#tw working out

[wildemaven]

The way this stupid handsome man wouldn’t leave my thots alone while I was working out… like some gym buddies to lovers kinda bullshit

[doodlevich]

a lil comic about ian, body image, and mickey coming to the rescue✨

[imabee-oralizard]

The urge to just bend to everyone and take down all my Taylor swift stuff

The urge to take away everything that makes me happy because I’m not happy enough

The urge to stop taking all my medicine since I’m still sick

The urge to never a shower, shave, wear makeup cause I’m still not pretty

The urge to work out even though my asthma physically will not let me because I hate my body

The urge to never workout cause I’ll still be fat

The urge to not do anything ever again cause it’ll never be appreciated

[melodramaticmatter]

as expected there are many large scary men at the gym i joined. but i'm wearing my dynamight shirt so i'm totally tuff and can totally be here.😤😤

[possibly-emu]

I've actually managed to excersise over the past week like every couple days and I've actually started to put on some muscle and its making me so euphoric

[sucharomantic]

30.09.23. 🤒💌

honest updates lol. after today’s workout I’ve got a fever, my body was exhausted because I overtrained it. I’ve been doing impossible workouts everyday during few weeks and it was a stop today when I did a burpee challenge. I thought that I’m going to feel better after a workout and I did, but then the sweating and fever didn’t stop. I said to my parents that I’m feeling like I’m getting sick and only after I checked the temperature and it was thirty eight I started crying because I was so hard on myself for managing all the tasks and now I’m laying on my coach and crying because today I didn’t do progress. well done, what a healthy mindset. but after I feel better, I’ll try to make my routine more balanced. so, please don’t push yourself when you can’t do certain things, having compassion for yourself is not weak but a strong choice!

[psychedelic-ink]

i worked out too hard and my thighs and knees are crying someone send help

[books-and-cookies]

Please tell me how you got so fit. I have been trying to lose weight for months and it's not working. What do you do how do you eat?

My "fitness journey", for lack of a better description, included 2 important elements: exercise and calorie deficit.

I found working out programs that were exactly what i needed (I followed Sydney Cummings on youtube, she posts TONS of free workout videos, and she's super motivating and just a cool person) - started with cardio at first, to burn fat, then slowly incorporated a bit of strength training to get some toning and definition - nowadays, I just do what I feel like doing, because i'm looking to just maintain my weight. It was very important to me to find something I enjoyed doing, because previously, exercising felt like a chore a lot of times.

It's very important to stay consistent - if you set out to exercise a certain day, do it, don't find excuses and don't put it off, because the moment you start doing that, it'll be very hard to get back into it. Sydney helps a lot with this, because she has exercise programs that are month long ones - you can find several playlists and follow them with every daily workout. For me, right now, I don't follow her monthly programs anymore, because i've developed enough of a habit to work out 6/7 days a week - it's become a habit and one that i'm looking forward to, especially because it helps a lot with mental health as well.

Another important element is staying in a calorie deficit, which means burning more than you're consuming. There are online tools that can help you find the amount of calories that you should be consuming in order to lose weight, depending on your age, current weight, height and the amount of time you're active daily. I remember that in the beginning I used an app called Fitness Pal to try and stay on top of my calorie intake. I should mention that as a human being, you should not be consuming less than 1000 - 1200 calories a day. This is the minimum amount your body needs in order to survive and for your internal organs to function. Something else that I feel like I should mention - counting calories is not ideal, because it's very easy to slip into dangerous behaviour. So be very wary of this.

I didn't really pay too much attention to what I was eating, but I did give up soda, tried to eat as little processed sugar as possible, tried to incorporate healthy nutrients in my daily meals - proteins, fiber, vitamins etc, and that, combined with exercise, did the trick. Also, drink loads of water, hydration is super important.

Very important to say - it took me a year to drop to my ideal weight. So it didn't happen overnight, it wasn't a miraculous weight loss - overall, I dropped about 1 kg/month, which is slow and steady.

Be patient, okay? You won't see results over night, it takes at least 2 months for any progress to show up, so you need to trust the process, if you stick to it, and have confidence that eventually it'll show. And always remember that doing things in a healthy way is more important than doing it fast, but detrimental to your health.

I'm here if you have any more questions :) Sending hugs and love your way <3