Real life

I've put a lot of my journey around health and fitness out there. And intentionally so. I like the accountability of having others know my progress, and having the ability to potentially inspire others. However, I believe in being real. Facebook and social media is kind of the 'highlight reel' of life. It shows the positives mostly. It shows the awesome, and minimizes the not so great. So, this is a recap of the 'real life me.'

I have made a lot of progress in recent months with losing weight and being active. I lost around 20-ish pounds from the end of the summer. I competed in a Diet Bet and blew my goal out of the water. I've made a lot of important changes, and mentally was 110% into it all. But, the past week I struggled a little bit. I'm not sure what the challenge was, aside from not making time to get to the gym and choosing more treats than I should be. But this week I face the music.  I weigh in tomorrow, and I will take that number and use it to inspire myself to go the other direction on the scale. It doesn't define me or my worth. It is a measurement of the choices I've made. I know that I feel best when I am eating to fuel my body, and I need to do that.

I have a couple more Diet Bets that I am in right now as well. One is a long term 6 month one, and another is a 4 week one (the typical length). So, this week starts being 'all in' back in the game through both nutrition and activity.  I have triathlons to train for, and I am fairly certain I want to do Dam to Dam as well (still on the fence, but I digress).

I write all of this because I think it's important to remember one thing: it is not about perfection. It is about real, it is about progress, it is about learning and effort. You will have weeks you are more proud of than others, and some you are less proud of than others.  But share those struggles and triumphs and everything in between because we are all human, we all can relate and maybe someone out there needs to hear your story.

My week is all meal prepped and ready to be successful!

With love on this Sunday,

Kara

(pics below are meals prepped and the real mess that meal prep can leave behind (a beautiful mess, no doubt. Oh, and this is the real me. Morning glory. Goofy as hell). ❤️



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