{"id":896,"date":"2018-04-15T19:19:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T00:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adrianinprogress.com\/?p=896"},"modified":"2019-05-15T08:57:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T13:57:49","slug":"a-new-start-to-my-fitness-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilyeadrian.com\/a-new-start-to-my-fitness-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Start to My Fitness Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">More than just a phase- a lifestyle change<\/h3>\n<p>For the majority of my life, I&#8217;ve been involved in sports. From being a two-sport athlete in high school with synchronized swimming and figure skating to becoming a distance runner in college, I&#8217;ve never had a problem with staying motivated to work out. But when a knee injury caused me to make a decision to walk away, I found myself with no sport and no set workout regimen to keep me going.<\/p>\n<p>I hit a slump. After many injuries, it was the first one that I just couldn&#8217;t recover from. I didn&#8217;t want to workout, I didn&#8217;t want to step foot in the gym and be reminded that I wasn&#8217;t apart of my team anymore. The worst part, I still had goals for my fitness but felt that I would never achieve them. <strong>I had let my injury decide for me<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, I couldn&#8217;t just sit around the house anymore, I had to find a new way to workout that worked for my whole body.<\/p>\n<p>I decided that this was gonna be more than just a phase&#8230;<strong>it was going to be a lifestyle change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the help of my fabulous fitness friend Cass (check out her blog where she talks fitness and more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cassandraroy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>) I got to start focusing on an all-around change in what healthy meant for me. She helped me learn more about how to eat right for my fitness goals, how to have days that feel like cheat days without actually cheating, and how to work on muscles that have been neglected from the choice of sports I&#8217;ve been in.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, she helped me get out of my slump. She changed my\u00a0focus from what I had lost to what more I could gain. And was by my side for all of it!<\/p>\n<p>I have to say it has made such a difference. She helped me find something that was <strong>fun<\/strong>, but that <strong>worked<\/strong> for me. Something that I can continue without much effort for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve learned:<\/p>\n<p data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.emilyeadrian.com\/a-new-start-to-my-fitness-journey\/sometimes-our-bodies-can-let-us-down-it-doesnt-mean-that-we-should-give-up-it-just-means-we-need-to-choose-a-different-path-to-reach-that-goal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.emilyeadrian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sometimes-our-bodies-can-let-us-down.-It-doesnt-mean-that-we-should-give-up-it-just-means-we-need-to-choose-a-different-path-to-reach-that-goal..png?fit=560%2C315&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"560,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sometimes our bodies can let us down. It doesn&#8217;t mean that we should give up, it just means we need to choose a different path to reach that goal.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.emilyeadrian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sometimes-our-bodies-can-let-us-down.-It-doesnt-mean-that-we-should-give-up-it-just-means-we-need-to-choose-a-different-path-to-reach-that-goal..png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.emilyeadrian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sometimes-our-bodies-can-let-us-down.-It-doesnt-mean-that-we-should-give-up-it-just-means-we-need-to-choose-a-different-path-to-reach-that-goal..png?fit=560%2C315&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-898 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.emilyeadrian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sometimes-our-bodies-can-let-us-down.-It-doesnt-mean-that-we-should-give-up-it-just-means-we-need-to-choose-a-different-path-to-reach-that-goal..png?resize=560%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Building a New Habit\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.emilyeadrian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sometimes-our-bodies-can-let-us-down.-It-doesnt-mean-that-we-should-give-up-it-just-means-we-need-to-choose-a-different-path-to-reach-that-goal..png?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.emilyeadrian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sometimes-our-bodies-can-let-us-down.-It-doesnt-mean-that-we-should-give-up-it-just-means-we-need-to-choose-a-different-path-to-reach-that-goal..png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I hope to post more about this journey and what I&#8217;m doing but everything I learn is from my beautiful friend Cass! Go check out her blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cassandraroy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> where she talks a lot about her fitness journey and more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than just a phase- a lifestyle change For the majority of my life, I&#8217;ve been involved in sports. 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