With changing my lifestyle, I have come to learn some things about myself. Some are things I would have never expected... other things I could have only hoped for. I'm proud of myself, for making the change to a healthier me, and for pushing myself to hopefully become the person I have always wanted to be. In no particular order, the things I have learned so far...
1. I love the feeling of shaky legs after an intense workout
2. Water has become my favorite drink of all time (I used to dispise water)
3. I look forward to sweat dripping into my eyes: when that happens, I know my body is doing it's job.
4. Walking around in my sweaty workout clothes after a good work out makes me feel sexy
5. There is no such thing as "not being a runner." I used to think to myself "well, I am just not built to be a runner, so I shouldn't run." Just in two weeks of High Intensity Interval Training, I have doubled my endurance.
6. A really good workout leaves me feeling drunk afterwards (good drunk, not puking "why did I drink so much" drunk.) Now I know what the term "runner's high" means.
7. Things like cake, icecream and cookies now look gross to me. The smell of McDonald's makes me slightly nauseous.
8. I crave vegetables. I didn't know that was even possible.
9. I enjoy the aching feeling of tired muscles in the morning.
10. Stretching can be rather enjoyable. It really isn't the **** I always made it out to be.
11. Eating junk food in no way helps me solve my problems.
12. Chocolate is not a food group.
13. Cottage cheese in an egg beaters omlette is amazing.
14. Soymilk tastes better than real milk.
15. I actually have muscles under my fat... and they are screaming to be let free.
I used to think I just had to settle and live with the body I had. Now I realize that isn't the case. My body is a work of art, and I am the sculptor. I decide what my body looks like, I am the one in control.
What have you learned?
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