Boy I tell ya, I remember when working out would be the LAST thing on my mind, let alone making the time to do so. It just wasn’t in the plan….AT ALL. I had “SOOOOOO” much to do than get my mental and physical health together right? Ha! I was 25 looking older than I look at 30! ….. All I wanted to do was “ball and chill” in my homie’s Kebo voice. Id be damn if thats not what I did! Only problem is it wasn’t getting me anywhere, same routine every day just passing time. I was 25 at 240 lbs. Lets say it was more fluff than mass. I knew it was time for something to be done.
I always played sports so I wasn’t a stranger to exercise. Life and I just let physical activity slip away somehow. I didn’t realize how out of wack I had gotten until my homeboy -MIKEHUSTLE- showed me a picture of myself from a side angle. I LOOKED TERRIBLE!!
Starting that day I told myself I’d start back running. I wouldn’t recommend running for weight loss to anyone unless you truly love to run. I truly loved running although I neglected it for years. I started with two miles a day just to feel as if I did something worthwhile. I wasn’t timing it just trying to get the distance and back into the groove of things. It wasn’t easy and I certainly didn’t wanna get out there everyday, but when you want it you want it. {remember that} Before you know it two miles were EASY! Not only was I killing the two miles, I wasn’t even tired afterwards. Anything I ever did I always had to push myself so at that point, it was time to step it up!
By then I picked it on up to four and five miles daily. Again not saying it was easy and I was motivated everyday to get out there because I FOR SURE wasn’t. {and I love to run haha} I went from the fatso you saw earlier to looking like a marathon runner!
At that point it wasn’t about losing weight anymore, although I did enjoyed the run the entire way. There wasn’t much more weight to be lost so now what? I kept running and was very content until one winter it was unbearable {at the time I thought} to go outside and run. Thats when my boy I mentioned earlier {Kebo} said you may as well join a gym.
I joined a gym and let me tell you, it was DAY vs NIGHT when it came to exercise. I always got a runners high and felt good running but this was different. The blood flow, the pump, the size coming on that wasn’t fat was just hitting completely different. I fell in love and became addicted! Sometimes I even did twi a days, no major event coming up I just damn loved it! Now I don’t feel right if I DONT workout. Im sluggish, depressed, feel like a fatso..all those things I felt prior to working out is what a day if not working out feels like! When you start the gym and take your time with it you won’t look back!
Get up tomorrow morning and push some got damn weights!
Budd