Initially I wanted to slim down a bit for my wedding but a month into gyming and working out that changed. It changed into a desire to be healthy in body and to be physically fit, well that's how it started out but I have since realised that fitness is not only a body thing but actually starts with the mind.
So since January I have been gyming and working out...this is not about the scales(although it would be great to drop a dress size). I am someone who use to be sick quite often, particularly in 2013. I always had headaches, back pains or some pain or another and had extremely high blood pressure and I was always tired.
Looking back I don't know how I went probably a whole year without any form of exercise. It's no wonder I was always at the doctor. I knew what I needed to do but I was too comfortable with the uncomfortable and I was mentally weak and extremely lazy. This was physical and mental laziness, for goodness sake I am only 26. I knew that I had to do something but kept procrastinating.
So this is not a new hobby, this is a life style that I want to implement, I have discovered the benefits of working out and pushing your body. It's true what they say that exercise is addictive, once you start you feel that your body needs it and as for me I don't know how I lived without it.
Not only do you feel great but you actually have better days at work in terms of been able to push and withstand the pressure, you get less exhausted and are able to do other things except work, home and sleep. This year is quite a big year for me in terms of work, my wedding and other personal goals and exercising is keeping me on top of things. If I didnt change my life style this year, I can't even imagine what would happen to me. Thank God :-)
Being fit is not only physical but also mental. This new lifestyle as forced me to think just beyond...When I am working out, I tell myself that If I am not going to work hard and achieve what I want to achieve in terms of my body, fitness levels, health etc then I might as well be at home sitting in front of the TV as it would all just be a waste of time.
So when I am at the gym or running with all that in mind, I push beyond yesterday and I am inspired to achieve better than I did the day before. I am inspired to go big or go home and I have now transferred that thought into other areas of my life.
You see whats the point of me going to gym and being physically fit if I am mentally unfit. If I want to achieve something and I tell myself no "I can't" and give myself all the reasons as to why it won't work instead of all the reasons why it will then I am in actual fact mentally unfit and if I am mentally unfit then how will I push myself in gym and other areas of my life because we cannot achieve anything in life unless we are mentally fit. We have to be able to believe that we can do it, it all starts in the mind.
Someone VERY special to me hates the word "I can't". He always gets so annoyed with me every time that I say I can't do something whether in gym or any other thing. To him. "I cant" is a word that doesn't exist. It's a limitation that we put on ourselves. Charles as made em start questioning my "I can't" and turning them into "I will". Thanks Babe :-)
A healthy mind, leads to a healthy body. A fit mind will achieve great things. I decided to stop wishing I was fit, stop dreaming of being fit and to start actively doing something about my health and I have been feeling awesome ever since. No head aches, no sickness just loving and living life.
I encourage all of you guys who as been thinking of getting healthy to do something about it, don't just wish it and think it but actually get up and do something about it. When you decide to do something about it, don't do whats easy or comfortable, push yourself in order to see a difference.
Remember no pain, no gain.
Blessings
