As a former high school all star athlete, I can’t believe that I’ve allowed myself to get as large as I am today. You never realize until you fully look at yourself in the mirror how different you see yourself. When I think of myself, I still have the college image of myself in my head. After I graduated from high school, I gained weight in college after I stopped running track. But I still found other ways to exercise and was a reasonable size until after I graduated college.
I had serious mental health issues after college graduation and the meds they put me on made me blow up tremendously. Since then, it’s been a constant battle with my weight. That being said, I can no longer allow myself to get any larger. Besides having mental issues, now I’m also having physical issues. I had a slip and fall accident in 2015. At least before, I was still able to do some form of exercise to try to manage my weight. Now it’s been a real problem.
I’ve looked into others ways to do light weight exercise around the house since the CoVid lockdown of 2020. I have an exercise buddy who I would work out with at the gym, but since the pandemic we haven’t been able to meet up. It’s been really tough coping. But I digress.
The Nike motto “Just Do It” sums up how I should focus my energy. I was in a bad way for the past couple months physically and mentally, but I can’t allow myself to be down for too long. It may be “ok to not be ok”, but that shouldn’t allow me to just give up. I tend to make to-do lists and have good plans/ideas to get certain things done. But I wouldn’t act on it. I have goals, and I’m a single mother. I need to be a good example for my child. So from now on I need to focus on not just making plans but to do them.
#FindMotivation #Inspiration #JustDoIt
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