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You've seen all of the fitness bloggers and fitness motivation videos and they're fucking jumping up on that huge ass box and then they're hitting their shins against the box and they're cracking their head open and it's like there's so much sweat dripping down their face and it's like, how bad do you really fucking want it? Yeah, that shit doesn't work for me.
What's up, Sludents and Sludettes and Sludettes? How is everyone doing? Happy Mini Monday. I have a very interesting topic to discuss today, and it's something I never in a million years thought I would be talking about.
My fitness routine. Holy shit. Sophia Franklin is talking about her fitness routine. Yes, you guys have been asking me. Yes, I actually have one. Yes, my body has completely transformed and I have had a huge body transformation. And
And if you don't think I'm going to post a before and after, you're wrong. What I really want to talk about is how to finally be that fitness girly or how to finally stick with a workout routine, how to transform your body. Because it took me 29 years of living on this earth to
before I was able to begin the process. So if I can do it, you can do it. And let me just start because I know how a lot of y'all are thinking right now, like you didn't have this dramatic weight loss, but my body does look completely different than it did a year and a half ago. But I just kind of want to talk about it because
It's so much more than finally being able to look in the mirror and be excited and proud and ready to fucking get into your bikini and run around. All of that shit feels great, but there was so much more that came with
this fitness routine that I finally was able to stick to. So let's just like, let's start from the top and I'm gonna tell you guys every single thing.
What worked for me might not work for you, but none of that really matters. Whether it's like Pilates or strength training or sculpt or cardio, it's just sticking to something. And so I'm just going to tell you guys my journey because it's transformed so many other areas of my life. For real. I...
used to have a diaper as a butt. Like I had a fat butt, but it just, it hung low like a diaper filled with doo-doo. Like it, like it really did. And it was just long and it had no shape to it. And that was my main area of concern. And I've gone through so many different
body fluctuations in my life. I'm 5'5". I think I'm about 115 pounds now. I've gone up to 130 something. I got really scary for a second, which is right before I started training and I was like 90 pounds.
Obviously, these body fluctuations, neither of them were done on purpose. They were both as a result of stress or depression. And yeah, so this is the thing. I've done it all. I've had a class pass. I had...
a Bikram yoga annual pass, which is hot yoga. When I moved to New York, Y7 yoga. I don't know if that's still like the really cool thing, but it's like that. It's like this yoga class that you do in the dark, basically with candles lit, but you do it to hip hop and
And it's like cool for like a Spotify playlist. Like I would literally, like I started to go and would just secretly Shazam the entire playlist to like use later on. The yoga, I mean, I don't know. I know people love it and I'm definitely not talking shit on it. But for me, if when I want to do yoga, it's so I can like calm the fuck down, right?
And I usually don't calm the fuck down to Carnival by Kanye. I'm usually turning the fuck up. That's just me. I had a lifetime gym membership, Equinox, anything. Every app, like the Sweat app, that was one that I did stick to for a little bit. And it was helpful because it was an app that made it very easy to follow, right?
So I will give it that, but like I did not stay consistent. Like with all of these things I'm mentioning, whether I was doing it with other people in the forms of a class, whether it was on my own time, whether it was an app that I could do from home, I cannot keep myself accountable. So I decided to get a personal trainer and
Now, before you come at me for how expensive that is and not a lot of people can afford that, just hear me out, okay? I moved back to New York. I knew I wanted to finally be that fitness girl who's running around in her athleisure wear with that cute little peach butt and just tight...
and teeny and hot and all the right places, but fat and curvaceous and in all the right places. Like I wanted that and I had never been able to achieve it. And so I was like, what is the one thing that will keep me accountable? Because I'll spend money.
Hi, every gym membership I've ever had, I'll spend the goddamn money and never show up. So I started looking for a personal trainer. Obviously here in New York, they're very expensive. I didn't even care. I was ready to just drop whatever amount of money I needed to. I was like, my life is kind of not great in a lot of areas. And I really think that getting physically fit is
will make your life better in every single area. I keep going on and on and on about the superficial things because to be honest, initially, I think that was my main reason as to why I wanted to really go after this whole fitness journey thing.
