Personal Narrative: My Fitness Journey

Four months ago in May, I began my fitness journey. Now let me be completely honest, I wasn’t a first timer at all, and I was not where near a professional. I was that person that seriously began one every new year and never ever kept to it. My thoughts were that by summer I would be fit and toned, but we all know that when summer rolled around that was not the feeling. My weight was a constant yo-yo, it ranged something like this 125, 120, 118, 122, 119, or 124. It was never the same for long. Then the worst happened in January of 2015, my ACL decided to give along with my meniscus. I then had surgery by February and no walking until April. THREE months in bed!! During February, March, and April I was at the worst time in my life, just ready

for my life to be normal again. Day after day, I cried, laughed when I could, and got mad at Dylan for nothing (maybe it was because he was still able to do normal things). Kudos to that boy for being by my side! During the whole recovery, I was pretty much the Instagram guru (no facebook at that time). If it was on IG I most likely knew about it. During that time, I happen to stumble across a Beachbody coach’s page. It was just weird because she wasn’t trying to sell the products. She was just showing her progress, her struggles, her goals, her children, and the support from other people she received. I followed her for a few weeks, kept it on the down low, didn’t like much of her pictures, but I was keeping up with her posts daily. The ending of April, I had just started walking again, well was just learning how to walk again. I jumped way out of my comfort zone and reached out. Here I am four almost 5 months later, in the best shape of my life. I’m not perfect, my knee is still healing and I can’t do certain exercises, but I show up. I give it my all and I have made progress inside and out. I truly feel like a better person!