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Positively Weightless

A healthy life not only means physically healthy, but mentally as well. Healthy eating, healthy exercising habits, and a positive attitude are all important and help maintain balance in life. I decided to combine my love of writing and my positivity to change the world in hopes that any reader can also become positively weightless, and lead them to a healthy life.

Do you ever have one of those weeks where you really just have to push yourself more than others? Where certain things in your routine just seem more exhausting and tedious than normal? How about when you push through these tasks and get them done anyways, how do you feel then? I honestly just had one of these weeks with the gym. I just felt so tired by the end of my work days that quite honestly going to the gym and working out sounded like the most exhausting thing in the world. I know this has a lot to do with my hormones causing me to feel a lot more fatigued than I actually am, but I really felt it this week. I pushed through and honestly my workouts felt that much more satisfying when I completed them. That struggle this week inspired me to write about that in this blog post.

Everyone gets tired, run down, and just exhausted from everyday life. It really is human nature. Most of us live really busy lives between jobs, school, families, friends, and even projects like this blog on the side. It just comes with the package. Honestly some weeks this blog is so easy to update. The words usually just flow right out of me and I have no issues posting. Randomly, however, I have weeks where writer’s block gets the best of me and I really have to push through in order to stick to my posting schedule. Especially now that I am juggling two separate pages. I absolutely love it, but that means I am posting twice as often. I am embracing the challenge though since writing is something I absolutely love. But the bottom line is, it’s hard sometimes to push through your normal routines or new routines that you are trying to form into normal routines. Sometimes we just wake up tired and not really all that excited to carry these routines out.

I honestly think working out and the gym is a huge routine a lot of people struggle with. I did for a very long time myself. When I was first told by my friend I really should start doing three days a week instead of the two I started with, I was miserable but knew I needed to do it. I think that is the problem with a lot of people. They psych themselves out thinking they cannot handle something so much that they fully believe it. Look at all the people at the gym at the beginning of a new year. They make these awesome resolutions to start eating right and join the gym only to stop going less than a month into the new year. Look at people who always say they are going to join one and never do. The gym isn't always a person’s style of course. It took me years before I started going and didn’t feel like I was being stared at because I was heavier than most there. But there are plenty of ways to workout and get a healthy routine going without the gym. But gym or not a lot of people I think sell themselves short. So many people decide it is too hard and do not push through that first month so it can become a routine. Quite frankly a lot of people get lazy about it, for a very long time that included myself.

My main point in this post is to tell you to push through your doubts and to push through your fatigue. Life absolutely can run us down sometimes but try not to let that stop you. I came so close to blowing my workouts off all week this week but decided I would push through and get them done. Was I super tired once I finished them? Of course. Was I extremely proud I didn’t talk myself out of going? Absolutely! I have gone to the gym three days a week for a solid eight weeks now. Just seeing that in writing makes me overflow with pride. At this point it is just a routine now instead of a task. That was what pushed me to go regardless of my resistance this week. I didn’t want to ruin that record for nothing. I want to keep it up and keep that streak going. I am still going down in my weight bit by bit every single week. Sometimes the number isn’t going down as much as I was expecting, but it is still down and it is still an improvement. Down is much better than up. As i have said before it is more about how I feel, not a number on the scale. I feel so much healthier because I pushed through my doubts and continue to do so.

Push through your doubts. Push through your worries. Push through your pain and get the job done. Of course, if you genuinely feel you should not do something for health reasons, do not do that. That is an entirely different story. If you are just second guessing your capabilities though, push through that to find a better you. That goes for anything in life you may come across. Push through and get it done!
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Here I am on a Friday night after midnight (well... I suppose that would make it Saturday then, but minor details!) with the sudden inspiration to write. I probably won't share this post until morning but I wanted to write while the inspiration hit. Now that January has come to an end and we are into February, I am going to share my new schedule and how I have been doing so far in my journey to get healthier this year.

Well the bottom line remains as it usually is when I start up a new routine. I have been making an effort to eat better, drink enough water, and make sure I stick to a workout schedule. But I have been doing things a little differently this time around. I honestly think this has helped a lot.

