"I get it mommy, the less you do, the Less You Do!"
--Dylan Kellner,at age 5, on laziness and how it affects your energy level
My name is Sarah Vargo Kellner. I am 33 years old and I am in love with working out and motivating others. I teach group fitness classes at World Gym Glen Burnie, yoga classes for Conquest MMA in Millersville, and am a personal trainer. I have a very full life... 3 awesome jobs, 3 kids, laundry, softball, baseball, soccer, basketball, and the ever so spectacular mortgage payment. I tell you all of this so I can say without a doubt in my mind that YOU ARE NEVER TOO BUSY TO BE HEALTHY AND FIT. It is merely a choice. Do you want to live in a healthy way or do you not?
Once upon a time, I thought exercising was only something people did in high school while chasing a ball in a sports game or in gym once a week. I had an AMAZING metabolism, ate everything in sight, including, the dreaded fast food (so not proud of this by the way!) and I managed to stay thin.........then I had kids. After my second child I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism and it crushed my world. At that point, I knew that I would need to start exercising or I would be on a downward spiral of gaining weight and feeling uncomfortable. It's funny how when you are young you don't think about how your horrible portion control habits and laziness will one day catch up with you and bite you in the ass or LITERALLY sit on it!
When I started working out my goal was to stay the same, which thinking back on it now, I would say my "goal" totally backfired! My goal was to just never get larger then I was at that moment. I didn't think I looked too terribly bad, I just thought of myself as a typical mother of two, still pretty, but my body had just gained over 45 pounds back to back in both of my pregnancies, so of course it had changed A LOT! I just knew that now I had a problem with my metabolism and that from this point on I would have an extremely hard time losing weight and an extremely EASY time GAINING IT! So I did what any person would do in that situation, I joined a gym.
I was so intimidated! I decided that the treadmill was going to be my new best friend, mainly because I didn't have a clue how to use anything else in the gym! I would go to work, come home and make dinner, clean the house, put the kids to bed and then go to the gym. I went about 3 nights a week and I would "run" (notice the quotes...they are there for a reason, in fact I should have just written WALKED)...so yeah.....I would go to the gym 3 nights a week and WALK, watch t.v. and CRY. I would CRY because it was hard. I would CRY because I was tired. I didn't see any results, TWO DAYS LATER, so I would CRY. The t.v. show 'Biggest Loser' would be on the t.v. right in front of my treadmill so, I would CRY. Do you see a pattern? HA!
So why would you go to the gym if it made you cry? Well the answer is simple, I believe at first, the crying, not the walking was what kept me going back for more. Each time I was done my workout, I felt like a new person! I was so proud of myself and in a great mood. Once I allowed myself to get all of the fear out of my head and wrapped my mind around that fact that exercise was helping me not only physically, but mentally, I fell completely in love with working out. I believe that the beginning stages of exercise are so difficult because it makes you feel vulnerable and your mind cant help but think about WHY YOU ARE THE WAY YOU ARE? Why are you over eating? Why are you sabotaging yourself? Why do you not think you are worth an hour a day? What controls you? Why is this so hard for me but the person next to me isn't even sweating? What makes you happy, sad, mad......? And a lot of times we as people don't want to address these questions! We don't want to fix ourselves from the INSIDE OUT, we want the quick fix for the outside only. I am here to tell you that there is no such thing as a quick fix. Your body will run better than it ever has before if you start working from the inside out. A way to start doing this right away is by simple being honest with yourself about your life. Be honest with yourself about the things that you are addicted to, things that control you, things that weigh you down. Clearing your mind and letting go of the past can only help jump start your future!
