Back in 2010, my parents thought of going to a gym to get fit and lose weight. I tagged along for the ride but it ended up with me signing up for a month and my parents quitting after a day. :) My 1-month membership became 3 months because at that time, my long-term relationship ended and I was in a slump. I got into working out as a means of escape and to curb my anger and depression.
In early 2011 to late 2012, I stopped working out after I got my first job and started gaining weight. I thought I still looked okay because at least I don't have back fat or back boobs but when it came down to overweight people calling me "fat", I just wasn't equip to handling that kind of criticism. At first, I felt hopeless and hated myself over "bad genes" -- it didn't help that I have this cousin who told me that we canât do anything about being overweight. As she so eloquently said; âIts in our genes and we were predisposed to being overweight all our livesâ. So, more or less, she basically told me to accept that we are born fat, we will live fat and we will die fat.
That, that right there was part of my wake up call. (The other part was that people around me started calling âfatâ 6-10 times a day). I couldnât accept that I donât have any control over my weight, I couldnât accept that I was fated to be the butt of fat jokes and powerless to do anything about it. So I enrolled in a fitness gym and cut my calorie intake drastically (I was eating one decent meal a day). Yes, I lost my first ten pounds but I was cranky and not a good person to be with because I was starving and exhausted (I trained 7days a week, no rest day). Thankfully, I picked up a couple of fitness magazines from my grandpa and started leafing through them. Thatâs where my education of eating right and training right started.
I read and analyzed all of the articles concerning diet and training and managed to build a fitness programme that worked for me. Iâm still struggling with some details of my diet but what is important is I have been guided to eating clean, lean and healthy. Yes, I still give in to some temptations but I now eat 4-5x a day to keep my metabolism going.
This time I have long-term plans and goals, a workout and nutrition plan that works for me and I promise myself I will never see my highest weight in the scale ever again.
I am happy and thankful that I have been guided by the Almighty to working out again (this time with a training and nutrition plan that is both works for me and is good for me). I have never felt this good and this alive.
I love feeling good about myself. I like being that "person everyone loves to hate" because I am so fit and healthy. hahaha. I also use my work out time as my "me time", where I meditate and just "relax".
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I love working out because I am always in that positive place. :)