Transformation Tuesday

Good Tuesday Morning to you all!

I am up bright and early to go to a workshop today.  It was hard to get up, which is funny because I get up early every other day.

Anyways, this blog isn't about my workshop, it's about Transformation Tuesday....

I literally just read a quote on facebook while I was looking for a picture to use, that sums up transformation: 

Transformation is not easy. It starts on the inside before you see it on the outside. There are struggles. It comes with pain. It comes with a lot of hard work and effort. Without going through the tough stuff you aren't able to enjoy true transformation. Don't be discouraged but the rough days. Greater things are on the other side! ♥

 

That's the honest truth.  Transformation isn't easy, but it is the most enjoyable thing I have experienced.  And the thing about transforming your body, you also transform your mind.  Everything changes.

 

This is me.  This is me before transformation started.  This is me some 40 pounds ago, the heaviest and unhappiest I have been.  Sure I'm smiling and happy looking in this picture.  But. let's be honest, walking around Opryland Hotel to get to this spot to take a picture was exhausting, as was the walking we had done throughout the day.  See how the front of my hair is staring to get wavy, yeah that's from sweat.  Because I sweat like a pig, because let's face it, that's what I was.  That shirt is unbuttoned because, well I couldn't button it.  That undershirt is a XXL.  I have no tan, because who cares if I'm pasty, I'm fat

This is me some 40 pounds later (I"m not sure exactly because I'm not sure how much I weighed in the before picture, because I avoided scales).  Not only do I look better (40 pounds gone and a tan, yea!) but I feel so much better.  Walking around the mall doesn't cause me to sweat.  I have a confidence about myself that is unexplainable.  I smile and I mean it.  I take care of myself more than ever before (vitamins, skin care, yadda yadda yadda).  In August 2012, you could have not told me a year later I would be 40 pounds lighter, 3 pant sizes smaller, and a better person.

Point is, change is hard.  Going to the gym is hard.  Finding time to do it is hard.  Meal prep is hard.  Transformation is hard.

But when you look at the outcomes, hard is worth it.  Don't give up.  Keep going.

Happy Tuesday Friends!