*Lifting Each Other Higher*

It's been a little while since I've written a blog post. I've intended on writing one for a few weeks, but I have been so busy, it seems like time has been slipping away.I've been thinking of what to write about, but one thing that keeps coming back to me and pulls me through each day of my crazy, busy life is knowing and hearing from people that I'm working with that I'm helping them feel better about themselves. That the work I'm doing is making a difference in their lives, which in turn makes a difference in my life. When I first started writing this blog post I started writing about how I envision my future and how that helps carry me through each day. But as I was writing that, I realized that my future and what it will hold is effected by those people that are part of my present every day life. Since becoming a Team Beachbody coach I have seen many people, family and friends, accomplish goals they didn't think were possible. I've seen them start feeling more confident and proud of themselves. When I know that those I care about, or even those people I've just met, have been struggling with self confidence, weight loss, or their health and that I can help them it is something I truly enjoy being a part of. Over the past few months I can't express the joy it has brought me to hear friends and family say "I was told today that I look beautiful." or "I woke up this morning and ate a healthy breakfast and started my squats. I'm so sore I could barely walk down my stairs from my workout yesterday." I know that they are doing something that is making them feel better about themselves. I know they're doing something that is going to make them healthier, more confident, and happier. Being a part of that is truly the best feeling. I become like a proud parent.

A friend of mine had been training for months for her first 1/2 marathon. She recently posted on my running group page Run With H.O.P.E on Facebook "So now that I've had a few days to recover and reflect after the half..I really owe all of you a thank you! I feel like this group has helped me stay motivated and help hold myself accountable. You are all so wonderful and thank you for all the well wishes! I honestly never really thought I could do something like a half marathon..the whole time I thought to myself I gave birth...twice...I CAN do this!!! Chrissy you have been amazing and I always thought you were great to work with but it's been so nice to get to know you outside of all that. Thank you thank you!" Knowing that I've helped her and others regain confidence in themselves. Especially other women, is why I enjoy being a fitness coach. We as women often struggle with self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-image issues. Being a part of a group that helps motivate and inspire each other is truly....empowering. Being a part of groups that help raise one another higher and support one another is what this is about. Too often in today's society women struggle with how we are portrayed in media, but how we actually look when we see ourselves in a mirror or in photos. Too often women beat each other down instead of lifting one another up. I want to be able, as a fitness coach, to help other women find their inner confidence and see how beautiful they truly are. To start feeling more confident and better about themselves. Being a Team Beachbody Coach for me isn't about selling the products and making money. It's about helping other women find their inner self again. It's about women knowing that they are beautiful inside and out, but making their outsides match their insides to help them regain their own positive self image.

When I started my own Beachbody program I was feeling really down and discouraged. I was feeling like I'd never feel comfortable in my own skin. I wanted something that I could do at home that would fit into my busy schedule, but would help me become healthy, more energized, and confident again. To feel beautiful again. We as women deserve that don't we? Well it did that for me, and I now love that I can share that with other women to help them feel sexy, beautiful, confident, and healthy too. When I get messages like this from another friend and client of mine "Hey! Everything is going great! We are continuing the 21 day fix program. We are both feeling healthier after the first 21 days. We have really enjoyed this and have recommended it to a lot of people." It makes me so happy to know that I've helped others feel good about themselves, and that they are living healthier and happier lives. That women are starting to come together to help one another and to build each other up. That is what I do this for. That is why each day I send out messages and ask people to get involved. We as women need to uplift one another and help strengthen one another. We are truly the only ones that understand one another. 

Much Love, 

Chrissy 

Fit Mommy of Two Health & Fitness