I was in my early twenties and
having 'fun' living in Banff Alberta....
I didn't really have thoughts about getting older. Who would at 20-something? I was living in the moment, having fun and just living carefree.
It
all changed when I grabbed a copy of Muscle and Fitness from my boyfriend's gym, and saw a picture of a woman who was training with weights.....she was the ONLY woman in the magazine (it was mostly a man's magazine at the time).
Her name was Susie Green and she was a model. She was on the pec deck machine working her chest.....
Whoa....gorgeous! Strong, lean, shapely... different! She was OUTSIDE convention (and that part really spoke to me! I was tired of conforming to societal expectations as a woman). I was sold!
Seeing all the athletic women training in Banff, and seeing this model in Muscle and
Fitness....it was so different, so untraditional from where I grew up, and I think that was what drew me.
See, for most of my life, I lived a conventional life...traditional really. I came from a generation where there were defined roles for male and female (my brothers always had more fun...they never had to clean up the dishes or vacuum the house or any of the other things that
girls were 'supposed' to do).
I felt like Cinderella. I was very depressed, but I couldn't 'name' it. I just wanted more...freedom, fun, confidence, and a life outside the strong morals and expectations of my domineering father.
So when I saw other athletes in Banff
using the weight room, and creating beautiful, strong, capable bodies...
When I fell across that picture of Susie Green in the magazine...
That was it. Cinderella was breaking OUT!
So I dug in..... I read everything I could about bodybuilding, diet, building shape and tone. I crafted my own program with lots of slip ups for sure. It was hit and miss for the first few years...
There were no coaches around back then, no social media, heck we didn't even have TV. I just had some men's mags, a boyfriend who
did weight training and a gym that he crafted in the garage...
That was 40 years ago. And I'm still at it today.
Do I always want to train? No. But it is a commitment I made to myself a looong time ago. And when I do train, I always feel better - more confident
and clear. And strength training allows me to handle all that life throws at me. I can stay strong in the storm of my life.
Life is not meant to be endured. It is meant to be lived through and through, and I lean into that life every day, in good days and bad. It's the only one we have, right? And it's the only body we have. I have a keen appreciation for the body, and for health.
I have watched too many people hurt their bodies with too much alcohol and such (Banff...remember? LOL). I see too many women overfeeding and undermoving their beautiful bodies, the only body they have. They have lost their love of Self. It's time we bring that back into the picture. I was there once too....it's a terrible energy to live in.
Too many women are stuck in bodies that they don't love, and many are in poor health, caught up in food addictions, ageing not-so-great. Many women think it's normal to struggle with ageing, to
struggle with added weight, to fight with their food. But in reality, their bodies, their health, where they are at is exactly a result of two things: the (broken) strategy around movement and food, and unconscious self sabotaging beliefs that are deep at work in their brains. This is their normal.
It's NOT normal. It's what you've created as your go-to, your definition of life and
living.
It's hard to lose weight. Why Can't I figure this out, I read A LOT about exercise and nutrition! My body is different. It's just ageing, accept it. I'm too tired to train. I do so well on losing the weight at the start, then I lose motivation...why?? I'll just try one more diet thingie...maybe this will be the one that will change everything....
Consider where you are at and where you need and want to be.
Consider that your
strategy isn't working, and you may need to get some mentoring (if your engine in your car breaks down, you don't fix it yourself, right? You take it to a certified mechanic. So just because you have a body, doesn't mean you can 'fix' it yourself with just searching for information.)
Information is NOT transformation. Coaching is a skill set that takes years and tons of
experience to perfect, but it creates real, lasting change...and FAST!
Wouldn't it be nice to hand the reins off to someone who can short cut all your efforts, call out your S%&T that's not working, and shift you quickly into where you need to be exercise-wise, how you need to eat, and where you need to up-level your belief system so you are working energetically at a higher
frequency (you simply CANNOT create lasting change, nor can you create a fresh strategy and a healthy body when you are operating from the lower, heavier frequencies of frustration, anger shame, confusion....)
Us 40+ women DO have to train and eat and think and
recover differently. This is a no brainer. Research tells us so, but more importantly, my body that I have taken through decades of this life now...Nor do I want to live like the majority. Uh uh sister....no way.
Let's chat. Let me show you how WE do it, those of us kicking normal to the curb. No more of that nonsense! It's no fun living like the majority. And it won't create lasting change, either. Just look around you...how many women are living at the PEAK of their body's ability, living with awesome health, leanness and shape at 40, 50, 60! Not
enough, I'd say.
Book a call. I'd love to help you. Let's kick NORMAL and Mainstream living to the Curb. It WILL require you to drop some old habits, face and know your unconscious beliefs, and recreate your OWN
version of normal from today onward.
It doesn't have to be hard. Hard is living in a body and a life, in struggle with always trying to be somewhere else, change without any real change happening. That's the real struggle.
Time to end the struggle. Time to live with
health, ease, with the added weight GONE, and the body strong and capable.
It's time to LIVE your life! Time to put Cinderella to bed!
