100 Reasons Why

Day 26 of 100 Reasons Why:

To look better at the beach.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the beach and I will go and wear my bathing suit and lounge and swim without a care in the world, no matter my weight. I live on Cape Cod and the beach is my absolute happy place! The sound of the waves, the smells, sand between my toes...I love it all! But to wear a bathing suit based on how cute it looks rather than how much material it has and how much of my body it will cover would be such a dream come true!!

Day 28 of 100 Reasons Why:

So I don’t jiggle when I giggle! 😂

Day 30 of 100 Reasons Why:

To change my relationship with food.

I’ve always loved food. I already planning lunch and dreaming about dinner while I’m eating my breakfast. I use to love all the wrong things: Sausage egg McMuffins with hash browns, Boston cream donuts, pizza, footling steak and cheese subs, greasy fast food burgers, tubs of Ben & Jerry’s, little Debbie snacks, Doritos, double stuffed Oreos. You get the picture. And to be honest I still love those things, but at a distance. I’m learning to eat more mindfully, being aware of the nutritional value and weighing that with how bad I want it and I usually end up making a better choice. It’s just not worth it to me anymore!

I thought this journey would stamp out my love for food. I’d learn to eat to live and no longer live to eat, but I was wrong. I honestly still think about lunch and dinner and even breakfast tomorrow, planning it and getting excited for it. But these days my head is full of foodie dreams like scrambled eggs with tons of veggies, berries and granola mixed into my yogurt, turkey taco salads, roasted Brussels sprouts, oven baked sweet potato fries & tuna zoodle casserole. Healthy foods that tickle the taste buds and nourish my body.

I’m not sure whether my love of food is healthy or not, I still think about eating and what I’ll be eating often, but I’m getting to a better place. I am a work in progress after all and I am on a journey to find my perfect relationship with the foods I eat!

Day 32 of 100 Reasons Why:

To maybe, someday have a small thigh gap (a girl can dream!!)

Day 34 of 100 Reasons Why:

For double-chinless selfies 📸

Day 36 of 100 Reasons Why:

Endorphins are no joke.

I never thought I’d be one to wake up at 4am for a workout. I laughed to myself as I saw my local cross-fitters jogging up and down my road dragging tires behind them on Thanksgiving morning and secretly hated anyone who shared a gym story or post workout selfie. But once I started hitting the gym regularly I’ve come to realize the amazing mood I find myself in as I drive home, minivan windows open, breeze blowing my hair, 90’s tunes cranking. The upswing in my mood after a workout is consistent. If I’m in a bad mood, I’ll go to the gym and feel 100% better afterwards. WHATTTT?! I know health junkies always talked about exercise being the cheapest form of antidepressant but I just figured all those tofu burgers and alfalfa sprouts had gone to their heads and addled their brains. But now I think they may have been on to something all along...

I still won’t eat tofu 🤢 but endorphins are REAL and they are no joke!!

Day 40 of 100 Reasons Why:

For skinny jeans, knee-high boots and crop tops

@meraki6 I’m proud, too! I find that I walk around with just a slight pep in my step and I hold my head just a little higher when I’m making efforts to improve my health. Even if I don’t talk about it to everyone I see, I feel like maybe they can sense something different about me. And that motivates me!

Day 42 of 100 Reasons Why:

To never accidentally be mistaken as pregnant again! 😂😭

Day 43 of 100 Reasons Why:

So I can plop down on a chair without being scared of breaking it!