09/05/2023
Three things I learnt about health and fitness since becoming a mum
1. CONDITIONS DONT NEED TO BE PERFECT TO GET IT DONE
- Before becoming a mum, I liked training in the AM, after my first meal, music blasting, considered sessions a bit of a fail if they weren’t an 1.5hr of me working hard
- since becoming a mum I now often have to train in a dirty garage, no music to not wake her from her nap & so i can hear her, broken sessions where I have to complete the last few sets a few hours later, sometimes it’s 40mins and sometimes an hour
EITHER WAY, THE JOB GETS DONE! YOU DONT HAVE TO SKIP OR CALL A SESSION A FAIL JUST BECAUSE ITS NOT PERFECT
2. STOP RELYING ON MOTIVATION BUT RATHER, YOUR WHY
- Truth time. I’m rarely that motivated since becoming a mum. Sometimes it all feels a bit much. BUT when motivation tells me not to train while bub naps, I focus on how I will feel AFTER vs how I will feel if I skip it. When motivation tells me not to bother prepping any food for the week, my why is so I have energy, better immunity because no one wants to be sick as a mum, save money and time. MOTIVATION IS FLEETING AS A MUM, GET TO KNOW YOUR WHY
3. ALL OR NOTHING MENTALITY WILK SET YOU UP TO FAIL
- Weeks often don’t go to plan with little ones. You might have a training session planned and daycare booked then BAM, they’re sick! Rather than giving up and calling defeat each time things don’t go to plan, I’ve learnt to ask “what can I do?”. Can bub and I do a long coast walk instead so I get higher steps today instead of a session? Can I get up 30 mins early tomorrow and do the first half of my session? JUST DO SOMETHING when your parenting roll means your week doesn’t go to plan and that mentality will help you MAINTAIN results and SET YOU UP FOR SUCCESS
Parenting taught me some gems, when it came to having a healthy relationship with my health and fitness pursuits but it also taught me to stop making excuses and DIG DEEP. What have you learnt?
