I finally worked out for a month. I don’t workout everyday. I do 2 days of gym and 1 active rest day. The first week was hard, but now I look forward to it. This blog is about working out. I might talk about changes in eating (hate the word dieting) in some other post. Remember, working out and eating properly goes hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly. You just gotta do both.
How did I motivate myself?
I found my reason.
Finding a reason is actually the only major advise here. If your reason is good enough, you will just start working out. No one can take that away from you.
I was a lazy bum my whole college life that I barely had any exercise. I was not feeling my best self and I felt sluggish all the time. My health really affected my everyday life. It affected my confidence. It affected my productivity. I was a mess.
The peak of my reason was when my friends and I wanted to climb a mountain. I thought it was gonna be easy since everyone was doing it and I was informed that the climbing level for that mountain was for beginners (it’s not, my friend made us go so he said it’s for beginners). The turnout was that I never wanna do it again because I was panting all the way through the activity. I didn’t like that it was too sunny. I didn’t like that my legs hurt too much. I didn’t even get to enjoy the beautiful view from the top. It was a disaster.
I needed to be fit so that I could enjoy my life. I want to go on adventures. I don’t want to limit the things I could do because my body cannot handle that shit. I want to be able to climb a mountain and actually enjoy it.
I want to look good. I want to feel good.
Working out made my clothes fit better. Better fit of clothes = higher confidence. I want to wear whatever clothing I fancy without having the fear of being judged or mocked. Toned arms and legs are sexy.
I don’t want to get sick.
Inactivity will make you sick. I don’t wanna get a heart attack. I don’t want my leg chopped off because of diabetes. I want to live a long life. I want to see my future kids have their own families. Isn’t that reason enough?
I figured out when I should workout.
Workout when your body wants to workout. The best time for me is an hour after I have my dinner which is usually 7:30 pm. If you’re not a morning person, don’t sacrifice your sleep and force your body because you will be so stressed after a week that you wouldn’t want to workout again. Also, make it a habit. Schedule it. Jot it down your planner. Make time for it. You have time to eat. You must have time to workout.
I stopped making excuses.
When I was a student, I stopped working out because of projects, homework, etc. I had so much free time then compared to when I started working. I could have started then. You just gotta start doing it, ya know?
But Steph, going to the gym is expensive. Yes, it is. It is not a good enough reason to not workout though. There are so many blogs out there. Try Blogilates by Cassie Ho. She gives out a calendar every month which you can follow everyday. Also, it’s free as long as you subscribe to her blog! Half of the work is done by her since everything is already scheduled. You just gotta do the other half which is to actually workout.
I had and still have off days when I feel tired or if I’m just lazy to workout. Take that day off and start again tomorrow. Not the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow. Just fuckin’ do it, ya know?
What are you waiting for? Give me 10 burpees right after reading this.
Until next time.
Love,
Steph
Steph Out the Box 