Transformation Thursdays – Strong Is Sexy!

Transformation Thursdays.
The picture on the left was taken about a week into starting to work out again.
The one on the right was taken tonight, before my spin class.
The pictures were taken almost 2 months apart.
But the transformation speaks wonders.
I’ve come to learn that transformation isn’t about being perfect.
I don’t have a six pack.
My arms aren’t super toned.
I don’t have a thigh gap.
My thighs are getting more voluptuous.
BASICALLY, I’ve got SQUISH.
But all of that is secondary.
I’m stronger than I ever was.
Both physically & mentally.
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Guess what?
STRONG IS SEXY.
Transformation is about effort.
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When you bring that effort, every day, that’s where transformation happens.
That’s how real change occurs.
I’ve learned to embrace each challenge in my life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
I had some really bad, sad, hard, gut wrenching, cried-my-eyes-out days in that journey towards self-transformation but…
What allowed me to pull through & to get to where I am is the fact that I trusted the process.
I decided that I wasn’t going to let myself stay where I was, even though that was the “easy way out” & the “road most traveled”.
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Now I see that it doesn’t matter who I used to be (rather, who ED turned me into).
All that matters is the strong woman I’ve become.
In abandoning ED, I abandoned the irrational fear of getting “bigger” & replaced it with the passion for getting stronger.
The human body is an incredible thing, born to move & climb mountains.
It was truly time I realized that I had to treat it that way.
So yes, the physical change in these photos is drastic.
But what’s even more drastic is the emotional, psychological & mental strength that has come with it.
I’ve gained the ability to be fiercely unafraid of surrendering my mind, body & soul to the uncertainty of tomorrow.
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That uncertainty led me HERE. RIGHT HERE & NOW.
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I AM SO PROUD.
So today, as I compare these two photos, I vow to:
Continue surrendering to that uncertainty.
Value freedom.
Live.
Take each day as it comes.
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CONTINUE to trust the beautiful process that made the picture on the right MY REALITY.




