The C Word

No not that C word you thought of lol. I am talking about C for consistency. It has been HARD AF to stay consistent and I struggle every day.

Before I get into all of that, I must say I am humbled by everyone who has been in conversation with me over IG whenever I post my meals or workouts and have shared their struggles and wins. You sharing all of that with me, keeps me motivated. I absolutely love hearing from you and how you try to wake up early, workout, meal prep, cut out an unhealthy habit, or take up a new hobby.

Someone told me, they almost didn’t go for their workout but only did because they saw me post about it. This one time, I was this close to getting fast food, but I saw one of the girlies post her meal and that was motivation for me to eat the food I meal prepped. I am loving this exchange over social media, it’s meaningful and keeps us all going.

Consistency is hard, it has had me crying some days, but truth be told, I am enjoying it. I started this in January thinking this would phase out, but it has become a habit. I have been consistent albeit struggling and I do reward myself with a sweet treat here and there.

Giving up alcohol at first was tough, but I have been alcohol free so far and I no longer crave it or miss it. I used to be the person that would react to someone not drinking, “omg you don’t drink why?!” But now I am on the other side of it, and each to their own really. I am proud of myself and so is my family. My friend Ashlene messaged me the other day saying how proud she is of me and honestly messages like this make my day!

With meal prepping, I know what works for my body and I just stick to that. You would know my saga of chicken rice…urgggh! But really it works for me. I do eat what I feel like, now when I am eating out, I make better meal choices. Or I just balance it with, you know what I had a healthy-ish meal at lunch, I can go all out at dinner which means I will need to work harder at the gym tomorrow and be good with my meals tomorrow.

I had to make up my mind and stick to it or go cold turkey with my decision. I don’t want to be the version of myself I was last year. I want to be better for myself because I live in this body, and I get one chance at life.

Some might say, what a boring way to live. But really it is not boring at all. At least not for me! Consistency and making it a non-negotiable is important but it’s tough AF. I remind myself, how bad do I want this? For me it’s not about being skinny, I just want to be fit and look good naked (ok TMI but it is the truth! Haha).

I think the habit of pouring love back into myself and healing from past traumas and toxic situations has really done me wonders. I don’t regret the past because I feel it does make you learn, unlearn, heal and move on to become the best version of self and make way for things that are truly meant for you. (ok that sounds a little philosophical eeks!). (Another hack that works for me, when working out and trying to push through my sets, I remind myself how I was treated and how dare I allow someone to treat me poorly and that kinda fuels my energy to push or run faster! LOL LOL)

But to you reading this, don’t give up. If you haven’t started, just start with one small change. Like cutting back on fast food or junk, or like taking a walk and then adding more to it slowly. If you don’t want to do anything at all, that is fine also. We need to realize that we are all on different paths and respect that.

Slow it how I started, (perhaps the only thing I know how to take slow haha #ifykyk), and I added consistency to it. Here’s wishing you a good week and I hope it gets easier for you and me. I would love to hear from you and learn some hacks that work for you, so feel free to reach out. We got this!