Tag: motivated

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.

Blogmas 2018

Blogmas Day 16: What’s my biggest aspiration for next year?

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My biggest aspiration for next year, is definitely to lose the last few pound to reach my goal weight. And then fully focus on building more muscle, I have already made great visible progress with my back and can’t wait to see the rest follow.

I want to be more focused and disciplined again, the holidays have been making it unusually hard for me this year. I can’t wait to go back to my normal disciplined routine and crush my goals.