Strength
is a word that really has a lot of different meanings. You do not
have to be able to bench hundreds of pounds to be a strong person.
Everyone has a different definition of strength. I am going to expand
a bit on a previous blog in this post, but it’s something that has
been on my mind a lot lately:
Ironically
enough I just finished a strength yoga workout about five minutes ago
and I can tell you I wasn't showing any signs of strength there! Legs
were wobbling, arms were shaking the entire time, but I pushed
through all that and finished up the half hour workout. That kind of
brings me to my point. The mindset of being strong and physically
being strong are two very different things. This is my own personal
opinion, but I think having a strong mindset is a lot more important,
in any aspect in life.
You
find yourself wondering what/how an ex is doing, or a former friend,
or something along those lines. We have all been there to a certain
degree. Absolutely wanting to talk to someone when you know you
shouldn't and that your relationship is toxic. It is so hard to not
just shoot them a quick text or facebook message (especially with
technology now making contact with anyone around the world possible
in just a few seconds) and we all do it... trust me, everyone does it
at some point. Yes, this is a moment of weakness, but eventually you
will learn to let these things go because it is not good for you. Of
course it isn't easy, but I wouldn't be talking about this in a post
about strength if it was! The day you finally learn to leave certain
events and memories in the past where they belong is such an
empowering feeling! That, to me, is true inner strength.
Something
else that takes inner strength (which would be where I really connect
this to the point of this blog and my story) is realizing when you
need to make a change in you life. Sure, that can be to finally
delete you're former best friend's number from your phone, but what I
really have in mind is accepting that you need to change a few not so
great habits in you life. When I think about how I used to eat it
churns my stomach. I seriously didn't care at all, and although my
eating habits are by no means perfect, I made (and recently remade) a
change in myself to stop eating so horribly. I also never
exercised... seriously not at all. When I was at my heaviest I did
not exercise one bit. I still have to make myself do it on some days
truthfully but I always feel so amazing afterward (as mentioned in my
last post haha). Truthfully I cannot say why I just woke up one day
and decided to make these changes, but to me it took a lot of
strength inside me. To recognize that what I was doing was toxic to
my body and that I really would feel so much better once I changed
these bad habits.
With
any positive change in your life the feeling that washes over you is
an indescribable feeling. Seriously it feels as if a weight has
lifted off your shoulders and you can breathe fully and deeply again.
I am finally getting there and losing weight again. I feel very
excited and optimistic for Friday morning's weigh-in for the first
time in forever because I know I am doing well again, and truthfully
it feels great. That number on the scale of course does not define me
as a person and I know that, but it is just a reward for having a
strength inside me for making changes and getting back on track.
Overcoming
any obstacle, whether it be to get healthy, cut a negative influence
out of your life, or (like me earlier) push yourself through a tough
workout, it requires strength. Everyone has it inside of them, the
important part is to find what releases it. You won't be sorry!
Thank
you as always for reading loves, and if I can inspire even one person
to find their inner strength for either their own weight-loss
journey, or to make any kind of change in their life, it would mean
that I have made an impact, and that means the world to me!
