Health. Fitness. Fitness. Health. Health. Fitness. Both go hand in hand. Some people I've encountered seem to think they can do one without the other, do one to an extreme to compensate for a lack in the other, or in the most extreme of cases do neither, ie eat minimally, and excercise infrequently. I say eat minimally in the sense that they rarely eat breakfast, if at all, infrequently fits in lunch, "don't have enough time" or "I forget to eat", and eat a very, very small dinner, along the lines of "soup". This last option worked to an extent. You see the person's ribs, but no true definition, or tone.
Obviously for someone who has excercised from over-obsessively to a more well sustained schedule, I sometimes envy those who have the capability to deprive themselves to that extent, and are still able to sustain. This, though, is really a discussion for another day.
I've come to love exercise, and eating right was just something that I always wanted to do. You can almost say I have OCD when it comes to fitness/exercise. I've found a way to eat, what I considered, "right" - something like eating packets of oatmeals for lunch, lots of fruits (6-8 fruits before I even go home from work), and strictly veggies/tofu/white meat/fish for dinner. I did this for months, and ran 3-6 miles daily, obsessively. I went from a 115-120 frame to a 108-112 in a matter of months, but something didn't work. I was going to the gym during my lunch hour for pure cardio/weight training, and running an extra 3-6 miles at the end of the day, I was spending so much time focused on exercising that I often found ways to incorporate it even if I had a busy schedule....
... imagine taking 2 classes making near full grade points, working full time with a 1-2 hour commute daily, and still finding time to go to the gym for at least 1.5 hours a day. I woke up at 4:30AM each morning to work out just so I could get to work on time, and went to bed around 9-10PM. I spent a lot of time at the bookstore/coffee shop, and napped anytime and anywhere I could. Those 10 minute commutes to the train station... asleep in a minute.
There was even a time in between those two when I was unemployed... where I went to the gym once in the morning, and once in the evening, at least 1 hour per session, lifting and cardio. I developed some major calves from the machine assisted barbell squats/ leg press machines.
In all of this craziness, I think I finally found my medium. I try to go during lunch when I'm not studying for exams, and I definitely try to go after work/class to work in an hour of lifting and/or cardio. The way I eat has changed drastically in the last two weeks. I decided to go vegetarian. Lacto-ovo-pescatarian. I eat eggs, dairy, and fish. Some wouldn't consider that vegetarian, but that's what works for me. Putting a label on my preferred diet makes it easier for me to choose the foods I put in my body.
