What’s Your Motivation?
I first started my journey to a healthier lifestyle about 11 years ago when our daughter Evangeline was born. I felt that it was my role as her mom to feed her well and be an example of how to take care of the body God had given me. I also wanted to feel my best, so I would be able to have the energy and stamina to take care of a rambunctious toddler! As I went on to have our other two daughters, Caroline and Madeline, I sought to grow in my knowledge of living a healthy lifestyle.
I knew I felt my best when I moved my body daily and ate foods that fueled me. This routine has evolved from trying to get a very short workout in and eat semi-healthy on little sleep from being up with one of the kids in the middle of the night or just being busy during the day as a stay-at-home mom. So those of you still in the thick of this, give yourself plenty of grace!
Bottom line, I knew as a wife and mom who never slows down, I needed to do whatever I could on my part to be the healthiest for them and open myself for whatever callings the Lord placed in my path as well. My mom suffers from an autoimmune disorder, and my dad passed away from an aortic aneurysm, so I also knew that I wanted to do everything I could to keep my body healthy and functioning well.
What’s your motivation? What keeps you going and makes you want to be stronger, healthier, and live life the best you can? Let what motivates you drive you to start a journey that can change your life. I am a fitness instructor with REFIT Revolution, and at our instructor training, they asked us to find our “why.” Why did I want to become a fitness instructor? Why was I there? My “why” was and still is to impact others and encourage them in their health journeys. I want to see lives changed from the inside out, realizing that they are wonderfully, uniquely made and have so much to offer this world.
By slowly and steadily charging forward, making small changes along the way, realizing your “why” and what motivates you, you will see changes that will last a lifetime and will feel your best to serve those you love, pursue your calling, and make an impact in this world.
