Alright ladies, time to get extremely real. How many of us have heard throughout our lives those typical, somewhat condesending remarks. We all know the ones..."You can't do that, your too small.", " You can't lift that, your too weak.", or comments like " You can really do that?". Now, us butterflies have many disadvantages, but we can knock those disadvantages out one by one simply by turning ourselves into what I call little sticks of dynamite.
Now, we all hear it from our doctors that we need to live as healthy of a lifestyle as possible, because we already have so many health issues. Whether we want to admit it or not, our doctors are right. This is a lesson I have had to learn the hard way. When I turned 21, my doctor had to put me on medication for diabetes. Now, I'm not full blown diabetic but I was close enough to need medication. It started hitting me how bad my health really was. I would go on and off diets and excercise routines for a good 4 yrs before I finally thought to myself " What the hell am I doing? I still eat like crap, I haven't really lost any weight because I keep losing and then just gaining it right back. And, im still on the diabetes medication. If I don't wake up soon and truly fix this, I will end up diabetic."
So I began slowly changing my eating habits on my own. I stopped going through the drive thru after work do much. I also started packing my lunches for work sometimes. You see, I work in a grocery store, so when I don't pack a lunch and buy something instead, there's the evil service deli. That food back there is just as bad for you as a drive thru. Slowly over a couple of months I lost about fifteen pounds. Then, I met my amazing boyfreind Ben. He just so happens to be a former personal trainer. He should me some amazing workouts that even really out of shape people can do pretty easily. He started out showing me sort of yoga routines. Then we went to something called VRT(visual resistance training). VRT has got to be one of my favorites! You don't need a single piece of equiment! All you do is picture in your mind what you want to be lifting, then you flex your muscles as if you are acutally lifting whatever it is you want, and put your body through the motion. We have fairly recently started doing workouts where we use a deck of cards to determine our reps, and swing a sledge hammer against a tire! That one is awesome too! You really get out some aggression. If you would like to learn more about his training methods, visit Ben at powerandmight.blogspot.com or his full website at ben-bergman.branded.me. He has many tools to help transform you into that stick of dynamite.
The other reason I decided to turn myself into a stick of dynamite is really quite funny. I love to see the look on peoples face when they see me do something physical and say " Holy crap! You are tiny, and very strong!". For example, one day I was helping a few of my checkers out by bagging groceries for them. There was a customer who needed a twenty pound bag of ice and a ten pound bag of ice. I grabbed both bags of ice at the same time. The child that was with the customer said " Wow mommy, she is really strong!" and the mom replied " Yes, she is very strong!". It's moments like that that make me feel amazing. And I'm just starting my dynamite journey. I can't wait to see how strong I become in the coming months.
Us butterflies may always be small, but we don't always have to be weak. You don't need a personal trainor to become that stick of dynamite either. Just visit my boyfreinds pages and you will be given many tools to help you become a stick of dynamite all on your own.
May us butterflies always soar!
Thank you for the endorsement babe. Wicked awesome. May you butterflies soar.
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