Insanity

Like my old pal Bertie here is saying, I think we are all guilty of being insane sometimes.

For years, during my teenager phase, I was overweight and felt like crap. I'm a former fatty and not ashamed to say it. Any other former fatties out there will know what I'm talking about. High five homies!

I would look on enviously at my friends or people I would meet and wonder how they could be thin and still eat all those sweets or not do any exercise and have those toned abs. I was going to the gym or dancing maybe once or twice a week and never really lost any weight. Nothing changed and I wondered why. I felt the universe was against me. Like I was just unlucky and it was all so unfair. I was trying so hard (or so I thought!) and nothing was changing and it was all so terrible, like the world was going to end. Who knew teenagers could be so hormonal and unreasonable like this?!

Yet I never once thought to try something different. To change things up and try something new. What I was doing clearly wasn’t working for me yet I was still expecting to see different results. Back to Einstein here, I was doing the same thing over and over and expecting each time to see a change or a different result. I was insane.

Then one day it just hit me. Bang smack in the face like a stray frisbee. I need to change things up. And keep changing. I need to work harder and work differently. A true light bulb moment! (I still remember it now, I was sitting on the couch watching MTV and eating a cream cake at the time. I remember it vividly!)

So here is my advice to you. Take a minute to check in with yourself. Are you happy with you current physical performance and appearance? Can you move without pain or discomfort? Do you feel fit and physically strong? Do think you could make a fair shot at any physical activity if you were thrown into it? Could you out run those pesky zombies coming for you when the end of the world is nigh?

If not then it might be time to change up your training routine, or for the couch lovers out there begin a training routine. And I hate the word routine. It should never be routine, it should be constantly varied. This is key to keeping your body on its toes. It is key to losing fat/weight and it's key to a healthy body. 

Whether your exercise of choice is running, weight lifting, martial arts, dancing or football then begin to look for new avenues, even once a week. Take a swim in the ocean, run a different route, try out a new class, climb a mountain, cycle an off road bike trail. You'll learn something about yourself, you will challenge your body and most of all you may even have fun!