DON’T LET YOUR HEALTH BE AT RISK & AVOID EXTREMS.
NEVER PUSH TO THE LIMIT, WE ARE NOT MACHINES!
Over the last months, I have been pushing my body and mind to the limit, my ambitious and non-stop personality along with the passion for my job – helping as many people as I can to become healthier, fitter and as a result happier, has surpassed the limit of my health to be in risk.
I have felt my body going down in every aspects, starting with a cold and sore throat, followed by a strong aphony which took my voice almost completely. At sone stage, I also felt physically because of the lack of sleep and I started to have muscle pain. Even tho, I kept pushing myself, doing the same number of classes per day, being called to attend events or online working hours behind the laptop, the things is my mind was never off.
The icing on the cake has been the last episode, I ALMOST LOOSE MY RIGHT EYE VISION, why? I ignored I had something bothering me between my lens and my eye, a small stone or something that started to irritate my eye during my fitness classes, until my students realised my eye was totally red and I removed my lent. I had already done a few classes feeling a bit of discomfort in my eye that I totally ignored.
Now, my cornea is damaged and I see blurry since then, improving slowly with strong eye drops and having regular review appointments to the hospital. I should not use much screens (that’s why I will be more way of IG for a while – although maybe this is the time I should dedicate as a good average time) and I am not allowed to wear lens for the next 6weeks so guys, this the reason I will look like your school teacher rather than a fitness professional but that is ok!
My health has been in risk and obviously my regression has been seen through long hours crying, thinking… HOW & WHY DID THIS TO MYSELF? I have always been a perfectionist and ambitious lady and that’s not good when your passion is your job, you take it to the next level, to the limit even if that means your health is in risk. Never bring yourself to extremes or you will turn a healthy lifestyle into a no dream life where there’s only repentance.
Now, I need to take life easier, change the approach. If I am not well, how am I going to help others? I need to be good for myself and also a good role model for my clients – Practice what you preach right? I will start removing some of my fitness classes, leave free time between PT or Nutrition sessions and to have some space for myself during the day, only say YES to event which worth, etc to say NO so things that you love it is hard! but we have to if we want to be better in the things we do… regardless how much we love everything we would like to do.
Please, I would feel happier if you do not make the same mistake, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF because nobody will do, prioritise time for yourself and say NO to things that are not worth and spend quality time with your people, family and friends.
Because although I have a lovely boyfriend who supports me the long way in my journey, he might be tired if I only grow professionally without him including my tight schedule… I love my family and friends but these days made me realize wooo wait! I am supposed to know about them the same way they know about me so from now on, I WILL PRIORITIZE TIME FOR MYSELF and I will become selfish with myself because if Im not 100% I will bot be able to help you guys.
Sometimes IG is so superficial, and everyone shows the best face, the best places visited, but there are many tears behind, obviously IG should not be a Social Media platform to put you down, to motivate you instead, but what I mean is… sometimes only tells a non real life, because we all have ups and down and it is good to tell the black side to understand why you can be on the white side.
PRIORITISE YOURSELF, TAKE TIME FOR YOU…
THANKS FOR ALL THE MESSAGES RECEIVED, MUCH APPRECIATED, I LOVE YOU IG FAMILY!