I had a little epiphany yesterday. I’m the kind if person who is a bit uncomfortable talking about my body and my health goals with other people, and I find it hard to be a killjoy in a group setting. That’s how I usually end up sitting in place, maybe having a drink or eating unhealthy food, because I can’t resist other people. I lost all my hair a couple of years ago, and the change made me pretty uncomfortable about undergoing change that others can see (hello, cancer gossip).
Yesterday I realized that I now have 10 weeks* of seeing almost no people, having most meals at home, and nearly unlimited time to focus on myself. Unless grocery stores start experiencing non-hoarding-related shortages on products, I can still eat whatever I choose, and my previous schedule of eating workday lunches out at restaurants every day isn’t getting me. I have the perfect opportunity of changing my food habits without outside interruptions or temptations. Same goes for my workout habits: the gym is closed, yes, but there’s a ton of body weight stuff and online training I can do at home, and also it’s spring and there are good running trails nearby. ”I’m busy” is really not a valid excuse here.
All this means I have 10 weeks to teach myself new habits and reform my body without anyone actually seeing the process. I’m actually pretty excited by this possibility of working on myself almost uninterrupted. This is probably going to get difficult, but it’s springtime and fresh air, sunshine and a project to throw myself into will also give me something to fight boredom with.
*10 weeks, until the end of May, is what my workplace set as the timeline for all the corona related policies, including remote work as office is banned. All large public gatherings are already prohibited by the Finnish government until the end of May, and while martial laws are currently in effect until April 13th we are estimating they will continue, or at the very least the recommendations for social isolation will.
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/fl5fl3/taking_social_isolation_as_a_makeover_time/
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