always remember to stretch 😛
- Throughout my life I have always been involved in a sport that kept me active but….
- Senior year I quit varsity dance team and got a job to keep myself busy besides school.
- The key factor I realized about being in a sport is that you are being forced to be active. Right when I quit varsity dance team at my high school senior year, I had no one pushing me to be active. it was an eye opener let me tell you.
- All my life physical activity was a huge factor that shaped me physically. I’ve always been used to feeling and looking fit because of my fast metabolism that I got from my dad and being involved in sports ALL of my life. Â
- I experienced weight gain because…
- I wasn’t participating in the 2-hour practices that consisted of running a mile and constant cardio and movement.
- Started to eat fast food meals late at night (isn’t healthy) after work because I didn’t have time after school to eat.
- I wasn’t finding time to work out, wasn’t experienced with the gym life such as machines and didn’t know what specific workouts that would help me.
- Researching made me aware of what was contributing to my tone and slim body which was my main point. Acknowledging what is playing a role in making you gain weight or lose weight leads to seeing physical and mental results.
- The little things…I didn’t realize at the time but a once a week class on Tuesdays was one of the reasons my body was so tone and slim. These classes were tough. They were referred to as our technique conditioning classes by Pure Bar. Pure bar is a workout company that knows how to work your body let m tell you that.. go check out their website! I noticed this was a big impact on my body because before varsity dance, on drill we didn’t have those classes and my body wasn’t as near good as it was while taking those classes.
- Basically….
- Overall, my daily activities completely changed after I quit dance. I realized I couldn’t eat as much, couldn’t avoid physical activity and had to actually work if I wanted to feel good again. After I realized I wasn’t being forced to do the same things I did in dance and have the same opportunities..I started to work on my own. I started to follow other peoples workouts on social media, go to the gym with my two best friends and would ask my mom for diet advice. I was determined to lose the weight I gained. I’m very thankful that timing did me well regarding the fact that I was introduced to weight gain before college…so that didn’t hit me like a truck and I was prepared. No freshman 15 for me 😀
help! healthy? how? 