Life is a balancing act. If we are not able to balance on our own two feet then how can we juggle the rest correctly? I use working out as a stress relief tool........it's my therapy. The harder I push myself in the gym during "my time" the more I am able to put into my kids and work. I still struggle with keeping consistent with everything at times because I am only human, but I have laid the foundation for myself and my family that health is important and I will continue on this path for my children even when it gets hard. I believe that each BODY TYPE has its own POTENTIAL, everyone has their best body trapped inside just dying to come out. I am realistic that no two people will have the same results even if following the same routine. YES, this is frustrating, but like they always say, "The world would be a pretty boring place if we were all the same." I challenge you to come and talk to me about your fitness goals! Let me guide you towards your body's awesome potential! What do you have to lose?
xoxo
Sarah
Once upon a time, I thought exercising was only something people did in high school while chasing a ball in a sports game or in gym once a week. I had an AMAZING metabolism, ate everything in sight, including, the dreaded fast food (so not proud of this by the way!) and I managed to stay thin.........then I had kids. After my second child I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism and it crushed my world. At that point, I knew that I would need to start exercising or I would be on a downward spiral of gaining weight and feeling uncomfortable. It's funny how when you are young you don't think about how your horrible portion control habits and laziness will one day catch up with you and bite you in the ass or LITERALLY sit on it!
When I started working out my goal was to stay the same, which thinking back on it now, I would say my "goal" totally backfired! My goal was to just never get larger then I was at that moment. I didn't think I looked too terribly bad, I just thought of myself as a typical mother of two, still pretty, but my body had just gained over 45 pounds back to back in both of my pregnancies, so of course it had changed A LOT! I just knew that now I had a problem with my metabolism and that from this point on I would have an extremely hard time losing weight and an extremely EASY time GAINING IT! So I did what any person would do in that situation, I joined a gym.
I was so intimidated! I decided that the treadmill was going to be my new best friend, mainly because I didn't have a clue how to use anything else in the gym! I would go to work, come home and make dinner, clean the house, put the kids to bed and then go to the gym. I went about 3 nights a week and I would "run" (notice the quotes...they are there for a reason, in fact I should have just written WALKED)...so yeah.....I would go to the gym 3 nights a week and WALK, watch t.v. and CRY. I would CRY because it was hard. I would CRY because I was tired. I didn't see any results, TWO DAYS LATER, so I would CRY. The t.v. show 'Biggest Loser' would be on the t.v. right in front of my treadmill so, I would CRY. Do you see a pattern? HA!
So why would you go to the gym if it made you cry? Well the answer is simple, I believe at first, the crying, not the walking was what kept me going back for more. Each time I was done my workout, I felt like a new person! I was so proud of myself and in a great mood. Once I allowed myself to get all of the fear out of my head and wrapped my mind around that fact that exercise was helping me not only physically, but mentally, I fell completely in love with working out. I believe that the beginning stages of exercise are so difficult because it makes you feel vulnerable and your mind cant help but think about WHY YOU ARE THE WAY YOU ARE? Why are you over eating? Why are you sabotaging yourself? Why do you not think you are worth an hour a day? What controls you? Why is this so hard for me but the person next to me isn't even sweating? What makes you happy, sad, mad......? And a lot of times we as people don't want to address these questions! We don't want to fix ourselves from the INSIDE OUT, we want the quick fix for the outside only. I am here to tell you that there is no such thing as a quick fix. Your body will run better than it ever has before if you start working from the inside out. A way to start doing this right away is by simple being honest with yourself about your life. Be honest with yourself about the things that you are addicted to, things that control you, things that weigh you down. Clearing your mind and letting go of the past can only help jump start your future!
Life is a balancing act. If we are not able to balance on our own two feet then how can we juggle the rest correctly? I use working out as a stress relief tool........it's my therapy. The harder I push myself in the gym during "my time" the more I am able to put into my kids and work. I still struggle with keeping consistent with everything at times because I am only human, but I have laid the foundation for myself and my family that health is important and I will continue on this path for my children even when it gets hard. I believe that each BODY TYPE has its own POTENTIAL, everyone has their best body trapped inside just dying to come out. I am realistic that no two people will have the same results even if following the same routine. YES, this is frustrating, but like they always say, "The world would be a pretty boring place if we were all the same." I challenge you to come and talk to me about your fitness goals! Let me guide you towards your body's awesome potential! What do you have to lose?
xoxo
Sarah
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde
