RE-CAP
If you happen to be new, please take a quick minute to read my last post. It’s not life-changing or anything but I did give y’all a brief peek into my life along with my reasoning for starting this journey. If you’re too lazy, like me, I totally understand. I won’t tell you how to live your life.
I’M BACK AND READY TO CHAT
I feel like I teased y’all a little bit in the last post so I’m here to expand on my upbringing and go more in depth about what makes me Allie Vermylen.
So first things first, let’s address the fact that I’ve said “y’all” two times now lol. Yep, you guessed it, I’m a Texan. I was born and raised in Houston, Texas and I have yet to move out of the Lone Star State. No, I don’t wear cowboy boots every day and no, I don’t ride a horse to school. But I did grow up going to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo every year with my parents and two older brothers. My brothers along with my parents have always been a huge influence on me. In fact, they are the reason I found my passions in life.
HOW IT ALL STARTED
I grew up attending and supporting my brothers in all of their extracurricular activities. Nick’s band concerts, Nathan’s football games, and both of their swim meets and water polo games.
I saw how busy my brothers were all of the time and I wanted to be as diverse and active as they were. To this day, I remember standing on the side of the pool or the football field cheering and embarrassing both Nick and Nathan.
So I went on to be one of those kids who participated in numerous extracurricular activities starting at the age of 4 (dance, golf, volleyball, basketball, swim, etc). For some reason nothing made me as happy as swimming did.
I swam competitively for 14 years, attending 2 practices a day while going to school. Swim was my entire life. Everything I did revolved around practices and meets. I barely had time to hang out with friends outside of swimming which was frustrating at the time. Looking back, I am thankful for the drive and dedication I had for the sport. It translated into my everyday life.
With all of that being said, health and fitness was instilled in my everyday life at a very young age. Once I went off to college, I quickly realized that “freshman 15” was a real thing. Distractions got the best of me and I no longer had a strict workout routine and healthy diet in place. I lost all self-confidence and my health was in jeopardy thanks to Chickfila and Whataburger (you’ll soon be introduced to my out-of-hand addiction with Chickfila). After months of feeling bad about myself and watching the scale grow higher in numbers, I decided to get a hold of my life and turn my bad habits into healthy habits.
Be sure to tune in next time to hear more!
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