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My love for being healthy is something that is stronger then a bond between a parent and its new born child. That being said, there are some bumps in the road for everyone, and that includes myself. I’ve hit a bit of a patch and am posting this as sort of a motivation to myself, but to others to avoid making the same mistakes I have. Let’s go back to April of 2016. At the time I am 17 years old and was a mess. I clocked in at 5’6 and 198 pounds. I was not exercising and was overweight. I’m wearing size large shirts and 36 pants which are quite tight so let’s say I’m an XL and a 38. My diet was atrocious I have never drank soda or eaten fast food like mcdonalds and don't drink alcohol or smoke. I knew I needed to make a change, that’s when I decided to start making small adjustments. Offseason weight room for football had begun, and I would lift 3 days a week. Once my junior year ended, I incorporated cardio 2 days a week, running a mile and a half on top of lifting along with a better diet and by the time summer was coming to a close, I was down to 185 pounds.Senior year & Football season starts and I am back to school, running on the weekends practicing and playing games during the week. It’s a great last year. My diet still stays pretty clean and by the time November rolls around. At age 17, I’m down to 174 pounds wearing a size 36 pants and size L shirts comfortably. The best thing that happens now is I officially can focus on running and I up my mileage. I was cut from volleyball in the winter but that honestly didn’t stop me, it’s at this time I start running races and clock my first 5k in at 28:24 resulting in a 3rd place finish in my first race. I’m so proud of myself. I decide by Christmas that I am going to run track in the spring as a distance runner. I start to crave something new in my routine. So I pick up the insanity workout with Shaun t. And I begin it in January around the time I turn 18 and boy it’s tough, but it sure helps me with running. February arrives and I finish the program. I’m now down to 161 pounds and win my insanity T shirt. I feel amazing, my diet is no where near as bad as it was a year ago and I’m in great shape. I run more races and get my 5k down into the 22/23 minute range. Track season begins in March and it’s pretty fun. I also picked the Insanity Max 30 program in April, although I delay starting until summer due to my commitments to track, its a good season, I clock my best mile in 6:37, which is something I never imagined I would do. Things are starting to look up as well. My mileage is at an all time high. I average between 4 to 7 miles on a run every day. I make it a job to exercise when I get home from school. Track ends along with senior year. I win the outstanding sportsmanship award for 2017. Everything feels perfect. I’m graduating, I’ve won an award, I’m healthy and happy. Now my weight is around 155. Things are fantastic.I’ve completed Insanity Max 30. And move on to Insanity: The Asylum around Late August with a starting date picked around the time I start college.
Now things start to change. I decide to attend a fairly distant community college(about 40 minutes away) to study nutrition. I start college and immediately do not like where I am at. I come home from day 1 and am really full of anxiety. I don’t do my workout, I eat like crap, and I wake up the next day feeling like garbage. Shades of my past. I won’t let it happen again. I don’t start the asylum, I just keep running and it works. I run many 5ks and 10ks, winning my age groups setting PRs. Specifically, a 21:20 5K. I also start lap swimming and keep my diet squeaky clean. At the end of the day, I reach a brand new low weight of 144 pounds. I’ve finally reached my goal. When I go for my runs, I run in the 7:00 - 7:30 pace per mile.
NOW HERE IS WHERE MY PSA BEGINS.
December 24th, 2017 is where it all changes. Every Christmas my diet usually tanks a bit. But this time it feels different. I ate like small snacks along with our Christmas Eve dinner. I don’t know. Things don’t feel too good. Christmas Day, it all goes to hell, I eat EVERYTHING. my stocking is filled with candy and all sorts of junk. I spend the whole day playing my new PS4 and eating garbage. I don’t stress it too much. It’s Christmas. But usually in the past a week goes by and I feel back to 100%. Well not this time, a week goes by and I’ve gained about 6 pounds. I know it’s probably water so just keep hydrating and eating clean. Haha nope, my diet is now terrible. I’m still training and running hard but the nutrition aspect of it is horrid. Junk food cookies chips candy bars. Again the only junk food types of food I don’t eat is soda and fast food, stuff I’ve never eaten.
2018 arrives and I begin at a new school, where I’m running college track, and it’s fantastic. My times are still going down and I am setting PRs. Running the mile in 5:41 and the 5K in 20:40 I win the MVP award and am named a captain. I’m running 9-11 miles runs with no trouble at all. But all the while, my diet is still horrible. 2018 can be summed up in a paragraph because it’s all been the same. Good training, bad diet. It’s now November and I’m weighing around 160 pounds. Here’s the crazy part: My 2017 total mileage ran (the year I lost all the weight) was 443.7 miles, My 2018 total mileage ran so far is 710.3 miles. I’ve nearly doubled my mileage (not counting track practice and meets) and I’ve GAINED weight. My pace is somewhat quicker on race day, although ever since my diet went to crap, my pace per mile is in the 8 minute range rather then 7s when I do my normal runs. I feel terrible all the time. I see the gain in my face my stomach and in general. My clothes aren’t getting tight on me. Although I still don’t like the way I feel, my abs nearly came in and now it’s all gone. I’ve put in all this work. Ran over 700 miles this year just for nothing. Imagine if my diet was great. Things would be so different. So here’s my PSA:
You can train and run and do everything you can but if your diet is terrible, you won’t see it, you’ll feel like you’ve accomplished nothing. As the year ends, I want to get back to where I was this time last year. It all starts with me. My advice, Don’t let one bad day turn into one bad week, then one bad month then one bad year, because in my case, a bad day of eating on Christmas has now become a bad year of eating.
Tl;dr was severely overweight, dieted and exercised, got in shape, diet became terrible now gaining weight again.
EDIT: I should mention this is my first post on here, so if there are any rules I've broken or if I'm in the wrong subreddit, I apologize as I am new.
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