What is a FIT LIFE?

It’s an overused hashtag, the second part of my insta handle, an overpriced SEO keyword, a “healthy lifestyle” - but what does it r e a l l y mean? How do you identify someone living a fit life? Are they super toned & strong? Have a six pack? Super attractive? Work out 6x a week? Never eat sugar? Maybe that’s what it means to some people. And to be honest, that’s what it used to mean to me.

But when I started this all, there was zero part of me that could be considered FIT. I was mentally, physically, and emotionally weak. I was at the lowest I had ever been, and it was scary as shit. I had completely lost myself. I didn’t fit in my favorite jeans, I wasn’t mentally fit to be keep up with my masters and CPA, I definitely wasn’t physically fit, and I didn’t fit into the mold of who I knew I was capable of being.

At the beginning, even just creating my instagram account (@egolsfitlife) started for me as a typical work out/lose weight platform. But there’s a lot I didn’t share. I didn’t suddenly wake up one day and say, “I’m gonna lose 35 pounds! Let’s do this!” I had tried that before. And it didn’t work. Or last. This time was different. I wasn’t just doing it to lose weight, I was doing it to release everything the weight represented. To let go of everything that was holding me back, keeping me weak, physically & emotionally weighing me down. I wanted to be strong again. In every area of my life. But most of all, I just wanted to be happy. To be proud of who I was. And although I didn’t know it at the time, none of that was possible without giving my mental health the attention it deserved.

I wasn’t capable of living a fit life without my mental & physical health being in sync, working TOGETHER. But once I saw how working out and eating healthy drastically improved my mental health and how the better I felt mentally, the more I wanted to work out and eat healthy, well, THAT’S when my journey truly began. And THAT’S what keeps me on this journey today.

To me, leading a fit life is being physically AND mentally strong, independent, confident, a badass, and loving yourself so much that you never lose sight of your inner strength & courage to go after your dreams💫