Throwback to my gym fit last week that made a girl say “hi barbie!” To me while waiting in line in the bathroom
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Getting my butt back into into $kripper condition 🫧
I recently discovered that I am nowhere near as flexible as I used to be. I know I should have expected it because I have not been practicing at all… I still got kind of sad when I realized that I hadn’t been doing something that I found so much joy in. I decided that I was going to start back. I will admit these last few days I feel like incorporating yoga and stretching for mobility/ flexibility into my morning routine has generally made me feel better. Now the hurdle is being consistent. I believe the best way to hold me accountable for making sure that I am continuing this journey is to document it!
So far I’ve been using a few creators on Instagram to begin my journey into yoga 🧘🏾♀️
Payalagarwalmukherjee | literally my favorite
Tiffanycroww | “Accessible yoga for beautiful bellies”
Dorianeleibel | Really great inclusive alternatives for beginners
This month im going to be looking into finding some free YouTube videos too. It feels really nice to have a hobby. Hopefully I will have others to share it with once and a while. Fingers crossed 🤞🏾If you are someone interested in seeing my journey or joining in pls feel free to follow me 🫶🏾☀️
So cheers to my first post !
BodySuit Link 🤍
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Probably too early to say this, but 2024 is shaping up quite nicely. I'm staying organized, hitting goals (including protein, working out, and sleeping better), and having time to do self-care related things for myself. It feels really nice to like.......thrive ? Instead of survive, if that makes sense. (Is this what it's like to be normal all the time ? Lol)
I spent the first week (and end of Dec) prepping for the upcoming term and getting my TA and additional research stuff organized. If I am able to stay on top of my shit, I should be able to make some decent money that I can use towards getting out of debt. Mostly just credit cards with lost of car stuff and health things out of my control, and drinking in excess with friends (which was in my control lol). I'm attempting a sober January since I am taking meds for ADHD now, and I really want to know myself sober and see what I can accomplish. I won't be heartbroken if I have one or two drinks throughout the month though.
Today was a massive hike with my roomie, quite a steep one. Nothin sugar about Mt Sugarloaf lol.
Was totally worth if for the view though(:
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a year and a half ago vs now. in the same exact top. difference is ~50lbs. v impressed w myself for this one.
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Day 2 of 5 day workout week:
I woke up feeling decent today, so I decided to go for my first step routine in 3 weeks! Since I am still working on getting my energy back, I had to go low intensity this time and gauge my exertion level.
-I was able to do about 40 minutes at about a 7 on a 1-10 scale.
-After a brief cool down, I did an ab floor routine for 10 minutes and then a stretch.
Not sure if I will push it and go for a third day in a row tomorrow or take a rest day. I will let my body sleep on it and tell me in the morning. 🫶🏽
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Not to be tmi but when you go to the bathroom in the morning and just clear out… such a great way to start the way and so validating that you made good choices the day before 😅
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I think the thing I need to be right now is honest with myself.
I had a hard year, but the hardest part is over (I submitted my paper and passed the candidacy exam 🥂🎉). Now I have the time to focus on myself and my healing, and work on work-life balance. But there was a toll for the incredibly hard effort I had to put into getting my important work checkpoints completed.
In other words, I'm back where I started. But I'm okay.
I let myself heal for a few weeks before trying to get back to the gym. Mentally mostly. I did very light exercise and spent most of my energy planning things that I intend to do. Like travel and start Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help with my anxiety and ADHD. I'm hoping this mental work helps with maintaining a better overall lifestyle. One component of this is working on sleeping better.
The next thing I'm trying to add is some commuting to work via bike (it's about an hour one way). I know this will take some time to build stamina. But I'm working on getting the components together to make it work.
One thing I have no trouble with is gaining muscle. But to add like 2 hours of cardio a week (at min) I think this should help in the balance of muscle gaining and weight loss.
Either way I'm just happy I survived everything. Every day can be a new day 1 for all I care, because it all takes just starting. Just working on making "starting" an everyday habit.
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