Working Out

I realized/ re-realize every day that I need to get healthy and get in shape not just for the looks, but because I just don't feel good about myself. I don't feel good in general. I feel heavy and gross and people tell me I look great all the time, which bothers me so much. I know I don't look good and I know I'm overweight. College does that to you. I did realize today that in high school, you have mandatory fitness classes and that basically, throughout your elementary and middle school careers, you had gym class as well. That's why for the post part, everyone was relatively healthy all the time. Now, it's kind of up to you and how you choose to live your life. For me... that's not very healthy. They did teach us well, we're just too lazy, or at least I am, to actually work out. Maybe it's not even laziness, I kind of don't really have time or the energy to work out. 

I mean, sure, they have a gym on campus, but I don't live on campus and I don't have enough money to sign up for a gym membership. Ever since I graduated from high school and those annoying fitness classes finally came to an end, I tried continuing my workouts... didn't work too well. I tried running on the treadmill in my basement every other day, got tired of it and wasn't seeing any results after about two weeks. I bought tons of work out videos for pilates and yoga, not just for working out, for stress too, and I kind of gave up on those after two weeks as well. I think the longest I've ever kept up with a video work out was three weeks, at the beginning of this school year when summer ended. I told myself, "Alright! I'm gonna get in shape by next summer!" Didn't really last. School started getting more and more stressful and homework kept piling up so the desire to work out or do anything other than homework, eat and sleep dwindled. 

Now, I'm not saying I'm gonna be a work out machine, but I have noticed that I'm not getting any younger, or any skinnier for that matter... but I am going to really try (how many times have I said that one before?) to get in shape. Maybe I won't be perfect by the summer, but before then the weather will be nice enough to go for weekly one to two mile walks and maybe those walks can turn into runs.

I do know I want to start living a healthier and more active lifestyle because if there's one thing I took out of reminiscing about annoying high school requirements, is that gym class wasn't just a school thing, it's a lifestyle thing that I stupidly took out of my life hoping that I would just stay in shape forever.

And I think every college student should realize that the freshman 15 is real and the only way to combat it is by actually working out and watching what you eat.

Let's see how this change of heart goes for me. Up till now its been a slow process of cutting out the processed foods and fast foods, no more McDonalds runs or fatty foods.. (so hard!) and slowly adding in more active past-times such as ice skating in the winter, which we've done, and going on walks and such, which we've also been doing.