Please don’t
judge me. But, I have to be honest—it’s tough working out for 45 minutes a
day. {Sighed} I feel liberated now
that I said that! As my mother would
say, “now that’s a crying shame.” Ok. I’m ready to hear what y’all have to say. Let me have it. I’ll
take that. And that. And that too. I can
hear y’all screaming, “You’re
a HYPOCRIT!
“How can you give advice when you’re struggling too?” LOL.
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| Photo by: Dwayne "Boots" Hopkins Me getting ready to fall out on the treadmill! |
In my
defense, I wasn't always like this. In my early twenties, I was on it. I
exercised for an hour each day. I did
boot-camps, intense spinning classes, weight lifting, jogged up to 4 miles a
day. You name it; I was up for the
challenge. Something happened. I completely
stopped liking exercising. Honestly, I
can’t place my finger on when I started to feel this way about exercising. I mean, it has gotten so bad that even when I
think about exercising, I instantly become tired. And, God have mercy on me when each time
someone invites me to the gym, I always feel like passing out. When I do workout, my legs start feeling like
dangling noodles, my head hurts, and I try to talk to anyone to past time. I just can’t shake this feeling. Perhaps, my age caught up with me? Or, I
simply don’t have the energy as I once had since going back to school while
working a highly demanding job. I swear
my energy level plummeted over the years.
Surely, I am
not some lazy, insensitive nutritionist who simply tells people how to change
their eating habits and lifestyle behaviors to improve their current health
conditions or lose weight. Nope, that’s
not me. When I feel like I need a
stress relief or have a specific fitness goal then I become motivated and hit the gym hard for several weeks.
Yeah, yeah,
yeah, I know what the dietary guidelines says about exercising that it is
recommended that all adults should participate in at least 45 minutes of
physical activity, your way, on most days.
Shoot, I find it hard to even meet that simple recommendation on any
given day. Is there anyone or RD feels
the same way? I’m just saying.
Since, I
self-proclaim myself as a foodie and not a fitness guru, I will cut myself some
slack. And, not to mention, I am also human too. So, I do I have some areas of
improvement.
Therefore, I
have made a commitment to participate in some type of physical activity at
least four times a week for the remaining of this year. That’s right.
That means I will commit two days out the week and every Saturday and
Sunday to do some type of physical activity. The main goal here is to add fitness back
into my life again.
I would love
for you to share this journey with me.
The one thing I always tell my clients is make sure you surround
yourself with a super supportive team to cheer you on as you strive towards
your nutrition and fitness goals. This
team could be family members, close friends, children or partner. There is nothing in the world of having a
buddy rooting in your corner.
I
will keep you posted of this RD’s journey back to fitness by sharing my workout
schedules, fitness videos with my trainers and friends. I am
so excited. Next week, I will post my
workout schedule for the first two weeks.
I love to hear all about your fitness and
nutrition goals too. Please feel free to share them. If you also have general
health or nutrition questions about your eating habits as you become fit;
I don’t mind sharing evidence-based nutrition facts, so please feel free to ask
them. It is my plan to have fitness
experts featured on my blog to help answer your workout questions .
