After babies was not my only venture into weight loss world. When I was 21 I joined a weight loss program as I was heavily overweight from bad food choices and very little exercise. During childhood I was very active playing outside, riding bikes, climbing trees. I played netball until I was 17 then foolishly quit to focus on VCE ( I wagged ALOT!)
I am not going to go through my journey but what I am going to get at is that I have made several attempts at this. From all of these attempts I learned something new about the process and also about myself.
To make the decision to take on a big change in your life is a daunting one. for me it was opening up to others and there is a level of embarrassment that goes along with admitting you have something that you feel needs changing. But if you can admit that, you are so much braver than you think you are!
After I had my daughter a friend of a friend was running small group training sessions in her back yard once a week it was lots of fun and I was surprised by how well I took to the training. I got excited and wrote down what we did each session and tried to make sure I did it twice more during the week along with going for a walk each day. For some reason the sessions had to stop and I had to find something new.
There was a brand spanking new gym opened up right near me. I got pamphlets in the mail constantly with some fairly good offers. I checked the finances and joined up ready to shed the baby weight. The package came with 4 PT sessions and assessment.
I was excited to have 1 on 1 time with a trainer, I picked my trainer from a list of names thinking I chose a woman but it was one of those unisex names and I was greeted by this mountain of a man. He was friendly enough but after a while I got this feeling he wasn't interested in helping me.
He asked me to keep a food diary at the very beginning. I did so and gave it to him at our next meeting. He said he would write me up a training plan. he didn't. We spent each session on a machine maybe him pressing a button here and there staring into space. This could have been just his way ( not good enough I would say now) or he didn't have the faith in me because of the way I looked to even give me a chance.
Back then I was too scared to speak up but now I would have definitely spoken up and said " hey this just isn't working for me" it really goes 2 ways My dedication is needed for results.
I had a chat to those around me and online and there is a general opinion that the attitudes go both ways. YOU have to want your change and your trainer has to want to be there to support you. I have worked with uninterested trainers and very passionate trainers and wow what a difference when someone is genuinely passionate about what they do. It is contagious.
It really is a sad thing that you may not feel like the people around you want to help or motivate you. The lesson I have learned from this through my own experiences and talking to others is that you can't change others. Only yourself. If you find you are in a place where you are thinking about how to get someone else to get results for you then you need to shake all that away and look to yourself and what you are willing to give a go.
Whatever little bit of change you make that can make you happy and feel good will affect those around you which will in turn drive you to continue along the road you are headed down. ALWAYS do it for you. Never forget it is up to you. I used to whinge that the gym was costing me money and I never got results. It's because I never went! duh!! Now I understand that if I am willing to pay for a product I have to use it properly to get my moneys worth. It is the only way I will get results.
I have enjoyed my wake up call this year, but it has been a process. I have had to learn little things at a time and build up my resilience to deal with setbacks and hiccups. It is never over you just learn something new for the next time.
Over my time I have learned :
I LOVE group training as opposed to one on one
I like being set a goal or a challenge
I HATE the gym and equipment like treadmills
I like getting up into the mountain for a walk
Eating a banana won't kill me ( seriously I ate my first one about a month ago )
What have you learned about yourself when you have tried something multiple times?
Fi
P.S
Here are some pics of me from about 10 years ago to today. Amazed at the change I have gone through over the years.
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| 19 years old visiting Scotland and meeting my extended family for the first time. I ate alot and drank alot of alcohol! |
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| Trip to QLD when I was 20. I remember being very uncomfortable and miserable when we went to the beach. |
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| Our Engagement Party I was 21 and decided to wear all black to hide everything |
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| My Wedding I was 22. I went on a weight loss program to lose weight. I lost about 20 kg. I felt beautiful. |
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| 23 and Pregnant with #1 |
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| 24 here. I lost all my baby weight and them some through a mix of PT and a low calorie diet ( lots of 99% fat free packages in my house hold) and also stress. I felt I looked great but was a bit of a wreck internally. |
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| 27 years old and 36 weeks pregnant with #2 in false labor just hanging out at the hospital as you do. I swear this is the most enormous I have ever seen myself!! I managed to hold on for 3 more LONG weeks and 5 days. |
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| Me now ( well not right now, right now I am currently in trackies and an old woolly jumper). 28 years old 13 months after my son was born. This is the best I think I have ever felt. Both inside and out. I eat more than ever and better than ever, I move more and I am becoming less and less anxious and stressed about things. I also got a cool photo filter app so I had to have a play with it! |
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