During this year there
have been many changes to my life, and these have have
had effects on many areas of my life, including some that I had not
expected , and these have
proven harder than anticipated to navigate.
My motivation to train
has suffered hugely since my career change in April, but I've managed
to force myself to train at least 5 days a week whether at the gym or
at home (I HATE to train at home).
Many people ask why I
bother, I've met my target so surely I don't have to train as much
now?! The truth is I don't train as much now, literally not even
half as much! But I still train! So, why do I? Because I don't
ever want to go back! I never want to go back to how I was;
overweight, depressed, eating take out, playing computer games and
suffering a bad back!! I did meet my target, and while that
was great, my main drive now is to maintain my results! That means
eating on programme, training on programme and remaining as committed
after the weight-loss phase as during it! Training also helps my
back to feel better. I have suffered from low back pain for the past
2 years, and probably always will, but I know the exercises I need to
do to help to strengthen it, and make it hurt less. And besides,
no-one wants a fat trainer!
I
believe in being honest with you, so I'm not going to lie and say
that it's easy, it's not! But the benefits far outweigh the
negatives, I can't really argue with that! Sometimes I don't want to
train, sometimes the last thing I want to do is run sprints for 20
minutes, do burpees or squat more than I weigh, sometimes I'd rather
be eating a greasy pizza, but that doesn't mean I get to do that.
And neither do you. Not if you want to achieve your goal and
maintain what you've achieved! Most of us don't want to do the house
work, or get up and go to work on a morning, or walk the dog, but
these things need to be done, in just the same way as exercise and
eating well! Not only for your "dream body" but for your
health!
It's about
lifestyle, pure and simple! If you're calling it a “diet” you're
setting yourself up to fail. The second you stop exercising and
start eating all the things you used to eat, you're going
backwards. You're more than likely to re-gain the weight you lost,
and probably a whole bunch more, meaning that a year down the line
you've got to start again, further back than you started in the first
place, trust me, I've been there!
I used to do all those
things, I was scarily unfit, and honestly my health was declining
because of it. In the past I've had weight loss drives, crash
dieted, lost what I thought was the maximum I could lose, gone back
to the way it was before the diet and gained the weight plus more. I
even lost 2 stone at one point, went to the gym 7 hours a week, ate-
what I thought at the time to be- good food, and even considered
becoming a trainer back then. But, I got out of the habit, stopped
exercising, started eating whatever I felt like and boom, gained the
2 stone back, plus a whole 2 more!! Not this time!
So if you'd like to lose
the weight, keep it off, and build the toned and lean body that you
dream of, you need to work at it. Every. Day! I can certainly say,
I'm not sorry I have!
To find out how I can
help, get in touch, we'll arrange your free consultation and get
started.
The reason to keep to training once you've met your target is that you've only succeeded if you can maintain it. Even better is to set new targets to meet to motivate you. I've been training 5 or more times a week for over 20 years and not once have I ever thought, "That's it, I've met my goal. I don't need to train anymore".
ReplyDeleteEven when I start a new workout and wake up the next day so sore it hurts just to get out of bed (just like today!) I don't even consider stopping. In fact I'm going for a workout right now!