The basics of fitness!
I decided to give up! Not on trying to get fit, I am giving up on trying to change myself and my bad habits in one day because by doing so I am only setting myself up for disappointment. This past week I became disappointed early on because I had an unhealthy meal and so in my head I had already failed. As a result, I didn’t go to the gym, I didn’t work out and my diet consisted of unhealthy meals for the rest of the week. In my opinion, I feel I tried to tackle my fitness journey all at once. Instead of taking small steps, I tried to transform myself into a fitness guru in one day and failed miserably. I truly believe that if I just start with the basics, I could really succeed in my fitness journey. So now I sit back asking this question, what are the basics of fitness? Well with a few diet changes and some reconstructions to my fitness thought process I really feel that I could finally kick start my fitness journey into gear!
- For the past two weeks I have tried desperately to rid myself of every single type of food that is unhealthy. I tried to partake in a very low fat, high protein diet but failed. I have found that the leap towards a healthy lifestyle is a lot more difficult than I thought. I find myself indulging into the unhealthy temptations, which face me daily. In order to overcome this difficult task I have decided that I should start avoiding the small things and work my way up to the bigger things. For example, I could stop drinking the daily soda I usually consume, stop eating at fast food restaurants and I could cut back on the junk food. If I could do that then eventually I could work my way up to the low fat high protein diet with ease.
- I need to cut back my workout routine to only 3 days a week instead of five so that if for any reason I have to miss a day during the week, I will be able to without feeling disappointed that I missed out on a day. I also have to train my mind into accepting the fact that it is okay to miss a workout day, instead of convincing myself that the whole week is ruined and give up.
- I need to stop relying on supplements! They are called supplements for a reason. They supplement your daily diet and are not the primary source of any workout plan! More often than not I run out of the supplements I consume due to the fact that supplements can become pretty expensive. When I run out I feel that I won’t be able to work out the same without them but that fact of the matter is that supplements just aid you in your workout process it is you alone that has the power to get fit and stay fit. If I could train my mind to think this way then the next time I run out of the good stuff I won’t have a problem at all.
- Finally I have to make going to the gym a priority! I have to put it up there along with daily chores (an enjoyable chore though because I hate chores!) Believe it or not I could convince myself of all these things I mentioned before, I could read every book ever made about how to get fit but at the end it takes me going to the gym and doing it myself in order to have success on my fitness journey.
I am hoping that by getting back to the basics of fitness I could finally start making my way towards my fitness goals!
If there is any other advice that could help me through my fitness journey, Please feel free to leave your comments!!
