I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but here it goes:
I am 19F/5'4"/130lbs and I've dealt with body image issues my entire life. My entire family is stick thin, so when I hit puberty and gained weight, it was a total blow. The way my family members reacted didn't help either. My uncle referred to me, at 14, as "an elephant." I was so embarrassed and didn't know how to react beyond ducking out of the room. My mom restricted my eating. My grandmother constantly made comments about how much weight I had gained. I excused their actions because I do not think that they meant to hurt me in any way; the culture that they grew up in is very brash. Anyhow, this definitely led to me having extremely low self-confidence about my body. I hated how I looked but also did nothing to change it.
I started college this past year, and I've never felt so great about my body. My friends all like to work out, and being around them made it so much more fun and held me accountable. I didn't weigh myself before and after, so I can't say that there were physical results, but putting that time in for myself made me feel strong and comfortable with myself.
Since being in quarantine, I've lost all motivation to workout. Today, I read "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle, which was absolutely invigorating! Basically, it presents the concept that everything that's ever happened is in the present, which is the only moment we truly have control over. Thus, we should stop focusing on the negative influences of the past and future, and just focus on the now.
I wasn't watching what I was eating today, so typically, I would think, "Let me wait until tomorrow, and then I can start exercising and eating clean on a new slate." Instead, I decided to get my shit together and push myself to workout. I felt so proud of myself afterwards. I want to do this everyday for the next month, or as long as I can, because I always want to feel this way! I'll update this post with my progress every day.
Day 1: I went on a 3 mile run with my brother at an average pace of 9'40" per mile. When I run by myself, I usually have a faster pace but I stop a bunch of times through out, so I definitely want to continue working towards keeping a consistent pace. Afterwards, I did half an hour of ab and leg workouts. I always have late-night cravings, so I brushed my teeth at 7:30pm to prevent eating any junk food.
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