What's up with all those annoyingly happy fit people?

I used to think all these fitness people were crazy. I totally judged them, in the way that I used to judge all things that I decided were "uncool" because I was "happier" to be a person who lived a life according to the way I thought it was supposed to go. I am a natural-born-litigator, I love the thrill of trials. I spent many years fighting hard to achieve that dream, and I was "living the life." Truth be told, that life consisted of covering up my high stress level  by going out after work with my colleagues nightly - numbing the overwhelm from feeling like I wasn't good enough at what I was doing, like I wasn't making the difference I had set out to make, and getting into competitions over the who-had-the-worst-day battle over cocktails and apps at fancy lawyer bars seemed the best way to blow off steam.  That's what lawyers DO - that's "normal," right?  

I surrounded myself with people who felt how I felt and we took comfort and joked about our collective misery.  Gym? Yeah we all had memberships. But at the end of a long day, martinis were in order. Just so happened that was almost every day.  

Two years ago, I decided to make a change. I started surrounding myself with healthier people who were happy (yep those annoying fit people)...and I started to notice a shift. I started spending more time with people who'd rather treat themselves well than drag each other down (my work friends weren't malicious, but there's a reason the phrase "misery loves company" exists). I made new friends. They encouraged me to be better. I started changing for the better. And now I pay it forward. 

Does that mean I'm no longer a litigator at heart? Of course it doesn't! It just means I REALLY love #flexfriday, and being a positive force in others lives to encourage them to realize they too can change for the better. You never lose who you are. You just shift the focus. And grow. And bloom. Add positive and delete negative. That's the #fitlitigator movement :) 

If you want more details, shoot me a message or comment below and I'll reach out. I'd love to chat with you - I promise I won't force you to love flex Friday...but I can't promise you won't learn to love it in spite of yourself ;)