Finding My Fit: Powerlifting and Eating Disorders

Today's post is very short, but I did want to give a small shout out to me on this Throwback Thursday! 

Hey there all! Just checking on my November self challenge...so far so good! I haven't had to put any red X's on my calendar just yet but I know with the holiday approaching I might have to....so I'm sticking tight to my plan right now! Also, I weighed in yesterday only 1.2 lbs away from my goal weight I set back in August. I think I am going to keep going for all of November and see where I end up! Trying to remember that the scale is just a tool and not a way to measure my worth, hope you are trying to do that too! XOXOXOXO Julie

"I don't know how you do it....you're a bad-ass!" You know what? You are right. I am a bad-ass- sometimes life disrupts your carefully laid plans to be in bed early and get up before the sun to head to the gym. But guess what? You get up anyway and you make it to the gym on time and you have a really great day. It is so important, especially in this journey, to celebrate and enjoy the good days in the gym. The days where everything seems to go right. So what went right today? My stretching routine which I start with and my warm up both went well. Usually I feel a bit rushed to get to everything in the time I have allotted. Today however, I took my time and relished in my activation routine. I then hit the treadmill for a quick 15 min. warm up. After that I did some shoulder targeting lifting including over head press, static barbell rows, rear delt flys, a few others. I then polished that off with another round of cardio (30 mins) on the arc trainer. One of

"I don't know how you stay so motivated...." Guess what, I don't! I don't always feel motivated- in fact lately I have not been motivated at all. I have, real talk here, going through the motions but not really committing to my goals. I have been doing well in the gym, but I have not been on my strict diet plan like I should be- and it shows. The results are not there, and that is on me. I am owning the fact that for the past month I have been eating more than I need- been feeding my stress instead of fueling my body and as a result I have not moved in weight or in progress.... Last night was a pretty bad night- Halloween can be so much fun but with that comes all the candy and cookies and poor food choices that often lurk around the office and at home. Combine that with the stress that life seems to place on you and the combination can feel like a time-bomb of failure- just waiting to happen. So there I sat- in my car with my PLM Lenore crying. So wha