And I also knew it would help with my depression and my anxiety and all of those mental things. It wasn't until I started to realize those effects that I'm, that now I need it. I never thought I'd be that bitch, but like now I am that girl where if I go more than two days without moving my body, I don't feel good. And I notice a difference.
So I'm looking for a personal trainer and then it gets like a little bit confusing because it's like, do they just come to my little tiny ass apartment? Do we use the gym? I mean, I guess I'm really fortunate that I have a gym in my building because I know myself and how I operate in every other area of life. I was like,
If someone is physically waiting for me and I have a scheduled appointment on my calendar and I know if I don't show up, I'm going to get charged and someone was literally like waiting on me and I wasted their fucking time. That would be enough to get my ass there, especially with the New York prices. Absolutely. So...
It was really important to me to have someone do in-person training. So I'm talking to my cousin. I'm telling her how I'm looking for a personal trainer because I know that her mom, my aunt, who I'm really close with, had a personal trainer here in New York and I was trying to get the info. And my cousin was like, why don't you just train with my boyfriend? Like that's what he does for work.
And I was like, okay, well, you guys live in North Carolina. So I don't really see how that would work. And she said that he does Zoom training sessions. And I was like, I don't think that's for me. I think the, I'm going to try to weasel my way out. I also don't really understand how he's going to be able to tell me
If I'm doing a squat correctly via Zoom or know how much weight I should be lifting. Like it just it didn't make sense to me and I was super hesitant. So that was just an excuse to put off working out for another, I don't know, five months and
And finally I was like, all right, Sophia, you're not finding this personal trainer that you made up in your head that's also hot as shit, doesn't have to drive into the city from Jersey or wherever else, and is going to end up fucking you in your apartment. Maybe you should just try this Zoom situation with your cousin's boyfriend who I had never met. So we give it a try and...
By the way, when you guys hear personal training, you're thinking, oh, you're spending upwards of $100 a session, right? Like I would assume, I wanna ask my phone. Oh, well, I'm recording on my phone, so that wouldn't work. But you would assume that personal training is a lot, a lot, a lot of money, and it is. If you're doing it,
via Zoom and you're doing it remote, not only are you saving money on a gym membership, a class pass, an app that you're subscribed to, what have you,
You are putting all of that money towards this personal trainer who will train you either right in your apartment or at whatever gym you have access to. I obviously was like, I can barely do 10 squats a
So let's keep it to just my apartment because I think if all I need to do is put on sneakers and walk from my room to the living room, which is a total of three feet, then maybe I'll show up. And I did. And I showed up and shout out Noah. I signed up for like a six class package and
And I can't remember if I started with 30 or 45 minutes. I just remember it was twice a week. And even that was too much for me to commit to. Okay, so if you think that you can't commit to a workout routine, I couldn't even commit to a personal trainer over Zoom for 30 minutes twice a week.
Even that, I would cancel last minute. I would reschedule 10 times before I actually made it to the session. I must have been the biggest pain in the ass, and I sometimes still am, but nowhere near how bad I used to be. And I was still falling off the bandwagon. I feel like everyone does this. You work out two weeks straight. You're killing it.
You can even see a little bit of a difference. And then you have one night of going out or one stressful situation in your life. And like the gym doesn't see you for another six months. I tried to pull that shit with Noah. And over time, what he taught me was you showing up, even just giving 40%.
is still so much better and you're going to see results even then just by showing up and doing that. Because I think a lot of us, and my biggest problem with it, was turning it into this huge stressful thing that needed to have a lot of
The hesitation, resistance, toughness. Like you've seen all of the fitness bloggers and fitness motivation videos and they're fucking jumping up on that huge ass box and then they're hitting their shins against the box and they're cracking their head open. And it's like, there's so much sweat dripping down their face. And it's like, how bad do you really fucking want it?
