Today is exactly a month since I started my
journey. And I thought it is about time to talk a little about the journey
itself, without counting kilos, calories, describing the workouts, the diet,
whining how tough it all is and so on, and so forth… It is time to reflect, to
think what has actually been going on in my head, to try to understand in what
way has this journey changed me and my life so far. Because we are not talking
only about kilos, calories, muscles and sexy butt here, are we? I mean, it
might seem this way sometimes, but really – we are not. Those are just some of
the visible results, some of the outcomes. Much more has been going on in the
background, somewhere deep inside my head and sub-consciousness. Or not?
First and foremost, the workout has become
part of my life. Even if it doesn’t fit in the schedule, even if I very often
don’t start it with a smile on my face (cmon, I am just a human!), even if it
intervenes with work… Yes, it has become a part of my mindset of the things to
do. It is really on the way of becoming a habit, but I am not going to be risky
and not remind myself: “You have to do it” every day. I think this is the
longest ever commitment to workout and healthy lifestyle I ever had and managed
to keep up with. I have to say, that even though I have not been able to follow
the diet to the T, I still stuck with healthy eating – which is after all the
most important thing. I think this is a right way for changing the mindset. I
very often don’t have to tell myself “I am on diet, I should eat this”, but
rather “This looks healthy and yummy”. And I guess this is really important.
This all been said, there are not just only
positive things. I am still majorly struggling with the rest of my life. As I
did start with putting the workouts the first thing on my daily to-do-list, it
has moved my schedule at least 1.5. And I have never been good in scheduling
and organizing. And instead of waking up an 1-2 earlier (which still happens
sometimes), I keep waking up the same time I used to before, and then the
workout takes around 1-2 hours from my work routine. You see, I am a PhD
student, I have a free schedule to work whenever and wherever basically. So, it
is really hard for an unorganized person like me to get into a good routine. I
am still trying, and still struggling about 4 days out of 5… I have to start
working on weekends too as I don’t get enough done over the workdays… The sad
truths of my life. This problem sucks me into some bad moods and stress sometime,
so the next thing on my monthly agenda is to GET INTO A ROUTINE. It is hard to
start working out, but for me it is even harder to start doing so without
hurting my other spheres of my life: professional and personal. Hence, this
will be the agenda for month 2.
This is me working, and this will be my pastime in the next months. Bring it on!
Besides that, I think I positively see
differences in my life. I have more energy. I am on average more positive. And I
am feeling more confident.
That's great when smth yummy for you = smth healthy. I think it is the key moment of any diet, when the diet itself, the idea of self restriction transforms into idea of healthy mode of life, when you regard your body as a sacred temple but not a garbage bucket.
ReplyDeleteI watched Kostya Tsu's interview this morning, a very interesting one, did you know, he is our fellow countryman by the way? He comes from Serov, a small town near Ekaterinburg.
I quite agree with his words when he said that
Going in for sports - is a kind of a drug addiction ( in a good sense of this phrase). If you get addicted to it, it becomes your passion, your hobby, you can't live without it.
I see these changes in you, it is seen between the lines,
so I wish you to go further, never stop!
And FIZKULTPRIVEEET!!!)))