Congratulations to Andrea Casalvera of Middletown, DE who is one of our May e84 Winners! Andrea joined us on our Wednesday Wellness call and shared more of her amazing story!
“This is the not the first time I entered the e84 Challenge, it’s just the first time I finished it. My husband and I had separated and I had reached rock bottom. I went into a phase where I pretty much stopped taking care of myself. After several months, I was so tired, stressed and so run down that I realized at the time I needed to take care of myself the most I wasn’t.
“An additional 5 lbs later, and a trip to the store to buy a pair of bigger pants, I had a long talk with myself. Now conversations with myself happen all of the time. I work from home, and have few people I connect with regularly that are over the age of 14. But this conversation was different. This conversation was about the quiet self-pity I was indulging in for the last several months. Not the kind of self pity that one would expect by having one’s life turned upside down by something as unoriginal as her husband’s mid life crisis. Not the kind of self-pity that involves tears and vitriolic Facebook posts. I indulged in the worst kind of self-pity there is (in my opinion). Martyrdom. I had every excuse quietly on repeat in my head. I am too busy, tired, broke, etc., to continue to indulge in things like gym memberships and Evolv shakes.
“But I told myself, “self, this is your life, and it’s not awesome. No one is going to change it but you. And if you’re in control of the change, aren’t you in control of the timing?” So that was it, I realized I was being a complete idiot stuffing my head with excuses instead of motivation. I had better get a hold of myself before I turned into the crème filled donuts I was scarfing down like they were manna from heaven. I signed up for the challenge again, a little more scared than motivated, but unwilling to let fat pants take hold of my closet.
“I continued the conversations with myself over the next few months. Every time I would come up with an awesome excuse to quit, I would have to talk myself right back into staying the course. Over the course of my e84 I lost 15 pounds and renewed my strength and conviction.”
-Andrea Casalvera
Andrea was also joined by the person who introduced her to Evolv, e84 Champion John Vickers. You can listen to the complete call here, or in the player below.
