Super Motivated Bride Documented Her Weight Loss Journey On Instagram
Haley Smith’s Instagram is a masterclass in motivation.
She spent the year leading up to her bridal working on getting healthy, and she ultimately lost over 100 pounds before her big day. She did so by eating healthy, exercising and detecting some A+ motive techniques.
“My journey genuinely started after my husband proposed to me back in July of 2015. I had always been trying to lose weight, but when I insured the photos of project proposals, I freaked out, ” Smith wrote to Mashable .
“I didn’t recognise myself at all, and it really made me worry that I would feel that way about my bridal day, too. So I vowed to make a change so that I could be not only a happy bride, but happy with myself.
Smith, who is from Amarillo, Texas, documented the whole process on Instagram.
“When Matt proposed last year, I insured my pictures and didn’t even recognise myself. My whole adult life, I have struggled with my weight, but this was my highest. I had let myself go and didn’t even realize how far I had get, ” Smith wrote on Instagram.
“On that day, I made up my mind to make a change. I was tired of hiding in pictures, getting winded strolling across a parking lot, skipping out on activities, feeling lazy and most of all being embarrassed of myself.”
On her Instagram, Smith emphasizes that there isn’t merely one weight loss technique that worked for her.
“No ONE thing constructed me how I am today, ” she wrote. “It was a combination of about every health and fitness option I could find. So don’t think there’s some sorcery pill, wrap, gym membership, dinner, vitamin, app, surgery, diet, workout, waist trainer, volume, hypnosis, shake, powder or anything else that will merely do it for you.”
“It’s determining your own way and using appropriate tools that work for you, ” Smith continued. “It’s stimulating the right healthy selections for your body. In the past year, I’ve made some big life selections and huge lifestyle changes, and I couldn’t be more happy with myself. I still have a long way to go on this journey, and I’m not giving up.”
Smith told Mashable more about the techniques she found successful.
My biggest “technique” would be starting small and slow. I have tried all sorts of hard and fast diets, fads and workouts, but I always would get burnt out after a few weeks or so. This time, I chose I needed to induce manageable, realistic goals. I started with two habits – not eating after 8p m and merely eating out twice a week – and once I get those down, I started with two more. I began tracking every dinner in MyFitnessPal and logging my water uptake. I did the same on my exert. I started with Couch-to-5k, running about 30 second intervals for a half hour, three times a week. Then I started to add some strength exercises, like push-up or crunch challenges. Eventually, I was alternating operated days with actually making the gym.
Some more of Smith’s lifestyle changes and motive tips-off include 😛 TAGEND
Eating healthy
Investing in a fitness watch
Rewarding herself for each weight loss goal
Setting monthly goals
Making an inspiration board
Laying out workout clothes
Sharing her journey on Instagram
To Smith, documenting her process on Instagram was the most motivating thing she did, she told Mashable .
Motivation has been tough, but my biggest help has been switching my Instagram over to a strictly fitness account. Once I had a few dozen( to eventually a few hundred) adherents that were supporting and encouraging me, I felt like I couldn’t let them down either. Having that accountability along with thinking about different posts each day really made fitness and health stay at the forefront of my mind. When that didn’t do it though, I’d decorate my scale or hang up motivational quotes around the house. Any little thing that could keep that fire burning was worth a try.
Smith and her husband Matt had their bridal this month.
Even though her weight loss journey is over, Smith is already keeping up her new healthy lifestyle even on their New Zealand honeymoon.
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Super Motivated Bride Documented Her Weight Loss Journey On Instagram
Super Motivated Bride Documented Her Weight Loss Journey On Instagram
Super Motivated Bride Documented Her Weight Loss Journey On Instagram
Super Motivated Bride Documented Her Weight Loss Journey On Instagram
Super Motivated Bride Documented Her Weight Loss Journey On Instagram