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Run, Selfie, Repeat

EP 7: HOW TO GET ACTIVE AND NOT HATE YOUR LIFE

Run, Selfie, Repeat

Kelly Roberts

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2017

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

I was never a very active person. To be honest, I spent most of my life working extra hard to avoid physical activity. Here's the thing, working out is really hard. And it really sucks in the beginning! From losing over 75 pounds to becoming a runner, here's what I've learned about falling in love with the fit life, becoming a runner, and not hating your life along the way.

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0:00.0

Let's get physical, physical.

0:04.7

Hey, hey, hey there.

0:07.3

It's me.

0:08.3

It's me, your good old pal, Kelly Roberts.

0:11.0

And welcome to episode seven of the Run Selfier Repeat podcast.

0:16.1

Here I like to discuss life with a side of running because life is like a box of nails and if you

0:28.7

stick your hand in it, it's going to hurt. I don't know what that means, but that's where I'm at

0:34.6

today. All right, let's dive into this because today I thought it would be fun to talk about the hardest part about living the fit life.

0:43.1

And that's getting started.

0:44.9

Because nothing drives me crazier than listening to people who have been active all their lives or people who are like, I did this in high school.

0:53.3

I did this in college.

0:58.0

I did this as a child. I've always been really active. I love you people.

1:03.3

Like, don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to put you down. But I think we speak different languages because getting started when you're not a very athletic person or when you've spent your entire life avoiding physical activity

1:13.8

is kind of different. It's hard to explain. I think it's so much bigger than just showing up or just doing it.

1:23.0

At least it was for me, and that was my experience, because for me for me all my life working out was kind of like

1:29.4

the thing that I had to suffer through to lose weight because I was always convinced that I needed

1:33.5

to lose weight and that I wasn't good enough or pretty enough or fit enough and that I looked

1:38.8

overweight and I was just consumed with my body image and it was never healthy like I never

1:43.3

worked out to be healthy or like

1:44.9

the healthiest, strongest version of myself. I hated it. I hated going to the gym. Like I was just like

1:50.7

overwhelmed with insecurities. Anytime I had to walk into that dreaded hellhole. And honest to

1:57.2

God, like it's the same way today. And I always tell people to try to find something

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