09-13-2019, 11:19 AM
*VANITY* Focusing only on your body image 👀 is it a BAD thing?
I don't have problems with body image, not now anyway, but when I was younger (as is often the case) it was a bit of an issue
Nothing unusual, but it could have easily been worse had my mindset towards my body been different, and if my environment was different
Many take the pursuit of aesthetics to an unhealthy level.
This is down to what they know, the people they surround themselves with, and how they formulated the WHY behind their eating and training habits
When I was younger I believed carbs were only to be eaten post workout, if at all, and that you had to eat all natural foods to be successful with your body composition
That meant I felt like I HAD to restrict myself if I wanted to be successful, lean and athletic looking - that things like alcohol and sweets etc had to be kept to a bare minimum, if at all, because I thought it was necessary to get what I thought I needed to get
Now I know better. Now I know there are better ways to manage my nutrition, that calories are king, that training can be less frequent (used to train 6 days a week) and more flexible
Iâm a lot free-er in my approach, and this is probably at least in part because I have less anxiety over my body now. I know more, Iâve learnt, Iâve practiced, Ive reflected, Iâve been honest with myself and taken advice from the right people
Iâm lucky that when I was younger I grew up with rugby, a sport where strength and power were king, body fat %âs were not.
If I hadnât had rugby and I just lived in the gym I know I would have been more obsessed with the gym and what I ate because my environment would have normalised focusing on what I saw in the mirror, it would have been the done thing
My point here?
Question what you know. If you feel what you do is too restrictive, that you feel you canât live life, question it. And if youâre struggling DM me, Iâll help, Iâll point you in the right direction
If youâre environment isnât balanced, healthy, rational (but still driven, it can be both), question it, move gyms, change environment, be around people that shape all elements of where youâre trying to get to
otherwise youâll go down a rabbit role that might seem inspiring at the start, but youâll end up not knowing yourself, feeling isolated from your initial goals and dreams and surrounded by the wrong messages
Invest in yourself, ask honest questions, listen to the right people, be around people that inspire and motivate you, do things daily that get you closer to your goal, block out the BS
And youâll get there, promise
🤜🏻🤛🏼
I don't have problems with body image, not now anyway, but when I was younger (as is often the case) it was a bit of an issue
Nothing unusual, but it could have easily been worse had my mindset towards my body been different, and if my environment was different
Many take the pursuit of aesthetics to an unhealthy level.
This is down to what they know, the people they surround themselves with, and how they formulated the WHY behind their eating and training habits
When I was younger I believed carbs were only to be eaten post workout, if at all, and that you had to eat all natural foods to be successful with your body composition
That meant I felt like I HAD to restrict myself if I wanted to be successful, lean and athletic looking - that things like alcohol and sweets etc had to be kept to a bare minimum, if at all, because I thought it was necessary to get what I thought I needed to get
Now I know better. Now I know there are better ways to manage my nutrition, that calories are king, that training can be less frequent (used to train 6 days a week) and more flexible
Iâm a lot free-er in my approach, and this is probably at least in part because I have less anxiety over my body now. I know more, Iâve learnt, Iâve practiced, Ive reflected, Iâve been honest with myself and taken advice from the right people
Iâm lucky that when I was younger I grew up with rugby, a sport where strength and power were king, body fat %âs were not.
If I hadnât had rugby and I just lived in the gym I know I would have been more obsessed with the gym and what I ate because my environment would have normalised focusing on what I saw in the mirror, it would have been the done thing
My point here?
Question what you know. If you feel what you do is too restrictive, that you feel you canât live life, question it. And if youâre struggling DM me, Iâll help, Iâll point you in the right direction
If youâre environment isnât balanced, healthy, rational (but still driven, it can be both), question it, move gyms, change environment, be around people that shape all elements of where youâre trying to get to
otherwise youâll go down a rabbit role that might seem inspiring at the start, but youâll end up not knowing yourself, feeling isolated from your initial goals and dreams and surrounded by the wrong messages
Invest in yourself, ask honest questions, listen to the right people, be around people that inspire and motivate you, do things daily that get you closer to your goal, block out the BS
And youâll get there, promise
🤜🏻🤛🏼
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