Slow down
The faster you rush through the weight loss process, the less prepared you’ll be to maintain your progress.
Take your time developing the foundation that will be your lifelong active lifestyle. Trade the next few years getting this squared away, so that the decades that follow include a healthy relationship with food, fitness and yourself. Please. 🤗 👊🏻
Hey there. For a long time, I thought there was something wrong with me. I had interests, goals, and ambitions that did not line up with what most people around me seemed to want. In fitness, in work, and in life, I constantly felt like I was trying to squeeze myself into a version that made other people more comfortable.
Hey there. For a long time, I believed that fitness and weight loss were mostly about doing the right things. Eat better. Exercise more. Stay consistent. If I could just line up the habits, the results would eventually take care of themselves.
Hey there. I talk a lot about perception because it shapes far more than most people realize. How you see yourself, your progress, and your ability to change quietly becomes the life you live. This is true in fitness, but it is just as true in your career, relationships, and confidence.
Hey there. There is a phrase I come back to often because it applies to fitness, weight loss, and life just as much as anything else. You create your own reality.
That does not mean pretending everything is fine or forcing yourself to find a silver lining when something genuinely hurts. Some situations are heavy. Some seasons are frustrating. Some days feel like too much. But what you choose to see, believe, and reinforce shapes how you move through those moments.
Hey there. There are a lot of ways we learn in life. Sometimes we learn by doing something once and realizing that was enough. Sometimes we repeat the same mistake over and over until we finally hit a breaking point. Experience is a powerful teacher. But there is another way we often overlook, learning by observing other people.
Hey there. For a long time, my mood decided how I saw myself. If things were going well, I felt confident and capable. If things felt hard, I questioned everything about who I was and what I was doing. What I have learned over time is that you are never as good or as bad as you think you are, especially when emotions are running high.
Hey there. For a long time, I thought progress came down to finding the right plan. The right workouts. The right way to eat. The right system that would finally make everything click. Like a lot of people, I spent years collecting information and telling myself that once I had enough of it, I would finally follow through.
Hey there. For a long time, I thought reinvention had to be loud. A big announcement. A dramatic before and after. A clear break between who I was and who I was becoming. The older I get, the more I realize that the most meaningful reinvention is usually invisible to everyone else.
Hey there. I want to ask you a question that most people avoid because it feels uncomfortable. What have you settled for?
I am not asking this from a place of judgment. I am asking it from a place of honesty. Because for a long time, especially in fitness and weight loss, I settled without admitting that I was doing it. I told myself I was stuck. I told myself it was just how things were. In reality, I was choosing something because it felt easier, familiar, or safer.
Hey there. For a long time, I believed that if I could just control enough things, my life would finally feel settled. My body. My schedule. My progress. My circumstances. And the longer I stayed in that mindset, the more frustrated I became.
Eventually, I had to face something uncomfortable but freeing. My life is my responsibility.