Exercise is like brushing my teeth, something I do everyday
Yesterday I wrote about my bout with depression and how because I couldn't exercise, that made it even worst for me.
I have been working out for as long as I can remember, in high school I was one of two girls in the weight room (I guess that's what happens when you grew up a tom boy) In college I took weight lifting as a gym course.
I don't remember a time I haven't worked out, even while I was pregnant I worked out every day until I was put on bed rest. Right after giving birth, I bought Dvd's to work out to, and as soon as the girls were old enough to be taken to the day care at the gym, I was back there, kids in tow, every morning at 7 am.
To me working out is like brushing my teeth, its something I do each and every day and if I don't, I feel yucky, just like when you do when you don't brush your teeth first thing in the morning. I have worked out with multiple injuries, a broken arm, a broken foot, broken toe, shoulder injuries, carpel tunnel, you name it.
I had a trick to modified it, and to keep coming. So when I literally could not get off the couch because every movement hurt with this arm, I was definitely depressed.
When people say to me "Oh I wish I had your body or it's so easy for you, because your little" it really gets to me!
Really? Is it easy to wake up each and every morning at 5 am when all you want to do is sleep? Is it easy to drag yourself to the gym when your body is screaming in pain? Is it easy when you have a million things to do in your head yet you block them all to give yourself an hour at the gym? Or when my girls were little and kept trying to interpret me as I was working out in front of the TV?
No! None of it is easy, Hell if it was easy everyone would be doing it.
Let's be honest, you have to work for what you truly want, in any aspect of life, your job, your marriage and yes, your body and your health.
There are days I don't want to do this, there are days when I eat that cake, there are days that I go to a party and eat and drink way more than I know I should and the next day I dont want to be here but I come anyways. It's called dedication, perseverance and hard work and it is not easy.
But the rewards are what keep me going, the way I feel after a good workout, my energy level, my mental health and yes, the way I look and feel in my clothes and in my body and definitely in my mind, that is the addiction for me.
I am so not perfect and I keep telling you all that. When I do miss the gym I say okay, I did it, it's over and tomorrow is another day to turn it back around. I also know that you can't deprived yourself, you have to enjoy life and live, but you also want to be around for many more years, healthy to enjoy it as well.
It's a balancing act, just like everything in this life is. You eat right, you exercise, you feel better, you look better but you also need to eat that slice of pizza
(Okay, I am a New Yorker after all)
Here's the balancing, one or two slices and a cold beer, what is better than that? Then the rest of the week, you eat healthy and not say oh I fell off my routine so I will just eat everything in the refrigerator!
Balance people, balance! You have to get out of the mentality of I was so tired I didn't work out so I blew it, this isn't working, so I quit.
No! You fell off off, so okay now get back on, keep going, no excuses!
I am just like everyone else out there reading this, I work fulltime (I am like a Jamaican, I got 3 jobs Monn..except you got to say it with a Jamaican accent..) I have two girls who still need me, I help take care of my ex mother in law, I have a social life, bills, a house, yard work, grocery shopping and cleaning just like all of you and yet I do it, there is no excuses if you want to change your life, none!
You can do it, if you make it a priority in your life, it is up to you. You know how in an airplane they tell you to put on your air mask first then help your kids. Well if you not well, healthy, and in shape how are you going to be able to help your kids? And others in your life, you won't be able to.
So get up, brush your teeth and start to do something healthy, in 21 days it will become a habit and just like brushing your teeth and you will do it everyday.
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