Question for everyone

[momsgettinfit]

ok what have you come to learn in your journey of health and fitness?

For me it was to learn that I deserve to take the time to get healthy and in shape(work in progress). At first I had a guilt for taking time for me and not using it for my kids but now I know that if I'm healthy I will be around a lot longer and that benefits them.

 

[aandd]

I've learned that it is a long term goal, a lifestyle change that affects every aspect of my life.

I've learned more about nutrition and physiology than I ever thought I would need to know.

I've learned that my desire to to be fit and the WILLINGNESS to work for it sets me apart from most of the people in my life, including loved ones and friends. To some, I inspire them; to others my adopted lifestyle has become a barrier that they resent since they can not share it with me - I am a reminder to them of what they choose not to work for.

 

[momsgettinfit]

I've learned that it is a long term goal, a lifestyle change that affects every aspect of my life.

I've learned more about nutrition and physiology than I ever thought I would need to know.

I've learned that my desire to to be fit and the WILLINGNESS to work for it sets me apart from most of the people in my life, including loved ones and friends. To some, I inspire them; to others my adopted lifestyle has become a barrier that they resent since they can not share it with me - I am a reminder to them of what they choose not to work for.

That's one of the reason's I'm so glad to have found EF,like minded people!!!!

 

[scorpiogirl]

I think the coolest thing about it is how you can manipulate your body into doing what you want it to. Tricking nature - very cool!

 

[necia]

You said it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Necia

 

[slat1]

I love the fact that working out assists me in being healthy. It relieves so much stress for me too. An added benefit is looking good

 

[momsgettinfit]

I love the fact that working out assists me in being healthy. It relieves so much stress for me too. An added benefit is looking good

Same here, I look forward to my workouts and feel like a load has been lifted off my shoulders when I'm through. And the bonus is that since I'm watching my food intake and working out I manage stress alot better.

 

[Sassy69]

"Health & Fitness" --

Weight trainign keeps me grounded. Gives me a sense of "home" and "stability". It has always been more important to my spiritual & mental well-being than my physical well-being, though that is a close second. And its something that I find a passion for as well as a sense of accomplishment. My brain turns inward when I train and I am totallyy absorbed by the whole thing.

I've travelled & moved a lot over the years - I can always walk into a Golds or a gym anywhere on the planet and feel comfortable.

I find my ability to keep to a disciplined schedule in the gym & dieting matches where my mental sense of being is. If I feel a lot of chaos in my life, I usually look to the gym as the one constant factor. When things get really out of hand and even the gym doesn't work, then I need to step back and reassess what I'm doing in my life.

Diet-wise, I'm constantly amazed at how everything about the human body and the human existence is based on what you put into your body. That realization has been an epiphany in my life and it literally took a complete bodybuilding show prep & show to really understand all the aspects of it. Both the results and the stresses & triumphs along the way. It is truly a balancing act to acheive the physical results you are after while being able to maintain a state of strict dieting for extended periods of time w/o losing your mind. But from all of it, I have a complete, yet ever-expanding tool box of diet tricks for whatever I'm trying to accomplish.

And the final thing that I get from all of this - sure I've lost a few friends over the extremeness of my competition lifestyle (or perhaps lack of lifestyle is more appropriate), but I can say that I've gained the most important and constant friends through my involvement in health & fitness. To be able to share the wild trip that is "discovering the fitness lifestyle" and then seeing what amazing things can grow out of that is truly an exciting relationship to have with others.

 

[momsgettinfit]

"Health & Fitness" --

Weight trainign keeps me grounded. Gives me a sense of "home" and "stability". It has always been more important to my spiritual & mental well-being than my physical well-being, though that is a close second. And its something that I find a passion for as well as a sense of accomplishment. My brain turns inward when I train and I am totallyy absorbed by the whole thing.

I've travelled & moved a lot over the years - I can always walk into a Golds or a gym anywhere on the planet and feel comfortable.

I find my ability to keep to a disciplined schedule in the gym & dieting matches where my mental sense of being is. If I feel a lot of chaos in my life, I usually look to the gym as the one constant factor. When things get really out of hand and even the gym doesn't work, then I need to step back and reassess what I'm doing in my life.

Diet-wise, I'm constantly amazed at how everything about the human body and the human existence is based on what you put into your body. That realization has been an epiphany in my life and it literally took a complete bodybuilding show prep & show to really understand all the aspects of it. Both the results and the stresses & triumphs along the way. It is truly a balancing act to acheive the physical results you are after while being able to maintain a state of strict dieting for extended periods of time w/o losing your mind. But from all of it, I have a complete, yet ever-expanding tool box of diet tricks for whatever I'm trying to accomplish.

And the final thing that I get from all of this - sure I've lost a few friends over the extremeness of my competition lifestyle (or perhaps lack of lifestyle is more appropriate), but I can say that I've gained the most important and constant friends through my involvement in health & fitness. To be able to share the wild trip that is "discovering the fitness lifestyle" and then seeing what amazing things can grow out of that is truly an exciting relationship to have with others.

This a great post sassy.

 

[Sassy69]

Thx

Its been a theme throughout my life.