Growing up I was always on the chubbier side but not too much larger than my elementary school peers.
When I was in the 4th grade my parents got a treadmill and I was forced to run 2 miles daily on it after school Monday through Friday. This happened from when I was in the 4th grade until I went to the 7th grade. If I got in trouble (which was somewhat often), they made me run an extra mile on top of that, so a lot of days I was forced to run 3 miles a day. Keep in mind, I’m also a middle child and this was something only I had to do.
I wasn’t allowed to eat a snack, watch tv, or do anything fun after school until I ran my miles. Now like I said, this stopped in the 7th grade after I fell off the treadmill one day and injured my foot. After that I refused to get back on the treadmill.
I started therapy last year to deal with my depressing and the subject of my weight and my hatred of working out came up and my therapist helped me to see that this treatment of being forced to workout and then having to workout extra as a punishment definitely gave me a complex about my weight.
My question is, what are some ways to help me stop viewing working out as a punishment and start viewing it as a tool to help me better my health/life?
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