Ive started working out recently. Awhile ago, I blew my hip out training for a triathalon and I havent been able to run properly since. It sucks being so limited. However, swimming has become a constant recently. I could swim laps all day I think. Its nice to be able to swim instead of run because I can actually lose weight while I do it. Keeping my weight off helps my hip feel normal.
Ive discovered that you will lose weight when you want to. I mean, I always wanted to but now I am just SO tired of having a goal and not getting anywhere near it that I really WANT to lose weight. There is this banner at the swimming pool that says " the mind leads the body" and its so true. I have been making myself get up and go do things to be active despite the lazy inside me pleading to stop because what I want is bigger than that. The discpline in making yourself follow through with a commitment has taught me a few things.
1. Our life is not meant to live meaninglessly. We are not meant to eat however we want all the time, drink whatever we want all the time and not reap reprocussions from it.
2. Consistency pays off. Sometimes you have got to suck it up and do it because a body in motion stays in motion and if I want to continue to grow, I've gotta stay in motion.
3. sometimes you have to wait a LONG time to see your dreams become a reality. It's going to take awhile, but dreams are not made of fluffy clouds and cotton candy, it's made of hard work and determination.
Discipline. It used to be such a negative word and now it's become so good.
- his beloved