I always make sure I eat breakfast. I leave myself a good 20-30 minutes in the morning before I have to leave for work to make sure I get breakfast. Sometimes its some scrambled eggs with just a little cheese and hot sauce, sometimes I make overnight oats, and more specifically I make protein smoothies on the mornings of the days I am planning on going to the gym after work. I save these for gym days because they do have more calories in them (that I can burn off at the gym), but they also give me a huge boost of energy and keep me fuller longer. Usually  because of this I eat my lunch later at work when I have them, which is good because it holds me over until dinner since I eat dinner later as well on gym nights. I have a handful of favorite recipes, but I am planning on sharing those in a different post.

As far as meals go, I am trying to not eat as many carbs, eat as many vegetables as possible, and not eat after 8PM. I still eat carbs of course. I personally could not do one of those diets where carbs are either extremely limited or not allowed. I am not going to lie at all. I love carbs. Most of them are bad for you but I love them. I am just trying my best at this point to cut them where I can. I will not lie to you and say my diet is perfect. I absolutely need some work still but it is getting better. I still cheat. Weekends are the hardest, but when I can I am choosing to make better choices. I know personally that if you limit yourself too much you are only setting yourself up for failure. I honestly believe I went too hard too fast the first time around, and that was the main reason I got off track and gained a lot of that weight back. I only drink water as well. That was hard at first because I used to love soda, but honestly I don't want anything but water anymore. Sure I have the occasional soda or juice, but not too often anymore. I also drink tea and coffee sometimes, but lets be honest who doesn't?

As far as the gym goes I have been sticking very well to my three days a week schedule. At this point I am doing 30 minutes of cardio and then working on my arms one day, and my legs another, and the final day is just the cardio to close the week with a lighter day. My overall goal is to go to the gym four days a week, but I am working my way up to that. I have already worked up my tolerance for exercise again and this journey getting back into the gym has been easier this time around. I really think just jumping right into the three days a week instead of just two and working my way up to three like I was planning on was the best thing I could have done. I am still so thankful my friend gave me that push of tough love to make me realize that was the best thing for me. I already am not feeling like I am a hot sweaty mess after my cardio anymore like I was that first week. I take the stairs at work instead of the elevator (unless I very occasionally bring hot coffee. I know my clumsy self too well to tempt fate with stairs and hot coffee) and I am not all out of breath and worked up anymore when I get to my floor. I still pack the same gym bag and bring that to work with me, and head to the gym that is right behind the building I work in. That small distance is such a big blessing as well since I don't have time to talk myself out of going then.

Overall I have just been doing the basics to get my health in order this time around. Some changes and ongoing changes to my diet, working out on a frequent basis, and most importantly sticking to that. In just about five weeks I have lost 11.5 lbs which is a pretty decent number for that amount of time as a 2 lbs loss per week is said to be ideal. My weight has been flip-flopping for quite some time now, and this is the longest I have steadily gone down instead of up and down in a very long time. More importantly, however, is how I am feeling. My overall resting heartbeat is down 9 bpm. I have been sleeping better (I promise writing after midnight is not a frequent occurrence). I have not had a single headache in these 5 weeks. It is rare that I feel sleepy mid work day now, and I really just have a lot more energy. Clearly I am doing something right and my body is thankful for it. Those are all great signs telling me to keep it up and that I am doing something right.

Those are the basics to my first month on this new path. I really want to do another check in like this in another few months and share my progress. I am actually really excited about that. I am not sure what it is, but something feels different this time around. I truly want to stick to this and it doesn't feel like a chore. I already feel the changes in my body in this short time and that is wonderful. I think I am capable of far more than I was telling myself originally. As far as future posts, I mentioned reviewing a product in an upcoming post. That product isn't shipping until this Monday, so it probably won't be the next post as I had hoped. I am still pretty excited about it though. I just want to have enough time to really use the product first before I do a review, so sit tight. 

I hope this post inspired you to makes some small changes that can lead to a big effect in your life. Thank you for reading and I will see you in the next post!
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