Ride on Time | Week 10 Weight Loss

So today is PI day. Is this actually a celebrated day? I was never really that good at math. I was thinking chocolate, pecan and peach pie day. *mmmmmm*…………… my favorite pie is actually blueberry………. Okay, enough about pie or…. PI.

So yesterday I get this email from the creators of fitfam.tv – a new website being built to cater as a support network to the #fitfam community. I’ll be honest, I didn’t realize that #fitfam was a thing.

The email stated they wanted me to be an ambassador for the program. “Ambassador”? I had no idea what this meant so of course, I wrote them back. They found my Instagram channel and want me to help inspire others to take the same journey; to get stronger and healthier every day. To learn to live, eat, and breathe a healthy lifestyle.

Laughing was my first instinct because I thought they saw the wrong Instagram. My pictures didn’t show these meaty bods like the ones they showed on their channel.

So I write the guy back kindly explaining I think he might have contacted the wrong person. To my surprise, I received an immediate response assuring me they saw the right Instagram account. I quickly responded a second time with a screenshot of my profile explaining that I was not the image of what was being portrayed on their account. I was looking at a sea of beautiful people; thin, gods and goddesses, Olympians that probably do that damn CrossFit. They eat nails for breakfast, they probably swallow whole eggs and use protein powder in their smoothies for of course….. getting ripped.

I told him that I was a little intimidated. They wanted to put my picture on this page. AWKWARD! I was more worried what the people surrounding my picture were going to think. It’s like being on that blue block from the Brady bunch – when they’re all looking up and down….. across… And giving me some weird ass looks. Like… “what the hell are you doing on this page.” I could see it in my vision, and it was clear as a bell.

So I received this response back. “its ok don’t mind the others..keep being yourself and don’t put yourself down..just keep continuing your fitness journey to reach your goals. Not everyone is in the same place. Be the inspiration for those people”.

It made sense when he said those words. He was right. Not everyone looks like these people. They have to start somewhere. Was I ready to help other people? Gosh, I feel like I’m still learning. Have I learned enough to help someone else? I didn’t know. But f-it. I will sure try.

#fitfam – I guess this is going to be one of my new hashtags. I still laugh, even as I write this. Fitness and Athena were two words several months ago that didn’t exactly belong together. But – they can. And they will. This has been a crazy ride already, and I can’t wait to see what the next couple months will look like. A crazy ride…. Ride on time. ❤

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