My Fitness Journey Part 1

I've had issues with emotional eating and binge eating. I was in a really unhappy place, until I discovered how working out and eating right can change things for the better. I originally hated my weight and appearance, so I wanted to try to lose weight. Honestly, I could hardly do one modified push-up and that isn't an exaggeration. I started doing 10 push-ups and 10 sit-ups at night, because that was basically the only exercises I knew. For some people that would be way to easy but I'm not gonna lie I was a little tired by the end of it. I stuck with that for a few weeks, and I was definitely in for a surprise. It wasn't so much that my body was changing and that I was losing weight, it was that I found myself a lot happier. Doing those 10 sit-ups and push-ups every night made me feel like I'd accomplished something. I remember how happy I felt when one night I did my push-ups and sit-ups and realized that they were too easy for me! I almost started skipping around the house with delight. I looked online to find some more exercises and was astounded to find how many there were. I took a piece of paper and started writing all of them down. I remember when I first discovered my obsession with plank. I know it sounds crazy but planking is seriously addictive.

In the past, whenever something bad happened, my consolation was cookies, chocolate and candy. I started doing my push-ups, sit-ups and planks whenever I felt like eating when I wasn't at all hungry. It helped! I felt amazing and for the first time I didn't feel sluggish all of the time.

My mom had been really into step aerobics in the 90s, and her old step was lying around in the storage room. I brought it out and popped one of her old VHS tapes in. An annoying peppy instructor in ugly workout clothes led me through 15 minutes of torture. The workout was 60 minutes but I couldn't finish it. The thing is, after doing that 15 minutes. I layed there, exhausted on the couch and I felt incredible. Accomplishing a workout gives me the most amazing feeling.