The Why

What an amazing blessing it is to have a body. 

It is funny how exercise, the thing that most people dread, is actually extremely vital for our bodies. After not exercising in a while, I ran today in the snow! I felt how much my body missed exercising. With each step it was like my legs and lungs were saying, "Thank you! Thank you so much!" It actually made me feel pretty bad, thinking I had neglected them for so long. 

Earlier this week I had a mini freak out about what I was doing with my life. A quick update, I just got married, moved to a different city, and transferred universities. My new University doesn't have what I was previously studying so I am now having that "WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE??" moment again. 

I have been putting pressure on myself to find and pick a major again, but that, like it always does, gave me unwanted and unnecessary stress and anxiety. So it felt extra good to allow some of that stress to be pounded out through exercise. 

I asked myself today what motivates me to exercise? What motivates me to have a healthy lifestyle? Why is it so important to me? 

1). It is vital to my health and happiness. Since I hadn't exercised in a while I asked my husband (now my new cheerleader) to remind me to exercise for my health and happiness. 

2). I have learned too many truths about taking care of our bodies to ever let it slip from my mind. I can't go too long without exercising because there is a voice inside of me that tells me I am misusing the gifts (body and truth) I have been given.

And 3). As the option and desire for a family is ever present in my life I feel a responsibility and obligation to take care of the home that will be my children's. From the moment they are conceived to the moment they are dead my children will depend on me. This means I need to be in a good physical condition to fulfill their needs. 

There is one thing that I have to constantly remind myself of. This "healthy" that I am trying to maintain is not physical perfection, it is physical wellness. Their is no physical perfection. That athletic body that is flashed everywhere is not required to have healthy babies and to remain healthy myself.  

I hope everyone is able to stick to their healthy goals this year! I know that, again, I am going to try to keep exercising through the freezing cold winter. 

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