Wow! I started writing this post on January 7, 2019. Thank God I am alive to complete it today. That’s an accomplishment. There is still time to finish up that project or start something new before the year ends.
Yesterday, I started a workout plan and remembered this unfinished post.
My postpartum weight loss journey started five months postpartum, after getting a medical approval. My postpartum body was not glamorous. I went from being military fit to being chubby. I can remember crying as I checked my weight, took pictures and body measurements for my fitness coach’s record. It was hard but necessary. My coach needed those measurements and pictures to keep me accountable since my coaching was done remotely.
Well…It worked. I looked forward to measuring my progress and sticking with the plan. I was coached until I no longer felt helpless about my weight and was adequately equipped to continue my fitness journey without being coached.
Lisa Melara was my fitness coach. She provided total (spirit, soul, and body) fitness experience. Lisa constantly challenged me to take control of my health and fitness. She prayed with me, worked with me remotely, ensured I was not starving and followed a workout plan without visiting the gym. That’s amazing!
Finding My Whys for Fitness
It is easy to quit when one does not have valueable reasons for staying fit. I embarked on a postpartum fitness journey because I wanted to keep up with the little one’s high energy, fit into some clothes I was gifted, and I did not want to accept the fat military veteran stereotype. Those were initially my top 3 reasons for deciding to lose weight.
My reasons changed as I made progress. I realized having a spiritual reason for fitness was more empowering. My body must be cared for in order for the real me, my spirit, to legally stay on earth and fulfill God’s purpose for my existence. God is interested in our total wholeness.
These are my new whys for health and fitness (eating healthy, exercising, sleeping well, and making healthy choices):
I want to be a good steward of God’s temple.
I want to be happy about my body instead of wishing for a body I do not have.
I want to be strong, energetic, and keep up with the high energy required for parenting my little one and working with my clients.
I want to avoid sicknesses and diseases associated with unhealthy lifestyle choices.
Those are my whys for health and fitness and I will let them guide my choices this coming year.
What are your whys for fitness? Let me know in the comment section below ♥️.
For mommas interested in losing belly fat: I found out I had Diastasis Recti. I didn’t know about the condition until I started researching how to lose postpartum belly fat.
Here is a video on how to determine if you have the condition and exercises that may help get rid of Diastasis Recti. These exercises worked for me in addition to the workout plans in my coaching program.
Postpartum weight loss should be a gradual process, not a “bounce back” idolized process. Take your time, listen to your body’s need for rest and good food. Health and fitness is within your reach. If you can do something about it, do it and ask God to help you. After all, God needs your body to get some work done on earth.
You did all the work, Mama! That added spiritual component makes all the difference! ❤️
Thank you for your support! 🥰🥰
Well done! You are an inspiration.
Thank you! Happy New Year💥💥🥳🥳
Happy New Year little sister 🙂
Congratulations on reaching your fitness goal 🙂
Thank you big brother!
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I love this! Congrats on on your great fitness journey.
My why’s for trying to be more fit…to have more self confidence, to be a better healthier example for my child, and to love myself unselfishly.
Thank you mama. Those are great whys. I like that you are doing it for you and your little one. That’s great! Happy new year sis.!
Waoh!. Congrats “you achieved your goal” 💃
Smiles. Kudos to your fitness coach too.
Loved your mind shift on the “why”. 💯
Happy new year sis. 🤗
Thank you. Our whys for anything we do impacts the outcome we would see.
Nice write up
I am on that weightloss journey too!! I am 6months postpartum! We need to be physically fit to carry out out mission hear on earth!!
Wow wow! Congratulations sis! ♥️
great job done dear health is wealth
Thank you.
Congratulation Tami, you did a great job.Thank you for sharing the post. I think You are an inspiration to many women’s.
Thank you ♥️
First of all, congratulations on the baby. Second off, I love this article. I literally just wrote an article about “what is your why”. I hope to read more of your work.
Thank you Katie! ♥️
I totally feel you! I was on the same boat.
I prefare you on the red gown
Thank you.
Nice post! This is a very nice blog that I will definitively come back to more times this year! Thanks for informative post