Life is a LONG TIMELINE (if we are lucky, friends).
But we want everything to change RIGHT THIS FRESH HOT DAMN SECOND.
And it can. You can choose to say: NEVER AGAIN and NOT IN THIS HOUSE and I QUIT and I AM LEAVING and NO YOU DON’T. But then you have to keep following through. The DECISION is made – but the CHANGE comes with action.
We lose our way on the action, on the follow-through.
We have to be RELENTLESS in our follow-through. NEVER wavering, never giving up.
⭐️ I want to remind everyone how long it might take to change a body. For you playing along at home, let’s dissect my timeline of body change:
Messed-up childhood around food. On a diet as early as 11, and dipped in starving and binging from there.
7 years of Olympic weightlifting (1993-2000). More starving, binging with weight classes. Bonus: I built a muscular base during this time, even when I then…
Fell off planet and gained to 260 pounds in law school (2002) and developed a serious drinking problem.
Dieted down to 178 in 2004 with phentermine and cigarettes (Do NOT recommend).
Hit 280 pregnant (2008).
Hovered around 220 for nearly 5 years (2008-2012).
Then hovered around 198-205 during all of IRONMAN training. While doing a sh*tton of cardio. ⭐️ A ton. Lost some weight. Gained some more. Binged a lot. Drank a lot. (2012-2015)
Got sober, and figured I would lose 20 pounds instantly. I did not. (2016)
Even then, the body composition changes moved slowly–as I continued to dial in my nutrition and training. Still, nothing was quick!
BUT that is what it takes to make sustainable changes, y’all. TIME. I started this CURRENT journey last December – so coming up on 10 months.
I have been trying to quick-fix everything my whole life. I surrendered and realized, “I am in this for the long haul.” And that’s when I began to make REAL changes. Also uncovering the EMOTIONAL shit that was weighing me down, and working on connecting that to the binge/hate cycle.
Deep breath. ⭐️ This particular place in time has been a twenty-five-plus year process. ⭐️
Yes, the last 10 months (pictured), I have gotten serious and dedicated. ⭐️ But this was all built on two decades of work, falling down, failure and getting back up.
We can’t expect to change big time in weeks. AND it’s so much more than fat and food and meal plans. It’s about working on our WHOLE selves, constantly, and never giving up – and deciding what we WANT (WE! Not anyone else! Career, body, life!)
It’s about therapy–in all shapes and form–to HEAL, to take that first step forward, and to #justkeepmovingforward.
⭐️ STAY THE COURSE.
⭐️ BE PATIENT WITH YOURSELF.
⭐️ #YearOfNoNonsense
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Daily Nutrition:
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Fueling guidelines for pre-, during, and post-training
Tools to dial in your hydration needs
How to better assess whether electrolytes are right for you
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4 key testing services that help you personalize your nutrition needs for the next level
How to constructively assess the ‘best diet’ for you
How to approach weight loss pursuits as an endurance athlete
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