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Lately, I have been really reflecting on the topic of weight loss.
Prior to my focus being on my healing journey, my thinking was always “I need to lose weight”.
As most of you know, I have my own personal weight loss journey. I have lost over 115 lbs and have maintained my weight over the past 5+ years give and/or take 10 lbs (which by the way is normal to fluctuate). Prior to me losing weight, I had tried for a few years to lose weight with absolutely zero success.
The difference this time was: My main focus was not on trying to lose weight! My main focus was on feeling better. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I was in and out of the hospital multiple times every month. I had a newborn and a 3 year old at the time. I needed my energy. I needed to feel good again! I didn’t want to be sick anymore. I was tired of seeing specialist after specialist, doctor after doctor just to be told everything reflected a clean bill of health meanwhile I felt like garbage every. single. day!
Well this was when my transformation began!
You see, I stopped focusing on weight loss and desperately focused more on my overall health! No, I did not take any magical pills, drinks nor did I excessively exercise. Nothing of those sorts and actually in the beginning, I minimally exercised because I felt so awful and did not have the energy to. Over time, I noticed the weight just naturally started falling off and I barely even tried!
I really have noticed lately that my thinking has evolved significantly. I don’t care about having a flat stomach, abs and skinny thighs BUT I do care how I feel overall! I notice when I have clients come to me with the main goal of weight loss, they often give up fairly easily which I truly understand! I’ve been there too. It’s frustrating when you aren’t getting the results you want to see as quickly as you’d like to see them.
The biggest problem is, if you don’t love and respect who you are TODAY regardless of weight, health status, body shape, etc. You WILL NOT love and respect who you are when you lose any amount of weight whether that be 10 lbs, 40 lbs or 100 lbs.
The difference for me this time was:
I wanted my lymphatic system moving
I wanted stronger heart and lungs
I wanted my kidney’s filtering well
I wanted my blood pressure stabilized
I wanted better gut health
I wanted to stop getting unexplained chronic infections
I wanted my hormones balanced.
I wanted more energy!
I wanted to feel amazing again!
With all of my knowledge now, I still want these things today even more than I did at that time
The wonderful thing about healing is that everything just falls into place so beautifully, once you start. As your body heals it’s organs and glands, you will also heal and lose that excess weight and synergistically work towards all of your goals. All these things will happen naturally, slowly and systemically.
I’m still constantly working on myself to grow and evolve. I still have tons of healing to do, a whole lifetime I’m sure!
But every day, I invest into my own health by:
Practicing yoga
Breath work
Spending time outdoors
Eating a healthy, balanced diet
Going to bed early
We need to remember: It is NOT about restriction and dieting. It is about caring about your health.
-K <3