Ep. 237: Self-Love, Self-Acceptance, Self-Respect

In this episode, we update you on how Stacy has been since the last episode we did on her emotional and physical recovery. Plus, we talk about the emotional journey to health and how to learn to love yourself.
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Stacy's going to greet the audience instead of Sarah on the show from now on!
Sarah did 17.1 for the Crossfit Open! And she did the prescribed weight for the first time!
17.1 was:
For time: 10 dumbbell snatches, 15 burpee box jump-overs, 20 dumbbell snatches, 15 burpee box jump-overs, 30 dumbbell snatches, 15 burpee box jump-overs, 40 dumbbell snatches, 15 burpee box jump-overs, 50 dumbbell snatches, 15 burpee box jump-overs
Women use 35-lb. dumbbell and 20-in. box
20 minute time cap

Doing it at the prescribed weight is a big accomplishment! It's the same as the elite athletes!
Sarah's girls have been asking when Sarah is going to the games. Unfortunately, she is not that kind of athlete and doesn't have the muscles of Samantha Briggs.
But Sarah believes in showing that hard work and consistency leads to success and that watching her Crossfit is helping teach that to her girls.

Today's topic is Self-Love, Self-Acceptance, and Self-Respect
Some people who listen can't do hard workouts, and some do hard workouts to punish themselves or to fit into a box in their heads.
When we started Real Everything, we wanted to also talk about important emotional topics and not just food stuff.
18 months ago Stacy hurt her back and had to prematurely end, or at least put on indefinite hiatus, her StrongWoman career. It's been a long journey for her back since then.
A little while ago, we had a show (Episode 204) on how Stacy became severely depressed after her injury and went on anti-depressants to help her.
This show will serve as an update to that show from 8 months ago because Stacy is in a much more stable place.
There are two aspects to a health journey: figuring out what to actually do to become healthy, and discovering an awareness and respect for yourself.
People have a tendency to prioritize other tasks and other people first and not themselves. Going on a health journey often means confronting this fact and increasing your own priority level.
Sarah says found herself when she found her health.
Stacy had reached a health peak as a competitive athlete with a healthy diet and great happiness, and then felt herself torn back down due to a back injury.
Dwelling on the reasons and the causes and feeling bad about yourself won't help you get to a positive, healthy place.
When Stacy's brother-in-law died in December, Stacy was able to get over her last hump because she could put in perspective how she was in a great place in her life and her back was doing really well.
Acceptance of her situation and acceptance of what she can and cannot change led to Stacy embracing her own journey. You know, a secular version of the Serenity Prayer.
Most importantly, she learned to accept that she had gained weight since her injury due to no longer working out and taking a SSRI that has a weight gain side effect. Stacy felt a lot of shame about it.
When you were an obese person, you often have a lot of feeling that never go away. You fear going back to being an invisible fat person that people aren't nice to.
When Andrew died, she stopped thinking about these shameful thoughts because she realized it didn't matter what she weighed.
Stacy encourages you to be accountable to how you treat yourself. Would you tolerate it if someone else talked about you the way you talk to yourself? Are you surrounding yourself with people that will love you unconditionally?
This self-love has also improved her relationship. Her husband helped her in her darkest times and encouraged her when she started seeking