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Blogmas 2018

Blogmas Day 24: Who or what motivates me?

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One of the biggest motivations of course is seeing my own progress, seeing how far I have come is the best motivation when I’m feeling down or as if nothing has been changing recently. That’s why I love the fact that I’ve taken Before pictures even though I originally never planned on sharing them (my instagram used to be private until sometime earlier this year where I got out of my comfort zone and went public). It’s been a great experience and amazing feeling since I stepped out of my comfort zone.

My second biggest motivation is a Person, my big brother to be more specific. He has supported me throughout my entire journey whether it was with the nurtition or with my workouts. My brother has been into fitness for quite a few years now and has become a certified Personal Trainer. He’s the only one I trust with both my nutrition and exercise when I need advice, not because he’s a trainer but because he actually does it himself so he knows what he’s talking about and he knows what works. Even though we’re currently not on the same continent he still is such a big motivation and support (when I workout and not really feeling it I often think back to the workout sessions I had with him and it motivates me to push myself to my limits). I am incredibly thankful for everything he has done for me not just with fitness, he’s an amazing brother and I can’t put in words how thankful I am for everything and how much that really means to me.

When I see new progress he’s the first person I share it with and there’s no better feeling than hearing him say “I’m proud of you” or how happy he is for me. I simply wouldn’t be where I am today without him and his amazing support.

Blogmas 2018

Blogmas Day 19: How I got back onto the fitness wagon

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After falling off the fitness wagon, I had a very hard time getting back on track again. Getting out of that vicious binge cycle and starting to eat clean and disciplined again took me quite some time. But I knew I had to get back on track and reach my goals, my weight gain had made me depressed and bitter again and I really missed how happy I had been when I had lost weight. Early 2016 (around April) was when I finally got back to eating clean but I’d still do Cheatdays. That is when I realized frequent Cheatdays were a big issue and I finally started to take more interest in nutrition and being a lot more disciplined with myself and my diet.

At that time I also increased my workouts from 3 Days a week to 5 and later 6 Days a week. Even though I was much more disciplined and wouldn’t even have a Cheatmeal for pretty much the rest of the year (besides Thanksgiving and Christmas which were a lot more disciplied than ever) I was maintaining my weight, no loss whatsoever. Being stuck on a plateau for so long was extremely frustraiting and demotivating, but I still didn’t give up.

I was devastated and didn’t know what I was doing wrong, my brother suggested I’d try Keto for a while to see if I had more success with that. After debating for quite some time and trying to educate myself on it, I tried the Keto diet around Jan/Feb 2017. Unfortunately that was an awful experience for me. I tried it for about 3 months, again no weightloss whatsoever, on the contrary I actually gained 2kg/4.5lbs. And I was constantly feeling off, my digestion and just in general I didn’t feel well and was dizzy quite often. After those awful 3 months I went back to my prior routine and did Low Carb and finally started to see results again.

Later on in my journey I started implementing more carbs as I was extremely low carb prior I started focusing a lot more on eating a more balanced diet and focusing a lot more on my relationship with food which has become much healtier I’d say.

I fell in love with the progress and myself throughout this entire jounery of getting healthier and working on something for solely myself, even before finding what worked best for me. This jouney has been more than just a weightloss journey, my life has changed so much. I’m not who I used to be 2014 physically and mentally and I couldn’t be happier about that.

Weightloss journey

How my journey began (Part 2)

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When I decieded it was time for a change I asked my Brother who is a fitness trainer and bodybuilder for advice. I told him it was time for a change and that I’m absolutely serious about it, I couldn’t continue living the way I was living before. I told him I was willing to do whatever it takes to achieve my goal of losing weight and living a healthy life.

He took his time and we kinda worked on a plan or let’s say guidelines on how to change my eating habits. He taught me on what I should focus when it comes to my diet. With his help and lots of disciplin I managed to lose 17 kg (37.48 lbs) until July 2015. By that time I had also finished my apprenticeship and soon started a new Job.

Unfortunately my new Job was extremly stressful (it took me about 2 hours getting there, so I traveled 4 hours each day sometimes even longer) I felt devastated at the End of the day. I barely had any time to get to the gym and I felt way to tired to actually do so. I didn’t take the time to meal prep anymore like I used to do before. Since I was always on the run I started to gain weight back again (about 10 kg to be exact), I fell off track. I started to feel burned out soon, I was basiclaly living to work and nothing else. Anyways that job didn’t last to long (for different reasons) which I’m glad about.

