Well after months of just sitting on my ass and daydreaming about stupid notions I've decided to pick up working out again. Perhaps this sounds pretty dumb (at least it does to me) but I use to work out quite a bit when I was in high school....I wasn't skinny by any means I think the smallest size I've ever been is an 11 but quite frankly I really liked myself at that size. After high school graduation I went into this junk food craze and gained more than those dreaded Freshmen 15.....I ballooned! :[
After that I pretty much quit working out and just accepted the fact that I was obese...yes I'm morbidly obese in medical terms. I've been told that I don't look as large as I really am but that's because I gain weight pretty evenly across my body and I suppose my height helps in that aspect too (I'm 5'7"). I don't have anyone else to blame about the state that my body is in but myself and I want to set an example for my little sister who's 7 years old. I've heard that you can't truly love someone if you don't love yourself and I have to agree. I understand that there are some people who can't lose the weight or gain because of a medical condition but I'm like this because I made the wrong decisions.
I live in a city where we rank as one of the top heaviest city in America. There is no pride in having a title like that I want to promote a healthy living for my sister and inspire her to be a better person for herself and others. What better way to start than by doing that for myself as well. Right now I'm at a size 16 borderline 17 in clothes I gained that much weight in a little as 2 years I can easily lose that weight if I just strap down and take care of myself.
Today I started to work out! I hadn't done it such a long time and I realized pretty quickly how out of shape I was! I was pretty horrified....of course I had noticed before the work out..especially when I walked at school. I was so use to walking before that it never tired me out but all of sudden I was having a hard time walk up a hill or some stairs and decided no more. I have 2 work out videos that I'm going to be using in the next several days, Slim in 6 and Insanity.
For those of you that have heard of Insanity probably think I'm pretty insane for trying especially since I hadn't been working out in such a long time...I found out pretty quickly how tiring it was. I decided to then use the Slim in 6 video first before trying Insanity. I want to build up some cardio and just get my body accustomed to working out before I seriously try the Insanity video.
My goal with blogging about this is to 1) Motivate myself, 2) share my experience and frustrations, and 3) to keep track of my progress. Today was pretty small just a 25 minute work out that had my blood pumping and my heart pounding but right now I feel so good!! I don't feel so down, lazy, and listless like how I had been feeling the last few months. I know I'll be a little sore tomorrow but I'm looking forward to working out in the morning. I'm also going to try and keep track of what I eat...not really a journal about what goes into my mouth everyday but keepin in mind that I have to eat healthy (and drinks butt loads of water).
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