
Fast forward fifteen years and two children later. After giving birth to my daughter, I just
couldn't shed the last of my baby fat because of a herniated disk. I couldn't be active. I didn't think about what I was eating. I was not sleeping well. Sounds like most parents with small children,
right? I was just hiding behind my children. Literally, I hid behind them because I was
embarrassed about my body. Figuratively,
I hid behind them as my excuse for not taking better care of myself. Most of all, I was frustrated because I
couldn't fit into my size 28 jeans!
This is when I shot Ray an email telling him that I just
couldn't seem to lose that last 10 pounds.
He writes back with a general eating schedule, body measurement chart
and a plan teaching me how to run. Run?!
Really?!
Did he not know me at all?! I would never run...unless it
was to chase after food or run from danger for survival.
I have no time.
I am not in good enough shape to run.
These were my excuses why I could not do it.
Then in one moment, I just asked myself "Why
not?"
Fifteen minutes at a time, I started to jog with my son
riding behind me in a tricycle. An hour
and a half, I jogged from my daughter's ballet school to my house and back
while she was in her lessons
Wellness becomes much more because it goes full cycle and also needs to end IN YOUR HEAD. No matter what size or shape your body is, no matter how many kilometres you can run, no matter how many push ups you can hammer out in one minute, your mind needs to feel good about it and from it.
Your mind needs to feel good from the foods you put in
your body to nourish it. Your mind needs
to feel good about being in your skin.
Your mind needs to find a balance in your life spiritually, emotionally
and physically so that it can cope with the stress that bombards you every day.
Now 20 years later, I am still imitating my friend Ray in
going to the gym eating lean chicken or running a Spartan race with my
children. That endorphin seed has
blossomed into a full blown addiction, making me want to try anything that
crosses my path: running, floor hockey, crossfit, pole dancing, boxing....and I
finally fit into my size 28 jeans.
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