Your body is an amazing treasure.  You deserve to live a life that allows you to take amazing care of it.

I haven’t always been in this mindset, I haven’t taken care of my body like I should.  I grew up playing sports in elementary school and part of high school but wasn’t the most active person on the teams.  I will call myself a yoyo dieter or chronic quitter of workouts.  I would start something the first few days I would be super excited, motivated and then by day 4-5 the excitement died and the excuses started to piling in.  The excuses were stronger than my “WHY” I just wanted to be skinny, not healthy.

I didn’t get a shift in my mindset of how important healthy eating and active living was until over 2 years ago after I had my second baby.  I had 2 kids to take care of now and I was low on energy, I hated getting dressed because nothing in my closet fit, and I wasn’t the most pleasant mom or wife to be around.  A friend actually motivated me to get off my butt and start living a healthier lifestyle.  I knew I could if she could.  Thats when it all began, I started eating healthy and active living was part of mine and my kids daily routine.

Google became my best friend, and I reached out on Facebook to get advice on clean eating.  I love the support I got from my friends that were familiar with it.  I started out with an intense workout called Insanity, it was hard I will be honest.  Some days I didn’t want to get up and do it but I did it regardless of the excuses running through my head.  I was starting to feel a slight shift in my mind, I was loving the way it made me feel I felt happier and more energized to play with my kids, and clean the house.  Each day the kids and I would go out for walks or go to the park and run around.  I was feeling amazing and those 2 little eyes watching me daily was keeping me motivated to healthy eating and active living.

In just a little over 2 months I was down 35 lbs, and feeling more confident than I had ever felt in my entire life.  I will give the mindset shift all the credit, I would have given up again if I wouldn’t have shifted my mindset and told myself it was a lifestyle not a quick fix.  I can do it so can you!

Because after all, your body is your most valued possession.  It’s the only thing you carry with you for your entire lifetime, so make sure you’re treating it like the treasure that it is!

Get out there and treat yourself.

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2 years of healthy eating and active living.  35 lbs down