Lexi Van shares fitness motivation: This is my imperfect body & I love it

26 May 2018 - 13:00 By Jessica Levitt
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Lexi Van said she often failed but she always got up and tried again.
Lexi Van said she often failed but she always got up and tried again.
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Lexi Van often shares pictures of herself at the gym and has even had questions on whether she has become a personal trainer, after she publicly offered help to people. Now Lexi has described how tough her journey has been and how much she enjoys motivating other people to achieve their goals.

"I was once extremely big and uncomfortable, or fat, whatever you wanna call that journey of an unhealthy lifestyle. Trust me, it wasn't easy. I started, I quit so many times but each day I'd come back with more drive and sulking but I'd go out and push harder."

She said that she found certain classes tougher than others and while her body is not perfect, she loves it.

"So these are a few of my pics since I decide to just start and push through. I'm not perfect but this is my imperfect body and I love it. It's my hard work and choices that made me fall in love with myself more than ever before. So choose to take care of yourself and don't stop moving."

She shared some before and after pictures to serve some extra motivation and the results are incredible.  

The message is clear fam: fail and try again.

I choose being fit, healthy and insanely happy. I was once extremely big and uncomfortable, or fat, whatever you wanna call that journey of an unhealthy lifestyle. Trust me, it wasn't easy. I started, I quit so many times but each day I'd come back with more drive and sulking but I'd go out and push harder, group classes were do hard for me 😥😥😥 but I kept at it, and now inspire so many women and i love it. So these are a few of my pics since I decide to just start and push through. I'm not perfect but this is my imperfect body and I love it. It's my hard work and choices that made me fall in love with myself more than ever before. So choose to take care of yourself and don't stop moving. #ChooseTuesdayMotivation #KeepFit #LexifiedFitness 💙💪🏾💃🏾 P.S I wanna add to this post tho: When I decided to fitness and train people, I had a lot of people, even friends, tell me "You don't look like a personal trainer, you don't have a 6pack, your thighs are not firm, you still drink alcohol blah blah blah the list is endless. How exhausting and demotivating... those things are great to have a d show off but I'm here to inspire normal people and show them it's possible to achieve any body you want. Am I mentally strong? YES I Am. Am I dedicated? Yes I am. Am I disciplined? Yes. Am I passionate? Yes I am... I could sit here the whole and drag on bit posts become a yawn then. Listen, forget a out all those silly people and their remarks... you do you and if it works for you, do it harder, better and stronger each day. If you're happy, forget the. BS That's all. Let me eat 🙂

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