A Gracefull Place

Sometimes, you just need a bit of inspiration.

 

You need to see that a “normal” person can make this work while balancing family life, homeschooling, cooking meals, taking care of parents—life!

 

Remember–I did 80% shorter workouts.  MORE, Basic Workout Plus (or variations), Step Away the Inches, or Total Workout split up.   15-25 minutes, with most of them 20 minutes or less.

 

I didn’t work out for hours a day, neither did I always do 6 workouts a week.  The first year or two I would work out 4-6 days per week–but I didn’t have a lot of 6 days-per-week times.  So an average is probably more 4-5.

 

And I had several times where I couldn’t work out due to either health issues (adrenals, miscarriage) or other “life” interruptions (my dad’s death, sick kids, mom’s death).  The longest period of time I couldn’t work out was actually a year ago after my mom unexpectedly passed away.  The first 7 weeks were maybe 1-2 workouts per week, then I had 7 weeks of no workouts at all.   Even for the next 3-4 months it was more sporadic than consistent.  Yes, I gained a few sizes back, but I stayed connected to the T-Tapp forums and I knew I was “coming back” when I could.

 

I’m not sure that I ever posted my “before picture” here:

 

 

 

 

 

That was me nearly 5 years ago.   I was attending a 16th birthday party of a friend’s daughter and they took pictures of each family that attended.

 

 

I hated that picture!

 

 

But without it, I would never have proof that I was a size 22W at one time.

 

 

Wearing mainly maternity clothes because nothing else would fit.

 

 

And having people ask me, 4 months post-partum, when my baby was due!  

(That’s where I was at in that picture–Isaiah was almost 4 months old!)

 

 

There were times when I didn’t “see” much change, even with inch loss.   Sometimes I’d lose a size but it didn’t seem to really change the way I looked (and I still had people asking me when my baby was due!)

 

 

But I could look at this picture, maybe take another and place them side-by-side, and I could see changes in the pictures that didn’t even seem to show on the tape measure.    Like when I realized how my forearms looked smaller.   Who measures their forearms?!

 

 

I highly encourage you, no matter how much you hate it, to take pictures along the way.   At first you may not see much change, but then you may notice your posture is better.   Or maybe a slimming in your hips or arms…or forearms!

 

 

And then, one day, when you’ve lost 9 sizes, you can put a picture like this in your progress album:

 

 

 

 

That is my 18 year old daughter’s jumper!

 

 

Look out, Girls!   Mommy is about to raid your closets!  

 

 

As trainer Charlotte Siems says, time will go by whether you work out or not–you might not be at your goal size in a year, but if you don’t work out at all……you won’t be any closer, either.

 

 

Keep on keepin’ on--Keep On Tappin’!

 

 

 

 

Tags: "new" clothes, consistency, short workouts, T-Tapp, taking pictures

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