Oh yes...disaster...Only 3 years ago I looked like that 1st pic...yes, it's me... and today, I'm the person in the VERY unflattering picture below the 1st pic of Rowaida fitness model...we did say we'd be uncensored and exposing ourselves, so here I am...'what happened?' you may ask....life happened.
I had everything someone could possibly want. Was about to start a new position that I was working hard for, was getting married, amazing family and great in-laws, I was super active...nice front. A front that was suddenly exposed as my relationship crashed 3 days before the big day and everything I knew in this world didn't look the same anymore. I stopped caring about training, socially hibernated for months, started visiting restaurants a lot more often, all habits unlike me...this period lasted about 6 months....July 23rd, 2008 till about January 1st, 2009...but by the time I snapped out of it, there was 30 more pounds of ME to live with...yes 30...
Though I had snapped out of this emotional rut I found it difficult to get back to a consistent routine and get myself back to the old me...the healthy, attractive, sporty me. I had runs that lasted a few weeks...others that lasted a few days...but always at some point the motivation to continue was just not there. It was TOO HARD...I couldn't think about dieting. It completely turned me off...and the gym, the place which I loved to be in, even more because I no longer was that fit girl training hard and looking strong and concentrated...I was Ms. Rowaida the 'CARB'-onator...my comfort food that had set its footprints on me...and lots of them.
I do not like the way my clothes look on me. I'm tired of feeling sorry for myself. I'm tired of feeling that I lost the body and lifestyle I once had...and I finally got to the point that I can't take this anymore. Do I just give up or do I get my ass off couch and do what I need to do to get it done and get it done well...I am now READY for change.
A little bit about me...I was always athletic. I competed in the martial art of Taekwondo for a little less than half my life. In the spring of 2007 I decided to 'retire'; that I would no longer compete in this sport. Thing is, without the goal of performing well at competitions, there was no motivation to continue training in Taekwondo in a recreational way...so I stopped. I had no clue what to do with my sudden free time...I spent the summer pondering what to do and started going to the gym more often.
One day I was approached by a trainer in the gym about fitness competitions. Hmmm...interesting, I thought. I could work on getting a kick ass body and then compete in fitness competitions...2 things I loved...the body, the competition...so I started on this new challenge which I continued doing for about 2 yrs before 'THE SLUMP' happend...and here we are today.
So...what am I doing? For one, I'm eating clean...bought the book "the eat clean diet", half way done that and loving it and applying the 'body-for-life' principle of training...It's been 2 weeks now. Though, I am yet to see a difference on the scale, I do feel more energetic and less of that bloated, swollen feeling we get from not being hydrated enough and eating LOTS of carbs.
Keep an eye on my progress...I will be posting regularly...
Rowaida
