{"id":188,"date":"2014-04-02T20:57:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T20:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatmomtofitmom.com\/?p=188"},"modified":"2014-04-02T20:57:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T20:57:32","slug":"why-giving-up-on-yourself-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fatmomtofitmom.com\/?p=188","title":{"rendered":"Why giving up on yourself sucks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello, my name\u00a0is Rossy\u00a0and I refuse to give up! I love to push, to grow and to help others\u2026. so why the heck am I always quitting on myself?! You might be a little confused, well let me back up and let you in on a little secret of mine, it\u2019s actually something I think I have never really shared\u2026 well with anyone! I have NEVER completed one of my own workout programs from start to finish!<\/span>Seriously! I have started almost all that I have (I have a few I plan to pull out once I get closer to my goal) and I will stick to it, go 0-60 mph, all in.. then I fizzle out\u2026 usually about 2-3 weeks in. I will convince myself that skipping a day is ok and I will double up the next day, then I say that I will double up the next week\u2026 then it doesn\u2019t happen and I stop posting about it\u2026. and no one asks me anything about it\u2026. cause I\u2019m hiding. I am a fitness coach here to help YOU! So now I shift my focus\u2026. how can I help YOU, how are YOU doing\u2026. then someone asks me\u2026.. \u201chow are you doing Rossy?\u201d\u2026\u2026.\u201doh great! thanks!\u201d I lie\u2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After two years of this horrible cycle a friend of mine and I were on a walk and we asked each other\u2026 why do we do this? And it hit me: I\u2019m not being real with myself, I give into my excuses and I hide from accountability. I know I am a people pleaser and I have let that side of my take over my priority of my own fitness\u2026 why? Well, cause basically I am ok with disappointing myself, but not others\u2026 \u201cHOW SAD!\u201d I thought, and I thought of what I would say if someone shared this with me\u2026 I would tell them how important their health and fitness is for their future, their children, to be a better version of themselves, to feel free and not weighed down by their failures, that they could do it and that I believed in them!\u2026.. so, do I not believe in myself? am I failure? Am I a hypocrite by trying to be a fitness coach and struggling with the same issues I am trying to coach people through?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ABSOLUTELY NOT!<\/p>\n

I am strong, I am fit and this is part of MY journey! It\u2019s taken a lot to get me here, a lot of tears, sweat, bingeing, disappointment, restrain, prayer and just downright hard work. So now I know what I am doing wrong, I see this cycle and I ask, what will get me OUT OF THIS RUT?! Again, I go to my coaching mode and I start coaching myself- start small Rossy- you can do this- you\u2019ve got this- you\u2019ve got to do something!<\/p>\n

So why am I sharing this with you\u2026 well, cause over the last couple weeks I have met, read about and watched how MANY people struggle with this, I am not alone, I don\u2019t just suck at life. I know that this will speak and motivate someone else too. I firmly believe that EVERY part of my journey will make me a stronger coach and person. So this is where I start small and here is where I will plant a seed of accountability and pray that it grows beyond me. Today I started my newest fitness program. I am going to stick to it and post DAILY in my private Challenge Group page filled with others who are striving towards their goals too. The new program is called the 21 Day Fix, I am in love with it. Simple, to the point and dumb-proof. This post is not about the program, but I will be sharing my progress on this blog and doing a review after I complete the program in 3 weeks\u2026 yup, after21 days (remember- start small!) I will be posting a full review of the program so you can see more about it yourself\u2026 of course if you want to know more about the program NOW, you know you can contact me and I can help you get the right pack for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

So here is to new starts, a new month and new view of where I am today. I am not a quitter, but I sure felt like that’s all I was for quite a long time. This is me, the REAL Rossy. It will be hard \u00a0and I\u2019m sure I will want to throw in the towel and binge, but I know where that gets me, and that\u2019s is no where I want to be, it\u2019s not really me and I am tired of hiding here. Come back soon to see\u00a0my progress\u2026. and if you don\u2019t hear from me- call me out on it!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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