Healing My Body, Healing My Mind: How Fitness Became My Freedom

For as long as I can remember, fitness has been part of my life — but not always in a healthy way.

There were seasons I chased numbers, scales, and validation. Seasons I loved my reflection.And seasons I didn’t even want to look in the mirror.

I’ve been skinny.I’ve been chubby.I’ve been thick.I’ve been “trying.”

And now — I’m finally at peace. Not because my body is perfect, but because I stopped trying to fix it and started learning to love it.

My journey hasn’t been about weight loss… it’s been about healing. Healing my relationship with food.Healing how I speak to myself.Healing how I show up in my own skin. For years, I used fitness as punishment — to “make up” for what I ate, to fit into jeans that didn’t love me back, to quiet the shame that came from not looking like the next woman on my timeline. But once I started learning what true wellness looked like — how food fuels, how movement heals, how rest restores — I began to understand that my body wasn’t the enemy. It was my home. I learned to listen to it. To feed it foods that gave me life. To lift weights not to get smaller — but to get stronger. To move not out of guilt, but out of gratitude.

And with that shift came peace.

I found my happy weight — not a number, but a feeling. A place where I wake up with energy, move with confidence, and look in the mirror and see a woman who’s proud of herself.

Becoming that woman took time, grace, and truth. I had to unlearn toxic diet culture and relearn self-love. I had to stop searching for quick fixes and start building real discipline. I had to stop thinking fitness was just physical — because the hardest muscle I’ve ever had to train was my mind.

Now, when I coach women, I don’t just teach workouts and meal plans. I teach freedom. I teach balance. I teach women how to break cycles, rebuild confidence, and fall back in love with themselves.

Because this journey is bigger than inches or pounds — it’s about remembering who you are underneath it all.

If you’re tired of feeling stuck, defeated, or disconnected from your body, I’ve been there. And I promise — you can rise again. You can start over. You can learn how to love your body through movement and nourishment, not punishment.

📧 Let’s talk about your goals.I’d love to hear your story and help you build a plan that feels good and actually lasts.👉🏽 Email: getfitwithniya@gmail.com

Because the body changes — but the goal is peace that stays. 💕