fitnessavenger-blog

[fitnessavenger-blog]

1998 | 2018

[fitnessavenger-blog]

Put your mind into belief and you'll appreciate your hard work from your set goals

[fitnessavenger-blog]

Hello All, My name is Amanda and welcome to my fitness blogging site. These two pictures shown are my before and during my fitness journey, the struggles of being overweight started at the end of age 12. At that time i gave up competitive swimming which was for me the best sport and i really enjoyed it because i loved swimming with all my team mates and exploring the water. The swimming coach i had was Ben Hiddlestone and he is still great but one of the toughest coaches i ever encountered. Anyways, Since day one of the 'old swimming days' he would always give us tips and advice to become better within ourselves. But one training session after school i was feeling slack and low, Ben did not whatsoever like anyone slacking away when doing laps in the pool, On the break before going back into the water every session he'd always give us advice to keep in mind and one of them i keep in my brain is "In your life, you'll experience the hardest trails of the climb and once you beat the rockiness, you will get the top of the mountain feeling proud" and that changed my perception on life in general. But at the end of age 12 that was when i started struggling with body image, low self esteem, poor self love and low body positivity. I was eating the most healthiest foods to eating the most un-healthiest foods and it went down hill from then to mid of age 19. In 8 years, I gained a staggering 120.8kgs and at risks of having Type 2 diabetes and High Blood Pressure. On July 1st, 2017 with the presence of my mother, I saw a doctor about my menstrual cycle because it wasnt regular for 2-3 months and i was highly concerned. She immediately requested a blood test to show if it was either pregnancy or (something else in my blood that would cause the periods to not be regular, cannot specifically remember). On Tuesday of 4th of July 2017, came back for the results, and said it wasn't pregnancy or that other thing in my blood but she did say my body went into a shock because from being overweight and that was why my menstrual cycle wasn't regular. In my mind i was so frustrated that the unhealthy choices i made led me this far but physically i was calm. She gave me the wake up call saying that if i didnt lose weight i wouldn't be able to have children which scared the shit out of me because being able to be a mother means everything to me. On the way home, i thought long and hard about how my life was going and if i didnt change my lifestyle id be very ill and motherless. So i decided to change and got myself a gym membership the next day and for 9 months ive lost over 40kgs, 4 dress sizes and most definitely the old Amanda. The new Amanda is at a healthy BMI, currently the smallest weighing at 74.8kgs and gained back self love, confidence, motivation and body positivity and back to eating the healthiest foods and maintaining portion control and exercise. Ive never felt happier in my youth, now regaining the life of a young woman and im loving the new life of fitness and living my life the healthy way. -Amanda