Another week has passed us by! The weekend is over, and it's time to start fresh again. How was the first week of September for all of you? I had an amazing week. It was a perfect food and exercise week-- meaning I was within cals everyday, I made mostly healthy choices, and exercised 5 days! I completed my first week of C10k training [couch to 10k]. I couldn't be more excited! It's a 13 week program so I'm hoping to do a run sometime in December! More on this later.
This post will not be comprehensive on the topic, but I really want to talk about sweat. I love sweat. First of all, it's a great way for your body to rid itself of toxins. It's completely natural. But I feel like we, especially as women, have been brainwashed to believe that we have to look perfect all the time. I know some girls feel insecure about working out because they "sweat more than normal." We see fitness videos of women with perfect bodies showing us 2 or 3 reps of something we are doing 20 of, and they have perfect hair and makeup. Magazines, even fitness magazines, show women in perfect outfits, with perfect bodies, and are completely airbrushed.
I just really want girls to know that sweating is good for you. It's a natural function of the body. It's beautiful in the way that tears are beautiful. It's how our bodies work. Sweating is sexy. It shows courage and hard work and perseverance and determination and effort. And it's OK.
I'm working on a "sweat like you mean it campaign" and while I don't know what all this entails yet, I would LOVE if you fellow fitness men and women would send in photos of your real workouts. The kind where you are grungy and sweaty and your hair is wet and your face has no makeup. Let's show the world that sweating is beautiful, and that women are beautiful without being all made up. With permission I'll share your photos on my blog. Let's be a community that builds each other up and that is REAL. We are not airbrushed. We are real people with real lives who sweat.
I love sweat. I love the word and I love talking about it. Send your photos dear friends! I might even do a drawing and a giveaway [working on the details].
Sweat on friends, sweat on.
<3,
Meg
