Getting Ready For The Beach
Whenever I commit to working out, I always arrive at a point of discouragement after about a month in a half. If I don't become discouraged by the scale that doesn't seem to show any positive results, I am bombarded with life's distractions and as always, I begin to slow down my work out regime. It's right after I've decreased my workout and increased my unhealthy eating, that I begin to notice the positive results of the weeks of intensive training and cardio I've already put in. The scale finally starts to show the results and the loss of inches finally reveal themselves. I'm at this point now. I've become busy and a little distracted with FOOD within the last two weeks.
I only have about a month left before taking my vacation. I've decided to keep pushing myself toward my goals of toning and dropping a few pounds. So I've forced my body to set intensify my workout. My additional goal now is to do seven days of cardio, regardless of how busy I am or how late I get home. Research says that it takes 3500 calories to drop a pound. Well I calculated that if I burn 500 calories a day on cardio for seven days, I'll reach the 3,500 goal which will guarantee a loss of at least a pound per week. In addition to that, I gain extra losses with healthy eating and less food intake.
Fo me, working out goes beyond reaching my fitness goals. It helps me with discipline and health. It can be difficult to have discipline when living in the American culture where the message is love who you are and be happy. While I agree that it is important to love one's physical self and to enjoy life, I don't agree with how these messages hinder people from living their BEST lives and telling themselves "no" sometimes. Every great athlete, humanitarian and achiever has to have a tremendous amount of discipline. For me, working out provides me with that opportunity to take control of my physical appearance and the needed opportunities to tell myself NO. "No you will not lay down when you should be doing your cardio." "No you will not eat fried food more than once a week." "No you will not have two desserts within a three day period and No you will not quit!!"