Yeah, that shit doesn't work for me. Like the tough love or the scare tactic type shit, that doesn't work for me. I need a lot of love and a lot of patience and a little bit of pressure. That's when I thrive. ♪
You heard me on my last episode. I am on a mission to upgrade my style publicly, but privately as well. Don't get me wrong, a big t-shirt will get the job done,
but we can do better, like way, way, way better. And Gooseberry Intimates makes me look and more importantly, feel hot, snatched, sexy, cute, all of the above. If Sydney Sweeney and Hailey Bieber are doing it,
So am I. Gooseberry Intimates is a woman founded, ran and family owned company designed and produced in a house in Bali. And if there's one group of people I trust to make me feel sexy, confident and comfortable, it's
It's women. So join the movement. Head over to gooseberryintimates.com to get your hands on sexy intimates and swim. Use code SOFIA for 10% off. So over time, I stopped thinking about working out like it was this taxing, exhausting thing
crazy, time-consuming, uncomfortable, not fun thing that required me to be operating at 100% level to make it even worth it. Once I was able to stop that kind of relation, then all doors opened up for me. And there have been sessions where I show up and I will look at Noah and say,
I don't skip sessions anymore, but I'm letting you know right now that I'm just going to sit here. Maybe you'll be able to get me to do, you know, a couple of monster band walks. But for the most part, I'm just going to sit here and cry to you about what's going on. Because that's the thing is personal trainers are also therapists. So yeah, you're getting your fucking money's worth.
Yeah, I started to just show up and it didn't matter if I was going to give 20% or 100%. It didn't matter what my mood was, if I was so depressed, if I was so anxious, if I fucking, if it sounded like the last thing I wanted to do, I just would show up. And once he made it this space that wasn't so like,
drop and give me 50 and like, come on. Like he pushed me enough that I was able to stay consistent. And that is the most important thing. Now I'm sure with other clients, he is a lot stricter with them. But once I start feeling the vibes, like someone's trying to tell me really what to do, I just kind of act in defiance. You know what I mean?
So that's kind of my transformation. For the first six months, I would cancel all the time and I would go MIA for weeks. But then I would always come back to it and I started to just come back to it more and more frequently. And now we're at three sessions a week, 45 minutes each. And on the days that I'm not working out with my trainer, Noah, I'm
I'm trying to do things that are maybe just a little bit more chill on the body and mind, but still, you know, give me enough of a challenge where I get that endorphin release. And basically, this has been a really wordy way of saying my life now revolves around my body.
workouts. Like that's kind of how I schedule my life and making exercise a priority that never made sense in my brain. I thought, okay, working your ass off and making money, having a boyfriend or at least like a rich dude, um,
And mental health, a.k.a. talking to a cognitive behavioral therapist, like and seeing a doctor. Those are all things that are priority. Like fitness is just, you know, like if you can fit in a workout, then you're good. The thing is, physical fitness should be one of your top three priorities in your life.
Because of how much it affects your mental. And it's not just that it alleviates depression and anxiety. Although that's proven. We all know that. It makes you feel better about yourself. And it makes you more confident in everything you do. And therefore just completely changes your life. And how you operate in life. Now...
If getting a trainer is out of your budget, do something that just makes you accountable. That would be my biggest piece of advice.
Have a friend keep you accountable and do workout sessions together. And you guys don't need to be physically together. You know how many times I have just been like, I'm just going to walk on the treadmill and I'm going to call one of my besties and just talk to them while I walk on incline for a minute just so I can like get it in and get those endorphins going because I do not feel good right now. I'm feeling pretty low.
It's really a beautiful, transformative thing once you can find a way to commit to it. And again, don't look for perfection. You look for progress. And like I've said before and stole from Noah, my trainer, is...
It's okay if you miss a day, just don't miss two. Or it's okay if you miss two days of something, just never, ever, ever allow yourself to go more than those two days. So, Sleuths, that's a little taste of my body transformation. And I love you guys so much. I will talk to you next week. Bye. ♪♪♪
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