The pigeon hole

I’m having one of those days that just isn’t really good.  I do feel like I’m trapped in a nightmare.  The one thing I need to always remember is everyone has problems, right?  Everyone is dealing with something and everyone is having their own type of day.  I don’t want to be overly dramatic about it because it’s probably just a little blip on the radar.  Everything seems so much bigger when you’re going through it, right?

Blog don't box me inI had another blog post planned today but I wanted to be real.  The social media world presents our facade life.  You get to see the parts of my life that I want to share with you.  And honestly, I only choose to share with the happy times.  The times when I smile.  That doesn’t give you an accurate picture of the person I really am. All you see the happy, motivating fitness woman.  

But what about everything else? People often ask me: “do you struggle?” or “do you have bad days?”

Why yes I do.  But unless you’re uber close with me, those are things that you really don’t get to see.  Those are things you don’t get to know.

My favorite is: “do you do anything else besides workout?” P9080255

I do other things too.  Sometimes I feel like I need to fit into this box of being the weight loss poster child or the fanatic running girl because that is my life here at momworksitout.com.  I feel like the name has pigeon holed me into a genre that I don’t want to upset. I don’t want to be stuck in the pigeon hole.

No, I don’t think I am the poster child for weight loss but I do know people look up to Willie and I for what we have accomplished.  I know people have questions and want answers…and I want to provide that.  And I know I LOVE to run, but I’m a little more than that.  It’s an alienating factor that sometimes makes me unapproachable.

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The point of this post is to say, I’m not anyone special.  I’m still a person.  I laugh. I cry.  I break out into random song. I travel. I take pictures. I’m focused almost to the point of tunnel vision.  I watch bad reality television. I read chick lit and non-fiction. I have good days and I definitely have bad days.

And I hope that you’ll allow me to show that here on the little space I’ve carved out on the web.

Thank you and have a wonderful day.

The truth about stress

The truth about stress

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Keeping it positive

Keeping it positive

A positive attitude can take you many different places. A positive attitude will take from the darkest day to the brightest star in the sky. It’s sometimes hard to get to that positive point when things are down in the dump. But everything is achievable, including a great attitude on the worst day. I love this quote. You can download the wallpaper at byrdbaggett.com I’ve been dealing with some stressful things lately, but I haven’t really let it keep me down. I’ve been a little absent from the blog because of these issues but I was trying to keep myself…

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