The New Me! This Could Be The New You!

Hello my friends! I hope you've all had a great week! So today I have a question for you. I want you to look inside of yourself, deep down and reflect for a moment. How have you been feeling? Are you just not feeling yourself? Are you feeling tired? Stressed? Overworked? Has your life hit a mundane routine that is just not fun anymore? Are you wishing you could get some life back and feel alive again. Have you been struggling with a weight loss journey where you've been trying to loose weight and get fit for months (or longer) but not seeing the results you want? Have you just had a new baby and want to get back to that prebaby body but you're not sure how to fit fitness and healthy eating into your diet cause your whole world has been flipped upside down? I know exactly how you feel! I have been there and I am there now! BUT the big thing is I was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired! I was ALL DONE saying "I just don't  have the time"...I was all done with putting everyone else before me. I realized that as a Mom, a Wife, a Daughter, a Sister, a Friend, a Coworker I not only owed it to myself to turn my life around, but I owed it to the others in my life to become a better me. I was feeling so tired and stressed all the time that I was taking it out on those around me, this wasn't fair to anyone. So I decided right then and there that I was done being a person I didn't like. How if I didn't like myself were others going to like me and want to be around me? I said that day, 11 weeks ago, I was going to make a change. I was going to do something to be a better me. It was time to focus on me and becoming that person I longed for. I wanted my life back. I wanted to feel strong inside and out. I wanted to conquer those goals and dreams I had of running again, of getting back the body I had before I had my two boys, I wanted to see the definition in my arms again, I wanted to see the muscles in my abs that I know are there, I wanted to fit into those favorite pair of jeans hanging in my closet. I wanted to be the person I once was that somehow in the midst of becoming a wife, a mother, and a teacher got lost. I was beginning to forget who she was. I wasn't happy anymore. I wasn't enjoying my life. I was getting frustrated and yelling at my boys every day. I was dragging in the morning and not wanting to go to a job I once loved. The passion I had for my family, my career, my life was gone. I didn't want to be that person. I knew that I needed to turn my life around and find that passion and love again before I started loosing what I have worked so hard for, what I once loved, what God had blessed me with in my life.

The day that I walked through my door and my husband said a package from Beachbody came I knew that was it. I knew that my life was mine again. I opened that box and couldn't wait to get through it to see everything! I wanted to rip it open and put it in the DVD player right away! The next morning I was up at 4:30 am to do my T25 workout. It was like Christmas morning, I was so eager to start this journey. As the weeks passed and I got up every morning to do my workout and make my Shakeology I began to feel the changes. I was pushing myself every day to the limit. I was sweating like I never had before. My body was sore and achy but as the days passed that went away. I KNEW it was working. I could not only feel it, but as each day passed I could see it. I was slimming down. I was seeing muscle definition, and my clothes were starting to fit differently. Then the day came I decided to finally step on the scale. I was so afraid to because over the years I learned to not weigh myself and compare myself to others. I always weighed more then friends that were the same height or size as me because I was an athlete with a lot of lean muscle. However, growing up that was hard to understand and I would beat myself up over it and couldn't get out of my head the thought that my body was unattractive. But I did it, I got on that scale, put my worries aside, and I had lost 10 pounds!! I did it! I was finally below the 150 mark and for me that was HUGE! I felt success, and boy was it sweet! This was working! This program was giving me the changes that I had wanted for so long, and I was truly loving it. I started feeling a new vitality. I had energy that I hadn't had in a long time, and I was feeling a passion for something again. I was feeling alive! 

Throughout the weeks I began to realize that this journey wasn't only helping me to get my old prebaby body back, but it was giving me so much more then that. It was giving me passion, it was giving me confidence, it was giving me a whole new life that I never expected. My relationship with my husband grew stronger. My friendships I have are finding a new life through sharing my story with them and helping them start their own journey to becoming a healthier person. I've reconnected with old friends and I've made new ones through the various challenge groups and fitness group that have supported me and motivated me in ways that they don't even realize. But most importantly I'm growing to love and respect my body. I'm learning to be comfortable in my own skin. I'm learning that this body I have is mine forever and if I don't love and respect it and take care of it who will? People think that Beachbody is just a company that sells fitness programs and nutrition supplements but it's not. When you get involved in this company it truly changes your life. When you get to the heart and core of this company you have a CEO that truly cares about not only his coaches but the people. Beachbody is truly a family of people that want to help support, encourage, and motivate one another to live a healthy life. They are people that are real every day people that have been right there where you are. They have gone through this journey too and they have conquered and overcome obstacles to reach their dreams and their goals. They all want to truly, with their whole heart, help you accomplish your dreams. I have NEVER been a part of something that has had so much passion and drive to want to help everyone around them succeed to their fullest potential. I have met people that want the best for me and my family and it has filled my heart and soul with so much happiness. It has motivated me to be a better version of myself. The best version of myself. Know that you can have that too!  You too can be surrounded by people that help motivate, encourage, and support you to reach your dreams! I didn't have the drive for a long time to change. I was sitting right in that same seat you are feeling tired, worn out, and unmotivated, but I took that step, I made that change, and so can you! Join me and I can help you reach those goals, I can give you that same success if you're ready to make that commitment! Make your life yours again! 

Much Love, 

Chrissy