Wow, Have Things Changed

I posted this picture on my Facebook page today, to make a point.

 

WEIGHT IS NOTHING!!!

 

I can't tell you how many times I have people tell me, and by people I mean members, friends, family, associates, and random people I don't even really know, tell me that they want to lose X number of pounds/kilos or be X weight.  But what does losing that or being that weight mean?!  It means nothing.  I've done InBody reports for woman who are 47kgs and super tiny but who sport a body fat percentage that is considered obese (+32%). 

 

If you're going to look at a number to tell you how healthy you are or are not than look at your body fat percentage.  Here I am in the same dress and sporting only a 1kg difference in my weight but you can't tell me I'm wearing the weight the same nor can you say what comprises my weight to be the same.  Sure I am only 1kg lighter but I'm not only half my size but sporting half the body weight and probably twice the muscle too.

I used to think that if I just got down to a certain size, a certain weight, that I'd be happy but, being a boxer, I've dropped weight time after time and never achieved such contentment.  The smallest I got was a little over 46kgs for a fight, way under the weight goal I thought would be awesome but it wasn't awesome.  I didn't feel strong or pretty, I just felt skinny and uncomfortable.  Even Snickers noted he felt uncomfortable with me being so small.  He said it felt like he was holding a child when we slept so snuggling was the most we did until I gained my weight back.

 

I am a professional boxer and boxing/weight training coach, not a fitness model, so my priorities for training have shifted accordingly.  Now I just train and eat for my sport, not for a specific weight or for image because feeling strong and seeing what my body can do in training is what makes me confident and comfortable in my skin.  Now if abs happen to come along, I'm not going to complain.

Snickers is a pro boxer/aspiring UFC fighter but today he signed for a fight, announcing that he hasn't yet given up on boxing and still very much in the game.  For the record, it's a 6 round fight, not a 4 rounder.  Regardless, I couldn't be prouder, to tell you the truth.  He doesn't need those two extra rounds if you ask me.