Anyways sometimes when one door closes another one opens up. I had the opportunity to move to the US, which I decided to take. It’s always been my dream and I have to say I finally feel “Home” I feel as if this was one missing puzzle piece for my happiness.

Back to the Story, I was struggeling to lose the weight I gained back. I started working out regularly again and maintian my diet but no matter what I did I couldn’t lose weight. I was stuck on a plateau for pretty much the entire year 2016 which was extremely frustraiting and just recently broke through it. Actually I’m now down exactly 20 kg (44.09 lbs) since I first started my fitness journey. To finally see progress again sure is a big motivation. If things continue the way I want them to (if my metabolism plays along) I may be able to reach my goal weight by the End of 2017. But I’ve got so much more I want to reach,I will probably do a separate post about that. 

Honestly looking back, falling of track has shown me how much I really want this and made me stonger and more disciplined since getting back on track was really difficult yet I never gave up. 

P.S. I will try to start posting more regularly so stay tuned to read where my journey will lead me.

I will soon publish my experience with the contraceptive pill and what impact it can have with building muscle and your health in general.

 

Weightloss journey

How my journey began (Part 1)

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My life completely changed by the End of 2014, when I came back from my vacation. After being back home I took a look at all the pictures I’ve taken during my holidays and looking at them I couldn’t recognize myself. I was shocked. That was the time I’ve reached my maximum weight of 94.1 kg (207.45 lbs) at a height of 1.63 m (5’4″). I hated what I saw on these pictures, I was unhappy and uncomfortable with myself.That was the day it klicked, the Day I decided to change my life completely.

But first let’s start with a flashback so you get to know me and my journey better…

I’ve never been very slim or skinny especially since I hit puberty, that time I started gaining weight like crazy my hormons were completely out of balance. No matter what I did I couldn’t lose weight I was putting on more and more so I went to the doctors to find out what was wrong with me. My doctor at that time didn’t really take it serious he took blood samples at least five times but never really told me what was wrong with me, since I was still underaged my Mom went to have a serious talk with him. The doctor told her I had hypothyroidism which meant my thyroid didn’t produce enough hormons which made my metabolism very slow and therefore easier to put on weight. Long story short the doctor said to my mom, this was not such a big deal since I’m very slim which means he didn’t even really look into my case. He then gave me the smallest dose possible, I still didn’t feel any better I would still put on weight, was always tired and lacking in motivation. That time I could probably sleep all day long. Anyways I don’t want to get to deep into my medical history at this point or waste to much time in the past.

I’m sure not that unblameable about putting on weight too, I have an enormous sweet tooth that’s definitely a weak point of mine. Funny in my early Childhood I couldn’t stand sweet food and candy at all.

I tried a lot of disputable diets during these years but none of them really worked, even if I lost a little weight after a cuple of days I had it all back and some more on top. In the end it just made me unhappier. So somehow I kinda gave up on it. Emotional stress always somehow affected me while struggling with my weight.

Back to 2014, the Year I finally realized it was time for a Change. As I mentioned before emotional stress always affected my weight, at that time I was in a very unhappy and unhealthy Relationship. Of course being that unhappy with myself, actually to a point of hating myself didn’t really help. The way I looked at myself at that time and before attracted the wrong people. Anyways by the End of 2014 after ending that unhealthy Relationship, I decided it was time for a Change. Actally ending that Relationship tourned out to be the best thing that could ever happen to me, because i could focus on myself and becoming happier and healthier without anyone trying to manipulate my progress.

Stay tuned for the second part of How my journey began.

 

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Let the story begin..

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I’m a 22 year old girl and spent most of my life in Germany where I was born and raised. By the End of 2014 I decided to change my lifestyle completely.

All my life I struggled with low self-esteem and self-confidence, I decided it was time to finally love myself and my body and therefore change and shape my body and mindset the way i always wanted to. First I started exercising and after a while I changed my diet completely. Due to the improvement I was making by losing weight and the things I learned about the fitness lifestyle my whole mindeset began to change.

The journey is not easy at all and takes a lot of discipline. Sometimes you may get off the track which is ok as long as you get back to it, that also happened to me, but was important to show me how serious this is for me.

Follow me on my journey to become a healthier and happier person and maybe I can inspire you or someone you know.

Everything I write about is based on my personal experience and opinion. I’m losing weight in a healthy way which takes time so be patient to see results which I probably will share from time to time.

I want to thank my older brother (who is my coach and also a bodybuilder himself) for always being such a big support in every kind of situation and always believing in me. Without him I wouldn’t be where I am today.

*On my next post I will talk about how exactly everything started and go deeper into my personal story and the reason I started this journey.

-Simone