We all stand at crossroads at some point in our lives, that point in life when we realize, we want to change. This moment typically happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of changing. Sometimes we take a lifetime to see how painful the current state is; of just staying the same for years, feeling static for years. When our self-talk also turns in on the guilt of our food consumption or being scared about the potential health scares or the difficult societal standards of the perfect body.
At that moment only can one decide that enough is enough, that moment when you’re so low that your only option is to go up. I was at the tipping point when I started my fitness journey. It was a wake-up call, for the soul and the body, because the only way I could go was uphill. As you see, I already had hit rock bottom.
The self-loving mirror – A healthy gaze within
It was the worst season of my life right before I started my fitness journey. I picked up all the fall leaves of life and prepared for a beautiful spring to come. I picked up the cell phone and called my best friend. Let’s call her Roma for the sake of this article. And to bring the long story short, Roma and I were best friends. She was fat, and I was fat. We both were fat and ugly in our rights and minds. So, we decidedly met on a lunch date.
I told her how I felt fat, tired, and ugly, how I always stare at the mirror wanting to be pretty. Her reaction to this was a very exhausting dull look, almost shattering that very mirror I spoke of. I stared at her until we both cried and picked up the broken pieces of us and the mirror together. I convinced Roma to be my partner in this fitness journey; it was a straight nod in YES!
Beautiful, fat, and ugly- It’s all in the mind
To start with our fitness journey, we enrolled in an online self-love class with a top-notch motivational GURU. It was the beginning of changing our attitude towards ourselves, life and general wellbeing. We soon realized a truly healthy life is when you can love yourself regardless of your flaws. And a month after, we cared less about the standards set by the societal norms. I mean come on we all can’t be Barbie dolls, and we became very ok with our thighs touching and our one boob being bigger than the other.
To bring the long story short again, we felt fine and prettier in our own beings for the first time in life. We realized it’s beautiful to be your own unique self and if someone else has a problem with how we look, the real problem is with them, not us. This was one BIG and much-required change in us, all thanks to our guiding light, our online motivational GURU. He truly helped Roma and I feel beautiful in our own bodies, and it was not momentary. It’s been 2 years now and we still feel the same.
Rock bottom shores to self-loving mountains – We did it!
Soon after the online self-love course, Roma was so confident in her being that she became a plus-size model. She is now pursuing her career abroad and is happier than ever. But my search didn’t end there as I was looking for something deeper and wanted to get fit inside-out while still loving my curvy body. I pursued a degree in fitness and wellness, now I work out rigorously and I eat like my body is a shrine. I feel the best version of me I ever was, to bring the long story short again, we both are living our own happily ever after with the change in the perspective which brought about the change in our entire being and self.
Hence, the cliché’ will suit just perfect to end this article. We truly learned fitness is skin deep just like beauty. It’s what’s IN as well as what’s OUT.
Author: Lipsy Singh
