So what is it that prevents us from following through with our fitness goals? Today I am going to delve into one of the main reasons why we procrastinate even though we know that we would feel so much better if we’d eat healthy and exercise.
They play such an important role in our lives and yet they’re seen as bad. They’re seen as a sign of weakness and they scare most of us! Wether we feel them wether someone else is expressing them… Perhaps all this fear around EMOTIONS comes from the fact that we don’t know how to deal with them. If what we fear the most is the unknown, then if we learn how to deal with emotions and see them as our friends and not as a threat, we won’t fear them anymore.
Emotions can lead you to desperation or inspiration. The same event could happen to two different people. One can feel inspired by it and another can feel angry at it. If you choose the meaning you give to the events than happen in your life, you can control the kind of emotions you experience on a daily basis.
But before we deal with our emotions, we must accept them. We all experience emotional pain in our lives. And even though it’s easier to hide those emotions and pretend they’re not there, this can have long term side effects.
I have experienced this myself in the past and I can tell you there is no benefit on pretending you’re emotionless. There was a particular time in my life when I was going through a lot of painful emotions and I wasn’t able to deal with them in a controlled way. In order for me to live my days I had to ask my emotions to hide. They did a very good job at hiding and I became very good at being happy! That was pretty much the only kind of emotions I was allowing myself to feel. And that worked pretty well for a while… until the painful emotions started screaming for freedom. But the problem was that they were so well hidden that I couldn’t find them. That pain started to show up in subtle ways. One of them being emotional eating and lack of discipline with my workouts. The result of that was weight gain. And attached to that came lack of self esteem, self love and self confidence. Which affected not only me, but my relationship with family, friends and the people I worked with. Did I know what to eat? Yes. Did I know how to workout? Yes. Why wasn’t I doing it? Mindset. Only once I have done the necessary work on my emotions, was I able to commit to my goals again. It took a lot of hunting and accepting help from other people, but it was totally worth it!
Knowing how painful and lonely that place can be has inspired me to create an online programme that helps people work on their mindset, alongside with nutrition guidance, workouts and a community group for accountability and support.
Because I chose to change the meaning of that experience, I became grateful and I can now reach more people and make a difference in their lives, which is honestly what I am the most passionate about!
If you find yourself struggling, know that you’re not alone and there are people happy to help you!
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