For most of my teenage years, my parents transported me to various activities. Athletics - sprinting - was my favourite. I probably would have been more successful if I had been more focused on my training and nutrition. But I was happy with what I was doing and I knew that I’d never be one of the top sprinters in the country - I regularly competed against a few of them, they were in a different league! Although I know as a young teenager my mindset prevented me from being more successful, when I started to visualise winning before a race, I began to succeed.
Anyway, fast forward to now. I have to confess my main obstacle is still nutrition. I eat healthy meals but I snack! Whenever I am strict and monitor this, I lose weight, look good and am proud of myself but I often find this difficult to maintain.
A real turning point of my life was when I was diagnosed with an under active thyroid. I’m fairly sure it’s affected me most of my adult life but I’ve controlled it through exercise. I used to exercise so much (quite often twice a day) that friends said I should be a PT! Sometimes people don’t understand why I exercise so much, but I have been told that if I don’t I’ll become ‘a fat, depressed mess’. That’s not going to happen!
Over the last year, I have to admit, I’ve struggled with my weight - it sometimes fluctuates up to 10 pounds during the day from water retention (another lovely side effect from an under active thyroid!) This is so frustrating!! My scales measure fat percentage and water as well as body mass but even so, I haven’t weighed myself recently. I measure myself on my jeans and Lipsy dresses!
Recently, I’ve become resigned to the fact that I may never have a flat stomach again (I used to always pride myself on my stomach)! But as much as I could persuade myself that I was happy, I’m not! I need to look and feel good, in fact, amazing, and I can achieve this!
For a while I’ve been looking for ways to really focus on my goals and develop my passion for fitness. So I’m super excited to have joined a community of online health and fitness coaches and plan to document my journey by sharing it through my social media.
My hope is that I can inspire others through my day to day posts. Thanks in advance for your support 💕
