Are You Self Conscious About Your Fitness?

Are you self conscious about your fitness? Is it your fitness as in body performance or self image? Going on three years ago was when I started my trek to become a fit, healthier person. I started with little things like doing sit-ups and push-ups, then I started reading up on health, fitness and dieting . I started being more active in everything that I did and soon started shedding off the pounds. I dropped almost 30 pounds in a matter of  4 months before I started trying to put on muscle mass.

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Ever since I trimmed down, ever ounce of weight I gain is noticeable. I’m much more self conscious about my weight than I ever was. I never did have the 6-pack abs I talked about yesterday, but I was close. I started trying to gain muscle mass, so I started eating more and training hard. I put back on about half of that 30 lbs in good muscle mass, but along with that muscle I also packed on a bit of fat.  During a dead lift routine a sciatic nerve problem put a dent in my workout that I never quite hammered out. After that, workouts became few and far between. A few months later I started to get back in to another routine. Just when things were going well I got a hand injury that sidelined me again and things just haven’t been quite the same since. I don’t feel the sciatica anymore but I’m always afraid that it will come back if I’m not careful.

Every time I walk by a mirror these days I glance at myself and feel a little disappointed inside. Granted I still stand at about 170 or a little more, I still feel like I let myself go at times. I normally don’t set a date for myself for things but starting on the 1st of May, I’m going to get back in to it and get back in to it hard and work off this weight I’ve put on in the past year or so and get back on top of things.

It’s time to stop talking and start doing again.