Soldato
I think this might turn into a long post, I dunno.
Basically, I am sat here @ my PC aged 20 and thinking to myself that my lifestyle has to change. Its so easy to say but its not easy to put into practice!
When I was younger I never really got into sport, preferring to take things apart and stuff, never really found the attraction with sports and stuff. Despite this, I was always reasonably fit (though perhaps not healthy) and I could run faster than most of the other kids at school etc when I had to. I always loved my music though and started playing the guitar aged 8.
At the age of 14/15 I started to get into low-level "extreme" sports. I really enjoyed it - I liked the adrenaline I guess. The problem with doing extreme stuff like that is that when you are learning you tend to get hurt and I did get hurt - I have damaged my feet, knees (to the extent where I walk with a slight limp), hip, shoulders, wrists, neck and fingers (to the point where I cant really play the guitar as much as I want to any more). I manage all that, it doesnt really affect the day-to-day part of my life (unless I have to walk long distances) but this is all coming together in a big mess when I factor in my sedate lifestyle
Im probably the least fit I have ever been, I now have visible fat on my stomach and going to the gym to do "traditional" exercise is out of the question because I cant really run for very long at all. I spend all day at the weekends walking (I have a job that means I get to sit down for perhaps 30 minutes at the most) so that makes it hard to keep myself "in check". The rest of my spare time is basically taken up listening to music and bumming about on the internet. In itself this is another problem. I can sit here at the PC for hours and hours and hours. I get up, go to uni etc and come home and surf away the evening or sit about with my housemates playing Pro Evo until far too late. This seems to happen almost every night because obviously due to the fact Im not really exerting myself I just dont feel tired. In actual fact, I feel absolutely terrible for most of the day until the evening time when I start to come alive again.
In all, its led to a situation where I am regularly pulling 17/18 hour days where I spend 9/10 hours of that feeling like crap when I should be awake and the rest feeling awake when I should be asleep (making going to bed early a futile effort). Its getting to me, I cant go to bed and its hard work getting up. I feel rubbish too much, I never get going and its affecting just about every aspect of my life. I need a lifestyle change but I have no idea where to start.
Anyone got any ideas?
Basically, I am sat here @ my PC aged 20 and thinking to myself that my lifestyle has to change. Its so easy to say but its not easy to put into practice!
When I was younger I never really got into sport, preferring to take things apart and stuff, never really found the attraction with sports and stuff. Despite this, I was always reasonably fit (though perhaps not healthy) and I could run faster than most of the other kids at school etc when I had to. I always loved my music though and started playing the guitar aged 8.
At the age of 14/15 I started to get into low-level "extreme" sports. I really enjoyed it - I liked the adrenaline I guess. The problem with doing extreme stuff like that is that when you are learning you tend to get hurt and I did get hurt - I have damaged my feet, knees (to the extent where I walk with a slight limp), hip, shoulders, wrists, neck and fingers (to the point where I cant really play the guitar as much as I want to any more). I manage all that, it doesnt really affect the day-to-day part of my life (unless I have to walk long distances) but this is all coming together in a big mess when I factor in my sedate lifestyle
Im probably the least fit I have ever been, I now have visible fat on my stomach and going to the gym to do "traditional" exercise is out of the question because I cant really run for very long at all. I spend all day at the weekends walking (I have a job that means I get to sit down for perhaps 30 minutes at the most) so that makes it hard to keep myself "in check". The rest of my spare time is basically taken up listening to music and bumming about on the internet. In itself this is another problem. I can sit here at the PC for hours and hours and hours. I get up, go to uni etc and come home and surf away the evening or sit about with my housemates playing Pro Evo until far too late. This seems to happen almost every night because obviously due to the fact Im not really exerting myself I just dont feel tired. In actual fact, I feel absolutely terrible for most of the day until the evening time when I start to come alive again.
In all, its led to a situation where I am regularly pulling 17/18 hour days where I spend 9/10 hours of that feeling like crap when I should be awake and the rest feeling awake when I should be asleep (making going to bed early a futile effort). Its getting to me, I cant go to bed and its hard work getting up. I feel rubbish too much, I never get going and its affecting just about every aspect of my life. I need a lifestyle change but I have no idea where to start.
Anyone got any ideas?
