EveryWoman Fitness
Be healthy, not perfect.
Andrea’s EveryWoman Testimony
I am not a hard body, and most likely won’t be, but secretly want to be. I am an EveryWoman. I try for the most part to live and be healthy, but I fail at times, and sometimes my pants get tight. I have had two babies, and lost 65 pounds the first time, and 50 pounds the second. I know what it feels like to be a size 14 and a size 6, and now be somewhere in between. I’ve run five marathons at the pace of the tortoise, not the hare. I discovered that unless you win, the medal is the same for anyone who finishes the 26.2 miles. I try to be in control of what I eat and my exercise, but can’t always pull off both at the same time. I’m only human.
My philosophy is that exercise rejuvenates and re-energizes me. Even after a tough workout in the morning, if I hear a good song on the radio, it makes me want to run again in the evening. I drive to the gym, even though I could walk there in 4 minutes, because when my workout ends, I don’t want to walk home. I love, love, love to sweat. I love to run uphill. Running with my friends makes it feel effortless. I feel powerful when I run in the rain.
I do not want to exercise all 7 days of the week. I believe resting is as important to the body as exercise is. The exercises that are in my SHAPE magazine each month intimidate me. I became a personal trainer to be a cheerleader for others who feel the same way about those exercises.
I hope to be an encourager to the women who are wearing maternity pants long after the baby is born, the women who want the 5K t-shirt but are scared about the actual running part, the women who are too busy being mothers to put themselves first, the women who still bear the pigeon hole they were given in high school, and those who think their thighs are holding them back in life.
Those women are all a reflection of who I was and who I am, a reflection that is still coming into focus. I am just like you.