REAL FITNESS

I want to share some amazing things going on with my clients.
Fitness has changed. Halleluiah!
The industry (well, some of it) is becoming more inclusive, less judgy, and more focused on real stuff. I'm finally starting to see backlash against diet culture, the manipulation of women by telling them their bodies aren't good enough, and the ever so stupid before and after photos.
The work I'm doing with clients has changed tremendously in twenty years, and this is my favorite era, by far.
The goals used to be entirely superficial. Lose weight. Count calories. Get leaner looking. I played a role in that until I learned. "When you know better, do better." - Maya
Now, the work is more like:

• Create daily practices that support living our authentic life - body, mind and spirit.

• Heal from the trauma of diet culture.

["Diet culture is a set of cultural myths around food, weight, and health. It focuses on thinness as an ideal, and labels foods and behaviors as either good or bad. Diet culture may have negative consequences on a person's well-being, including poor mental health, negative body image, and disordered eating."]

• Heal from the lie: No pain, no gain. (Give me a break.)

• Heal from the lie: If you aren't progressing, you're failing.

• Heal from the ensnaring All or nothing mentality.

I love seeing clients break free from all of it - new diets, new programs, or new anything and simply embrace each day as a chance to make choices that support who they are.
What does that empowering mindset look like?
For some, that looks like movement as a healthy daily practice. Stretching. Meditation. Lifting. Getting sweaty. You choose.
For some, that means confronting a past filled with shame and guilt around food and exercise and embracing fitness without goals.
For some, that's recovering from a setback while finding strength authentic to where they are today. (That sounds like me!)
Wherever that place may be, I am here for it.
Who knew, back in the day, that the searching through all those self-help books, diet websites, and exercise plans were really about learning to love and trust ourselves.
I found this shirt at Target last week. It is my favorite. Let's join the Self Love Club, heal from the lies, and live happily ever after.
All shapes and sizes welcome!
All shapes and sizes loved equally.
All shapes and sizes good enough.
I mean it.
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