Benny you've explained exactly how I feel a lot better than I did since I've been training and eating properly I've seen a massive change in how I look and feel with people complementing me and its all because I've been dedicated.
When one of my mates who might manage to drag himself to the gym once a week sits in the pub and says hes not drinking because he wants to loose weight it drives me mental thats just one of the few things I've given up or changed to get into shape and I think that he thinks thats all he needs to do and the rest will looks after itself or I get another mate rabbiting on about how hes meaning to join the gym to get in shape I just want to turn round and rip his head off it's taken me a lot more dedication and drive than just joining a gym and poping along once a week for a mild workout to get to where I am now, they just seem to think it's easy.
Sorry for the mild rant but my mates would just look at me funny if I started ranting at how lazy and in their own little world they can be about this stuff
Its this intial feeling that people lack, feeling 'good' about themselves. And its a vicious circle, because its what keeps you off your arse, but you cant get it without getting up off it which people are reluctant to do.
Theres several other reasons I train. Obviously everybody at the gym is unhappy to some extent with their body or health/fitness. If they weren't unhappy with it, they wouldn't be there.
Insecurity would probaly be one of them, having been overweight in my childhood and getting off my arse and loosing 2 and a half stone from years 8 to 10 of secondary school helped me develop the dedication I have now. Weighed in at just over 12stone 8lbs in year 7. I dont weigh much more now, a tad over 13 stone but thats muscle, not crisps and chocolate
My day revolves around the gym. Come half 3 I 'fuel' for the gym by eating what I need. I train at 5 and eat dinner when I finish. That bit of my day is set in stone, regardless. I may train later or earlier depending on Uni work or other plans I have. If I know I have things interfering/stopping me training the next day, I'll do that day's work the day before with what ever else I will be doing. For example Wednesday - back, Thursday - Legs, this Thursday was a big student night out 'Super Enigma', So I trained my legs and back on wednesday night, regardless of how long it took.
Training to me is something that has to be done. To compare it to breathing would be a little extreme. If I dont train I feel guilty and feel that i'm only shooting myself in the foot. We all know how it feels when you get out of the swing of things for a few days. It seems easier to bare my teeth and push through.
If you woke me up at 9am to write an essay or go to the workshops, I wouldn't be pleased. But if you woke me up at 9am to train I'd have a smile from ear to ear and would even race you there
