July 3, 2019

Freedom from the Weight

My weight is a result of my life continuously coming back to the same stress cycle.

It’s 03 July 2019 at 1:54 am. I’m awake because I had to take a nap at 4 pm yesterday afternoon after only getting three hours of sleep the night before. I have been having headaches because I’m not getting enough sleep and when I take naps to get the sleep I need (I know you can’t make up sleep) and make the headaches go away, I throw off my sleep schedule completely.

That’s what has happened again today.

I woke up at 10:30 pm last night and have been awake since. This is the time of night that is dangerous for the women of my family. We tend to purchase infomercial deals when we are up at this time.

Stress is something I don’t need in my weight loss community.

While I didn’t make an infomercial purchase, I did make a purchase in the wee hours of the night. Here’s why.

In February, I joined Jim Stoppani’s Jym Army because I really liked him and his badass vibe. I also joined his Facebook group and never really participated because the people in there are snarky and mean. Don’t get me wrong, I am a sarcastic lady, but the majority of the active people in the group cross that line making people feel uncomfortable.

I was getting ready to start the 4-Week Body Blast workout and was having issues in the app based on the way it is laid out. I knew it would be like going to battle exposing myself to the group by screenshotting and posting my issue in hopes of getting an answer that would help me.

Full disclaimer, I build user experiences in my day job. I study people and their instinctual behaviors and how to make things seamless for them. This includes the entire United States NAVY, which is no easy feat. Building training modules for a fleet that is all over the place demographically is hard, but we did it.

While there were a couple of people that responded to things they do because they have issues with the app as well, this guy, who is a group admin, decides that even though he has nothing productive to add, he’s going to insert himself.

Now, some of you might be thinking, this is not a bad interaction. He didn’t say anything mean. You would be correct, but he also didn’t have anything productive to add. Also, as an administrator of a Facebook Group for a company, this is not how you behave or interact with people.

Or maybe you do? Maybe this is how they thin out people that aren’t like them and keep the brand the way they want it. I guess that’s okay too, but it’s not for me. I don’t need negativity or know it all, I’m perfect, you’re wrong treatment in a space where I’m trying to be my best.

I’m going back to a community that treats people with an open mind and a family feel.

I haven’t used the Transform App from Chris and Heidi Powell since it came out two years ago, but I’ve stayed a part of their Facebook Group and it’s so different from Jym Army. The general feel is just different, it’s more welcoming and I don’t feel intimidated to post in the group when looking for help.

This week after watching Heidi’s Instagram Story about how Chris forgot their ninth anniversary and their kids are running around in the back, I realized how much Chris and Heidi let us into their lives. They want to be a part of ours. I know they are running a business, but it feels like a real community, a real family.

The last story was Heidi talking about how many people ask her if she posts all the workouts she’s doing somewhere and how she needs to do a better job of telling people that all the workouts are in the Transform App and they are doing a 50% off sale right now.

I immediately left Instagram and went to renew my subscription to the Transform App. I knew I just wanted to be a part of something that felt warm and welcoming.

Once I got back in the app, OH. MY. GOD. The user experience is insane and so freaking easy to use. Oh, how I’ve missed a good user experience when it comes to my workouts and food logging.

This post is not sponsored in any way, but if you would like to check out the Transform App, you can do so here.

You don’t have to put up with anything from anyone.

I am really excited about my decision to go back to the Transform App. I start the Crossfit workouts today and am starting to track my macros again within the app.

While that man made comments to make me feel inferior, I am glad it happened because it pushed me in this direction. It makes me proud to say no, I will not allow you to make me feel this way and I will go somewhere else. I will not put up with your inability to be a nice human being and your insatiable need to insert your opinion even though it does not add any value to the conversation.

If where you are isn’t where you want to be you can leave, you can change, you can do it. For me, that’s what this journey I am starting today is about. This is my life. I am going to put myself first and that’s how it’s going to be.

Freedom from the weight is more than just pounds, it’s freedom from the weight of stress, mental mindfucks, and emotional baggage.

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