Ever since I was around 14 or so, I've had this delusion in my mind that I would be fit when I got older. At first, my ultimatum was eighteen because hey why not? It's an age of responsibility and when life supposedly gets more real, I suppose. So when that didn't work or happen, I gave myself the ultimatum of 21 because I want to be fit sooner rather than later and it was another keystone age (honestly I don't know how I decide on these deadlines). But seeing as I am still not where I want to be fitness-wise, I've decided to just try and be as healthy as I can. I just came off of a gluten-free kick (otherwise known as "giving up something complicated for forty days for lent just to challenge yourself" because honestly, who DOESN'T like bread?) and I was forced to rearrange some of my eating habits. I can thankfully say that I have less cravings for junk food because I realized that I didn't really like them as much as I thought. Instead, I was just eating out of boredom (a habit I still have unfortunately...) and they were the only foods around.
So in addition to my many other random subject matters in this blog, I thought I'd add a fitness aspect to maybe inspire anyone who happens across this but mostly so I can come back, read this, and maybe recommit to this goal because I really do enjoy being fit to a point. Meaning: while I have never achieved my goal of weight loss or a completely fit body, I have made progress. This time two years ago, I couldn't run for a whole minute to save my life. Now I can run a boardwalk. It's all about baby steps and everything else will follow. Or this is what I hope anyway haha ;)
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One thing I don't understand is why people lie about exercise. I honestly don't see a point in lying to other people about how much or for how long you exercise because the only person you're really lying to at that point is yourself. Plus, they're gonna figure it out if you say you run for 15 minutes or go to the gym for 2 hours everyday and you look the same after 3 months. So do yourself a favour and be honest.
And on that note: self, if you are rereading this, just remember how proud you are telling people that you're going for a run and you actually mean it because you CAN do it. You can back up your claim with proof and that is amazing. Please please please just stick with it because you will never regret one second of it. Remember the wise words of Tumblr or Pinterest or wherever you read the fact that it takes 4 weeks for you to see change, 8 weeks for friends and family, and 12 weeks for everyone else. Is 12 weeks really that long of a time? No. If you keep with it now, everyone will see it sometime in June and you will be able to buy all those cute summer clothes that you're not really liking now. Think about the bandeaus, the bustier tops, and all those cute dresses
I have so much more to say on my opinions of people, looks, self-esteem, fitness, diets, habits, etc., but I"m afraid I would write a novel with a lot of tangents. So, in order to keep this nice and precise, I'll leave it with this thought: day two of running done.
Question of the post: How do you keep motivated when it becomes so easy to become discouraged?
as always, with love, xo
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