I wanted to share with you a before and after shot of one of my clients. This lady came to me with the want of changing her body shape and perhaps competing in her first figure bodybuilding competition but she was unsure is she could achieve her goals because she wasn't strong enough mentally. The usual things I needed to change were her training and nutritional intake but the most important was shifting her mind set.
The top left photo represents a lady the was feeling very inadequate with herself and weighed 69kg. After change is training regime, clean eating (6 meals per day) and a lot of self reflection work, she did not only achieve her goal to compete.... she lost 13kg and is the picture of good health and is mentally 'on top of the world'. No nasty post comp rebounds, no loss of identity but rather a more mature outlook on life and a healthy discovery of self worth.
You see, many women experience feelings of unworthiness, incompleteness and low self esteem; but the fact is it is these very same feelings that stop us from fulfilling our deepest desires and achieving our goals. I too have learnt over the past years various ways to build self esteem, set goals and stop at nothing until they are achieved.
The journey in doing so is what some may call 'self discovery'. It is important to understand that this doesn't happen over night or by the end of any contest preparation or even in a year. It is and always will be an ongoing journey. But you need to decide weather you will be going along for the ride or being the driver?
Spend time with your self and listen to deepest desires and fears. Take control of your thoughts and change them if they are not doing you any good! You ARE in control and thoughts are just that and thoughts can be changed!
Georgia
