Apology Post!!!
1. I want to apologize for not having a mind-blowing transformation picture to share.
Nope.
I didn't lose weight by exercising and ridding my diet (mostly) of crappy foods.
The truth is, my transformation has little to do with my outside appearance. Yes, my pants fit looser and I have ab muscles now but if you hadn't seen me in 2 years, you wouldn't be blown away.
Which leads me to apology 2.
2. I apologize for not being ME for 6 1/2 years. You see, if you knew me before I took back control of my life two years ago, you probably knew a stressed, self-conscious, out-of-shape, soda-guzzling, stressed (did I mention that?), tired me. That's not me. That's the me that had time to take care of everyone else but not herself. I actually cringe at the thought of how I let myself go.
Exercise used to be a HUGE part of my life but once I had kids, it didn't just take a back seat. It didn't have a seat. I kept my weight down by chasing kids, barely eating a full meal, and grabbing a meal bar (gross) and diet soda (I'm so sorry, bones).
The truth was, though, I was missing a big part of Lucy. Ask anyone who knew me back in the day before kids. I had to exercise. It was a part of me. Not exercising after kids literally took a piece of me away. That piece was replaced with something not so great and a lot of resentment.
I'm not proud of it but I know I'm not the only one.
So, after two years of getting myself back to good, I want to invite others to do the same.
Apologize for not giving YOU a chance to be you again and then do that thing that you miss.
Maybe you're like me and it's exercise. Maybe it's painting or playing the piano. Maybe you like to play organized sports but haven't since high school.
You HAVE to be you so go out and do it!
Start TODAY!!!
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