You only know what you know

I’ve been doing a lot of work around self love, self acceptance, and self forgiveness. My conclusion: Damn, I’m hard on myself.

Every day I learn something new, something to improve my life, make me a better person, and get healthier. But I didn’t always know these things. I continuously learn and evolve.

I joined a program hosted by my friend Mackenzie and now I’m a daily exerciser. She simplified “exercise” for me while I was postpartum, and took the pressure off. Before her program, I was making exercise a bigger deal than it needs to be. It's simply moving your body. Daily. For 30 minutes. Anything counts.

Once I stopped putting so much pressure on myself to hit 60 minutes of hard core iron pumping at the local gym (which is impossible if you have little children and 3 businesses) exercise shifted from being something I “had” to do to being something I “get” to do for myself. It’s my 30 minutes of “me” time every day. Even though sometimes its not even that, I do my workouts with my kids in tow somedays. And you know what? They are starting to join in and move their little bodies too. Exactly the habits I want them to have as they grow up. Win!

I didn’t know exercise could be so easy before I met Coach Mack. What I didn’t know wasn’t my fault, so no need to beat myself up for the times in my life that I was a little more sedentary than was probably healthy for me. But, now I know, so I can take that knowledge and do better.

Another example of this is my nutrition. A year ago, I didn’t know I wasn’t eating enough protein. I was eating what I thought was a healthy diet, and tracking using an app called noom. It helped me reign in the excessive snacking and treats, but it wasn’t helping me get the proper nutrition. Again, I didn’t know.

You only know what you know.

I reached out to a nutritionist, and she started me on daily protein smoothies, and since then, I’ve worked with 2 nutritionists that have helped me tweak not only my protein intake, but upping other nutrients, vitamins, and minerals I was missing.

Not knowing wasn’t my fault. I continue to evolve and learn what makes me the healthiest me.

I know there is a lot more out there I don’t know. It’s kind of overwhelming to think that. I’m on a constant journey of seeking knowledge and understanding of myself and what’s best for me. But as I continue on this journey, I am learning to accept myself, forgive myself for not knowing, and commit to incorporating the things I do know.

No more guilt or telling myself “You should have known better.”

Because I didn’t.

But now I do.

Learn more about Coach Mack here.

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