What's really funny about my before and after photos are the excuses I've come up with for why I looked the way I did in the before photos. As most of you know, Bryan (my husband) has been deployed for the past year. Now, mind you, I have always been in pretty decent shape. However, as soon as he left, I hit a very depressing wall! My best friend was gone. My partner. I've never felt as lonely and sad as I did when he left. I found two things that somewhat numbed the pain: sleep (and like, a LOT of sleep) and food. The crazy thing is, I wasn't eating just a whole lot, but it was what I ate mixed with the lack of activity that attacked my body. What I find funny, is that in my mind, I still looked good. I didn't really notice that I had changed. While Bryan was home for Christmas, we went shopping in American Eagle. We were in the dressing room when I tried on a cute pair of jeans that just weren't fitting me like I thought they would...or should. Thankfully, Bryan and I have a open and honest relationship and when I asked him if I looked fat, he simply replied, "You just look out of shape." That. Was. It. There is no way I'm going to look "out of shape"! Especially, for my man!
That's when I realized I have let myself go and I was blaming it on Bryan being gone. I needed to get over it, stop whining about him being gone, and get my butt in the gym! So, that's what I did! Bryan helped me look on bodybuilding.com and we found a workout plan that I was interested in...which happened to be Jamie Eason's LiveFit Trainer. 12 weeks later, I'm a changed woman and I HATE my one day off that I get from the gym.
So, whatever your excuse may be...get over it! Get in the gym and get moving. I promise, you'll feel so much better about yourself physically and mentally!
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