One of my youth clients inspired me to start working out again.
I used to be a very fit athlete and weight lifter. Some things happened in my life that set me back, blah, blah, blah (insert sad story here). I gained 50 pounds over a couple years. All to say, I finally hit a point in December when I knew I had to make some changes.
I've lost 22 pounds just doing CICO/Macros with MyFitnessPal. This has been great, people are noticing, my old clothes are starting to fit again, yay! However, in the back of my mind, I have known that I need to start working out again to complement the nutrition piece. I keep rationalizing, however, and telling myself that I've made it this far just with diet, so why can't I just keep doing that? Truthfully, I could, but I know my heart and mental health will be healthier if I begin working out again. For some reason, however, I just can't bring myself to do it, even though it used to be a very big part of my life when I was fit.
Anyhow, I am a youth counsellor, and a client and I were discussing yesterday how they have fallen behind in their school work. I asked what is preventing them from handing in assignments and they replied "I don't really understand the material, and I'd rather hand in nothing instead of hand in something bad and be judged for it." WOW! What an insightful comment. I went home last night and thought more about this comment and realized this is how I feel about working out; I feel ashamed that I can't lift as much or run as far as I used to, so I'd rather just not do it at all. I reflected on my discussion with my client that the effort put into something can mean more than, or at least as much as, the end goal. It's funny what light bulbs go off when talking to other people, yet we don't apply it to ourselves.
In any case, I got the weights out and worked out. Nice and easy - no it isn't what I used to be able to do, but it is certainly better than nothing!
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