I've been feeling many huge improvements in regards to how my body is moving. I can do a full squat. I can train harder and go longer. I'm running at a great pace for someone my size. When I stretch my hamstrings my heel can touch my butt! Ha! I'm working on engaging my body in great form throughout the motions of the exercise I am doing at any given moment.
Outside of the gym I've noticed that I have much more stamina to get thru my days. At the end of the day, when I've laid down, there's a very obvious feeling of 'time to sleep NOW!' It actually hurts to keep my eyes open. I've noticed a huge change in how I feel when I wake in the morning. There's much more awareness around whether or not I need more sleep, or if I'm ready to rise. When I do get up I'm rested and ready to attack my day. The morning fog only lasts 15-30mins vs. 1-2hours.
Clothing. I've noticed small things. Making another belt notch, noticing my sweatshirt hanging lower then it has in the past, but the most interesting thing is how my underpants are fitting me. Yesterday I put on a pair, and they literally hung off me. They are freaking baggy! Baggy underpants? Really? Whoa!
I had some blood work done this past month. All my numbers are great! Cholesterol is awesome! Which I'm glad to hear. My blood sugar level is still higher then what I'd like to see. But I'm not diabetic yet, and the numbers have dropped from my last round of blood work. I feel very good about this!
Another thing that I've come to realize over these past few months is, how I frame my training in my mind makes all the difference. The term 'exercise' holds a lot of negative association for me. I think of exercise as laborious and a very difficult task to accomplish. I've decided to deem the term 'training' in place of exercise. For me, training offers more options. I'm training my body, which is much more inline with how I'm working toward something, a goal, that inspires me. I'm training myself to change my old habits and create awesome new ones. I'm working toward something... This feels so much better then 'I'm exercising today' that's boring. 'Im training my body hard today!' That's exciting!- At least to me. I suggest working at changing your mind frame around fitness if you're having struggles.
I'm going to leave it at that for this month. I'll be posting three month comparison pictures at some point this month.
Stay Tuned! And thanks for reading my blog!
(The photo pictured it a movement I was unable to do 3 months ago)
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