SLOW + STEADY = PROGRESS
The first photo of me was December of 2019, I was overwhelmed and sad and had been going through sooo much difficult stuff! The second picture was March of 2020, I had lost some weight and decided a comparison picture was in order :) I was fighting a tough battle of depression, self hatred, and losses of loved ones, so the weight loss wasn't necessarily done the best way...but. I was proud of the progress.
This happy little number was December 2019 to May 2020, I had quit my very toxic job at the end of March 2020 and started working at Walmart as a CSM over the front end cashiers. I have not looked back! I went from a very sedentary job to one I walk 15k-20k steps a day, so I have very easily maintained my weight loss from when I was sad and overwhelmed.
Wes and I have been making it a point to be more active and doing things that will improve our every day lives. It isn't easy breaking habits that have been in place for 10+ years..but we can do it! This picture was taken when we were out walking near a river by our home. I cautiously walked out onto this ice and went for a "swim"
This photo was taken a few weeks ago, I have maintained what I had lost over the last year and a half, but now I am aching for more progress! I am a big group fitness person, and LOVE working out with friends and family! It's hard for me to stay on track when I am alone, I will do it for so long..and then fall off. I don't wanna do that any more! Within the next 10 years, I am gonna be a grandma (Fi Fi) and I sure want to have energy to play with the babes and do the things I wish I had done with my kids when they were little!
At the end of the day, I am always in pain, my back, my legs, my feet, my neck and shoulders. Walking all day everyday is so hard on my body! I need to get more muscle, and stretch a hell of a lot more than I do! I don't wanna be any older and continue to get worse as I age, I want to go backwards and turn the hands of time!
My goals for the rest of the year are to get stronger, less stiff, and continue to be authentic to myself! I want to have others join me in the endeavor of bee-coming a better version of who I am at this moment in time! I love seeing the progress of my physical health as well as my mental health through pictures, and am grateful for the technology that makes it possible to see it!!
My word of the year this year is Abundance. Abundance of Love, Life, Laughter, Adventure, Wealth, and Health!
So, I have created this community to help encourage others to improve their lives, physically, and mentally. I want this group to be uplifting and a safe beautiful space to help each other grow! Like I said in the beginning, I do better when I have a community of friends and family! Join up and get ready for fun challenges, and motivation to "Bee a Better You"
Thanks for taking time to read and I can't wait to see you becoming the best version of who you can be!!
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I can't wait for this community! It is going to be so cool to see everyone beecoming better versions of themselves.
Quite the progress you've had. Its amazing.
Why thank you!! Lots to go, but small progress is huge in the long run!
Rightly so.
Right on! I will tell my wife about this :)
Yeah!! I am so super excited about it!!
Yeaaah!!!
This post was inspiring and motivating! I look forward to seeing the community develop and to see everyone BEE better versions of themselves. I always say, "Just be better today than you were yesterday." One day at a time is the best way to live life!
Well bloody done! I’m one of those who if they look at carbs they blow up so it’s always on my mind to curb myself and I had a phase where I was really round and it took me ages to get back down and even noe I still have a bit thag I need to chop off
So I know what you pulled off is really hard but so worth it! Keep it up don’t slip back into those cosh couch munching days
Me too!!! It’s terrible 😣
What a beautiful and motivating post, I will be happy to share with you in the community, nice to meet you too,@derangedvisions had talked about you before but I did not know you, so glad to meet you, I am also glad that you are the wife of wes, she is a great person, greetings.
Awesome job @faitherz33! I believe in continuous growth one step at a time. What can you do today that makes you a better person tomorrow. Healthier, more educated, more charitable, a better parent, etc. Keep kicking ass and taking names!
You’ve got it friend!! Slow and steady is the only way I’m gonna succeed at taking control of my health and well being.
Very inspiring! You should be super proud! I love your word of the year, it sounds like you are definitely having an abundant year and you will go from strength to strength, you've definitely got the will power & perseverance.
Our word for last year was "embrace" and we definitely found that we had to embrace the absolute chaos that was 2020, we did ok considering I had a massive depressive episode after a severe trauma, the 3 of us moved house twice and we had to close our business. It was really rough.
This year we are going with "Joy" and finding something great in each day.
Keep up the great work 🌸
Oh thank you!! I love embrace!! You definitely had to just embrace the world as it is and was!! Joy is a great one too!! It’s so nice having one special word to focus in on rather than a goal!! I can’t wait to see how you add joy in to your life each day!
My highlight of this morning was harvestingbour organic herbs to dry. 💚 Joy 💚 🌱
😊 Have a beautiful today.
Congratulations! A bit late perhaps, but self improvement is hard work, and you are killing it!