Episode 16Dec 13, 2025· 5:38
What 150 Days of Consistent Workouts Actually Looks Like | Real Beginner Fitness Transformation
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From avoiding stairs because they left me winded to crushing multiple Zumba classes in one day…here's what 150 days of serious fitness commitment actually changed. This isn't a dramatic "before and after" post. It's an honest progress report about sustainable change.
In this milestone episode, I share specific improvements you don't see in photos: walking upstairs without getting winded, using 15-pound weights…
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Full transcript
00:08
What's up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here.
00:09
Welcome to More Movement Please, the podcast
00:11
where I hope to inspire you to move your body
00:13
more by sharing my story and occasionally the
00:16
stories of others. Let's get into it. So today
00:18
I want to talk about something that I'm kind
00:20
of excited about. I did not realize that two
00:24
days ago was actually day 150 of my getting serious
00:28
about fitness journey. It's kind of nuts to me
00:31
to think about the fact that I've already hit
00:33
150 days. And it's also crazy just how much can
00:37
change in a year, right? I mean, I remember this
00:41
time last year feeling pretty crappy. I was having
00:45
trouble walking up a flight of stairs. I was
00:47
having trouble getting around, basically, and
00:51
kind of dreading every single thing that was
00:54
coming up if I knew that there was going to be
00:56
walking involved. Because the truth is, I was
00:59
so out of shape. I could feel it. I knew I needed
01:04
to make a change, but I just wasn't doing it.
01:08
And yeah, sure, I was still trying to go to the
01:10
gym occasionally. And I was still trying to go
01:13
for walks with my husband and whatever. But I
01:16
wasn't doing enough. And I knew that deep down.
01:19
I really did. I knew that if I really wanted
01:21
to make a change, I had to do more. But I just
01:24
wasn't ready yet. And the problem is, what if
01:28
I had never been ready? What if I had never made
01:32
the decision that, okay, it's time I'm going
01:34
to get serious. I think about that sometimes
01:37
and it scares me because the truth is just in
01:42
150 days, my body has changed so much that it's
01:47
kind of breathtaking. When I think about the
01:49
fact that today in my Zumba class, I was able
01:53
to do the jumping jacks. When I think about the
01:55
fact that I got through the full two classes
01:58
without completely getting winded. I mean, yeah,
02:01
sure, you know, your heart rate goes up and things
02:04
hurt while you're moving. But it's nowhere near
02:08
the pain that I was feeling the same time last
02:10
year. I'm driving home right now and I'm seeing
02:14
all the snow on the ground and just thinking
02:16
about how last year the very thought of walking
02:21
through the snow just... I was doing everything
02:24
I could to avoid the gym. Like if it would snow,
02:28
I was like, okay, that's a good excuse. I don't
02:30
have to go to the gym today. But today when it
02:33
was snowing, I was like, oh man, I really hope
02:35
they clear the roads so that I can get out and
02:36
go to the gym. And like I said, it's just, it's
02:41
wild to me thinking about just how much has changed
02:43
in a year, how much better I feel this Christmas
02:46
than I did last Christmas. And I want that for
02:50
you, right? I say this in a lot of episodes.
02:52
I really want that for you. I want you to feel
02:54
this transformation for yourself because it's
02:58
truly life -changing. I mean, I know that's such
03:00
a trope, right? It's such a thing that everybody
03:04
says, but when you're experiencing it, when you're
03:07
going through it, when you are feeling the changes
03:09
that are happening in your body, it just feels
03:12
so good. I mean... I can't even believe how excited
03:16
I was to be in as much pain as I was this morning.
03:19
To be whimpering about, you know, doing leg movements
03:25
and ball squeezes and, you know, lifting my arms
03:29
with big weights. It's just, it's such a fun
03:34
experience knowing that I'm doing this. I'm putting
03:39
in the work. And I just hope that if you're hearing
03:42
this, that it inspires you. That's the whole
03:44
point of this podcast, right, is to inspire you
03:46
to move your body more. And I'm just proud that
03:50
I made it 250 days and that I didn't even realize
03:52
I made it 250 days until I was looking at my
03:55
calendar today. And that's exciting, too, knowing
03:58
that. Each day that passes is just another day
04:01
that I'm working on my body, that I'm putting
04:03
in the work and the project is me, right? And
04:07
I want that to be your project. I want you to
04:10
be your project. We're coming to the end of 2025
04:12
and we're about to start 2026. And I really hope
04:15
that in the new year, you will take the time
04:19
to take care of yourself, that you will love
04:22
yourself enough to start going to the gym. And
04:24
if you don't go to the gym, that you'll do something
04:26
to move your body. Just get yourself in shape.
04:29
Only you can. No one else can do this for you.
04:32
You have to do this for you. You have to do this
04:34
because you love yourself enough to take care
04:36
of yourself. And happy 150 days to myself. I
04:42
said I was going to obnoxiously celebrate every
04:44
milestone. And I'm kind of shocked that I completely
04:46
missed the fact that I had made it 150 days because
04:50
that's still a milestone. I was thrilled whenever
04:52
I realized I had hit 300 exercises. Meeting 150
04:58
days is just as exciting to me. And I want that
05:01
for you. So I hope this inspires you. Onwards
05:04
and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out
05:06
today?
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