| How Your Emotions Determine Your Weight |  |
by Shawn LeBrun
Personal Trainer
Have you ever had a time in your life when everything
was going well and you felt really good about yourself?
Chances are, you were hitting the gym with regularity
and getting your daily walk or run in as well.
You felt confident and happy and as a result, you
enjoyed the process of getting fit.
On the flip side, has there ever been a time in
your life where things were going so badly that the
last thing on your mind was working out and getting in
shape.
The physical shape you are in is a direct result of your emotional
shape.
Trying to achieve optimum physical fitness when you are
not happy with your life is like trying to dig yourself
out of a hole:
You do not get very far.
How you feel at any given time about yourself and
what's going on in your life influences what type of
physical shape you are going to be in.
When you are sad or depressed, often times food is a
comfort that allows you to forget about the problems
for a brief time.
Unfortunately, when all the food is consumed, you are
still left with those same problems.
When you are happy and feeling like things are great, food is just
thought of as fuel and sustenance and not comfort.
When you're generally happy, you do not eat just to
fill a void, you eat just enough to satisfy your hunger.
When you are sad, you eat just to feel better.
So how do you get yourself on a roll and have piece of
mind that allows you to enjoy the process of getting in
shape?
You have to start focusing on all the areas of your
life that need improving and be willing to take the
steps to change them.
When you start feeling better about other areas of your
life, you also start thinking of ways to get into shape.
You're also more likely to start doing those things and keep
doing those things that will help you reach your fitness goals.
When you're happy, you actually enjoy the process of
working out or going for a run.
When you're sad, exercise is the last thing you feel
like doing because your body is in a depressed and
sluggish state.
You need a period of time in your life where you're
willing and able to workout regulary and invest in your fitness.
You must also have piece of mind and be generally happy about where
your life is.
Take out some blank pieces of paper.
At the top of one, write FINANCES.
Another write CAREER.
Another write RELATIONSHIPS.
Yet another write HEALTH & FITNESS.
Another write SPIRITUAL.
Of course, these are just a few of the headings you can
have, but at the top of each piece of paper, write out
the important areas of your life.
Now, under each heading, write out what you want to
achieve in each area and what you would have to do to
accomplish it.
For example, if under CAREER you wrote "Find a new job"
you then would write down "Typing out resume, sending
out applications, going for interviews, etc.."
What you're doing is identifying the areas in your
life you're unhappy with and you're taking the steps
to change them.
When you begin to take action to change the areas of
your life you are unhappy about, you'll soon start to
feel better about yourself.
When that happens, you'll also start to make better
choices about your fitness approach and what you have
to do to change your body.
When you're happy in most of the areas in your life,
the process of getting into shape will not be far
behind.
Trying to get into shape when you are depressed and
unhappy is virtually impossible.
If you do achieve it, it most likely will not be
long-term.
So make the commitment to yourself that you're going
to look at the areas of your life that you want to
improve and start taking action to change them.
As you gather momentum, you'll also begin feeling
better about exercise and eating better.
It's so much easier to get in shape, lose weight, or
be healthy when you're generally happy and feeling
good about yourself.
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