SUMMERTIME is here. With a lot of people looking and finding ways to look better and make themselves fit into their summer beach outfits and having their skin tanned a little but
then of course people tend to be conscious of their bodies. I am not
spared of this even if I carry some excess pounds on my body I am still
hopeful of losing anyways and being in my top form a few years ago.
I was 186 lbs and
losing the extra weight was a big problem for me. It became a constant
battle of keeping myself healthy and active because the current lifestyle I
had that can affect my health in general. I never thought that I would
still lose this extra pounds and flabs due to the fact that I became
accustomed with the sedentary lifestyle I had for the past few years
since—not grasping a single sports after college, eating too much junk
and fast foods plus not doing enough physical activities except for some
badminton games with my younger sister during free time but was to lazy
with it.
I just
felt sorry for myself of neglecting my physical well-being and being
swamped with work plus becoming a total couch potato and watch TV all
day or sit in front of a PC playing Facebook Game applications or
chatting with friends. But all is not loss at all if I wanted to regain
my old self again.
The
badminton game and once in a blue moon jogging back in 2011 was not
enough for me because I made it a mission to finish the combat and try
to reach my goal of 160 lbs or roughly 73 kilogram (target weight) in
the coming months up to December of this year. It was tough decision for
me, but if I put my mind into focus I could surely achieve it.
Watching what I eat was dreadful!
At
times but I still need to maintain the ideal weight wherein I am at 178
lbs (current weight) but in order to achieve the 160 lbs (target
weight) I need to exercise, go on a diet program and participate more in
heavy physical activities in reaching my full potential weight loss. I
do envy my friends, family and office mates on what they eat in which I
am accused of depriving myself of those junk foods or fast foods or
chocolate candies or ice cream that are my weaknesses.
The economical cost of losing weight is greater than gaining it?
On
hindsight, it is easy for me to gain a lot of weight just by eating too
much of the wrong foods but losing weight is a struggle for me. Buying
the right and wrong food is both cheap and costly at some point in which
junk foods are more readily available at price ranging below P25 or
lower for locally manufactured ones to imports from the USA and European
countries which cost P60 to P100. Eating the nutritious foods from
fruits to vegetable is costly however the benefits are high if you
choose the more nutritious food and snacks readily available in the
market. But still a lot of people are very conscious with their body in
order to keep them fit and healthy.
Putting yourself on exercise or physical activities mode
Perhaps
introduction to the world of sports would be better to keep yourself
sweating and being competitive at all times. I am not an exercise or
weight loss guru but I can share some excellent inputs on sports or
physical activities you can do at home or at the gym/sports club near
you or with friends. But still you still need to seek medical doctors’s
advise if you have health issues or concerns that is restraining you
from doing this activities. Sports is both physical, mentally and
emotionally beneficial for all. Try it.
A lot of people are asking why I am doing this.
It
is plain and simple, I am doing this for myself. My secondary objective
is maybe impress someone (a lady I am seeing) but my primary goal is to
keep myself happy, feel better and eventually fit on my old clothes
especially my suits if there arising occasions that I needed to wear
them and at the same time show my summer body look. Being fit helped me
to run again in the recent 3 kilometers events or play football (soccer)
in the upcoming tournaments in the province or elsewhere where I will
be participating in the later months of this year. The new me gave me
more energy in fulfilling things such doing household chores not only
that I extend my longevity. The mere fact of losing weight and seeing
your new body in the mirror is very quite thrilling and it does boost
self-confidence in you as a person as you become more energetic and
outgoing person.
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Benedict
Baluyut is a registered financial planner of RFP Philippines. Learn the
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