My story starts similar to many others – a young girl, struggling with her image, drowning in flawless media images and unreliable information.
It wasn’t until I was sick and tired of flogging myself in bootcamp style workouts, running for hours and starving myself with salads only to rebel and binge on all of the foods I had demonised and restricted myself from, that I decided to invest in myself and hire a personal trainer. I started with one session a week and my goal wasn’t to lose weight, my goal was purely to improve, I wanted to improve my technique and improve my knowledge.
I had always been relatively active, swimming, playing soccer and spending time outdoors, however I had struggled with my weight all through high school and in to my late teens and could never stick to anything. It was only when I discovered weight lifting with my trainer that I truly felt excited about being physically active.
It wasn’t all up from there, even though I had found something I was passionate about, I still battled (and still do) with my image, my motivation and am still learning every day.
I find solace in knowing that it is okay not to know everything, I find joy knowing that every day I am capable of helping others, no matter how small and I find peace knowing that tomorrow I can start again if need be…
My goal with this blog is to help just one person try again, spread what knowledge I currently have and make someones life brighter by being kind to them and hoping that they can be kind to themselves and others.
Be kind to your body, with fitness, food and thought. 