Sweat Is Gross

I’m on my second week of my Student Fitness Journey! When I would go and do my couple of jogs I would sweat quite a bit. Since I’m a young female this idea of sweat to me is pretty gross and very uncomfortable. While I’m running I get very self-conscious and a little concerns that everyone is looking at me since I’m sweating so much. To make the feeling even more awkward is the ratio of males compared to females in the gym is pretty high.   

While my visit to the gym yesterday a sudden thought came to me. I was doing my 20 min jog and once again I was sweating as I always did. Since I had 20 min I decided to think to myself about this very topic.

Since I’m a female doesn't mean I can’t sweat. Women are supposed to be more elegant and graceful in every way. When it comes to the gym, I personally feel a woman who breaks a sweat is a real woman. If you go to the gym and don’t sweat it’s a waste of your time. While going through my Pinterest account there was this really neat shirt that said “Sweat is the Fat Crying”, and is it ever true.
Check out my Pinterest account to see the T-Shirt!
http://www.pinterest.com/fitnessj/fitness-attire/

Did you know you have around 2-4 million sweat glands. The body uses the sweat glands to regulate body temperature. When I go for a job for 20 min and my body is producing sweat to cool down my body since I’m increasing the temperature. If you think that a woman who is sweating is gross or icky, just remember it’s going to happen anyways so might as well work it! 

Student Fitness Journey: Proper Focus

During this Student Fitness Journey there has been one thing that I have kept in mind that has helped me keep going with my daily workouts.

Like many of you I’m a very busy person, I have a work life, a school life, and a social life. When you start to get involved in all of these different parts of your life your to do list starts to get longer and longer. Before you know it, you don’t have time for anything other than getting items off of that to do list. For me personally it got to the point where I didn’t have any time to work on myself.

I realized while I was working out yesterday that all of the sudden I have this extra time to add fitness into my hectic schedule. It seemed a little strange at first but then I thought about it, but then it started to make much more sense.
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It wasn’t like all of the sudden I suddenly had more hours in the day. What really happened was that I started to make sure I had at least an hour a day to work on myself. At Humber College we have a workout facility on campus and no matter what time I always ended up going for at least an hour. No matter how late I finished my classes or assignments, I always go for a one hour workout.
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How I look at it now is why can’t I just put everything else on hold and spend an hour on me. I work extra hard with everything else I take on but then I never have time to work on myself. Therefore I have come to the conclusion that nothing and no one is more important than you. When you have that really long to do list it should always be you at the top of it. You should always be putting the most effort into ensuring you spend time on yourself to make yourself better so that you can do a better job on all of the other things you take on.   

Fitness Trainer: Day One

I finally met with my fitness trainer. Her name is Abi and we had already met previously at a couple of workout classes. She is very bubbly and seems like a lot of fun and I'm very excited to work with her. In this meeting we did not do too much but some paper work and talk about my fitness goals.

My personal S.M.A.R.T. goal is to obtain those two ab lines that appears on the stomach. In order to achieve this I'll have to loose 25 lbs. This goal will take me at least the next couple of months in order to achieve it. 

When you first decide to do a student fitness journey you have to create a goal. A S.M.A.R.T. goal is a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timed. When you create a goal make sure to keep these five words in your mind. Keeping this in mind will ensure that your goal has the required criteria and will be easier for you to achieve. The thing about fitness goals (for me personally) is that they look like it is going to forever to achieve them. In order to fight this negativity I will be making my end goal of gaining the two ab lines into smaller mini goals. My main goal for this week is to change my eating habits into a much healthier diet.
In order for me to achieve my goal of loosing 25 lbs I will have to do a workout three times a week on my own as well as one with Abi. I will be posting under workouts on what days I do a workout as well as my workout plan for that week.

Please visit me next week to see how my progression is going and feel free to comment! Any advice would be fantastic!