Transformation

In the Spring of 2010 I started working out with Jordan at Blackbox. I was getting really good results doing their crossfit workouts. Then this fall she challenged us to do 30 days of strictly Paleo diet. That was for sure a challenge. But I started to notice a difference in my body. My problem areas ( ahem, stomach) were not so much a problem anymore. When I got dressed for the day, I wasn't working around certain bad features. I was comfortable and confident enough to put on whatever I felt like wearing. I'm not going to lie, that was a good feeling knowing that I had put in the hard work and it was paying off. BUT, the main transformation I noticed more than my body was my attitude and mood. I didn't even see this coming. 'Attitude' wasn't even on the list of things I needed to work on. I thought I was just on edge a lot because I have two little kids and that's just part of it. NOPE!! I still have those two little kids and somehow I am much more patient with them. Don't get me wrong, we have those moments...But overall, my mood has changed. I honestly had no idea that was a result of changing your diet.

Then winter rolls around and things start getting a little stressed. Things that were out of my control and just part of life( money, jobs, yada yada yada). When I started to get stressed, I was craving comfort food, which made me feel sick, which led to getting sick. What happened? Oh! That was a habit of mine in the past. Get stressed, eat comfort food, duh. So, once I recognized what was going on , I had to change that habit and nip it in the butt. That involved a lot of arguing with myself inside my head. And I still am working on that one.

So I was working out, eating good...but stressed. Then I started noticing my strength and endurance had gone way down. One day I was running sprints and felt like I was in slow motion. I could not figure out what was going on. I asked Jordan about it and she said it could have a lot to do with my stress. So, now something else to work on. After that work out of sprints in slow motion, I came home and decided to sit and be still, meditate and pray. Ah ha! that's it! That's what I needed to do. I realized I was trying to control all these different aspects of my life that only God can control. I realized that I was so worried about our future that I wasn't even living in the moment. I had no idea my body had taken a beating from me being so stressed.

So today, I have realized that its not just your work out or your diet or your mental health. Its ALL of it. There is so much more I could write about that has to do with my emotional healing and how all this ties in together. But for now I give you a taste of my day to day life and how it has changed. It has changed the way I interact with my family too.

I am excited to start the year with this transformation in progress. I just started my Yoga teacher training. I will become a CCYT(certified Christian yoga teacher) and a RYT ( registered Yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance). I look forward to learning more about how God created our bodies and how to take care of them.