My fitness journey

“If you want to learn something or do something instead of doing it some other day just start right away and if you want to get good at something then you must do it every day”.

This line seems to be so underrated but this is one of the most life changing advice any person can give to the other one.

During my childhood days, I was always the fattest kid in the room. As a fat kid I was always bullied throughout my childhood. I always had to face body shaming. Due to continuous bullying I did not have any confidence, had less friends and was not good at sports or any other extracurricular activities.

At class 9 in December of 2014, I finally decided to change it and started working out. I started with basic pushups and I could only do 2 of them. But I was so motivated to change my body that I started doing it regularly. After a week of continuous training, my hands were so sore. But I kept on going after 2–3 months of continuous pushups I started to see the changes. At grade 10 the same fat kid was not fat anymore, I was a bit leaner and had some muscles too. I continued to exercise but my workout only consisted of pushups and abs workout. After grade 10, as I was already leaner, I was not motivated as much as I was before. I started skipping workouts and started being lazier. At grade 11, I was involved in sports and I loved playing cricket. So, as a physical exercise I used to only play cricket. I used to do pushups sometimes if I wanted to.

Slowly a year passed by and I was at grade 12. I finally decide to go to gym. During July of 2017 I got my first gym membership. I used to workout properly but I would not give attention to my diet. Exams were also approaching during that time so instead of going to gym which was 30 minutes away from my home, I insisted on doing workouts at home. I went to gym for up to 3 months and after that to focus on my studies more I left my gym. At home I did not want to work out because I was not enjoying working out at home. Slowly then I became lazier and started skipping workouts. I was slowly turning into that same fat kid as before. While wearing a t-shirt I seemed to look fine but I knew I was turning into a fat person. During that time, more than my physical fitness I was focused on other things. My study was also not going well and I was not able to focus properly. Slowly all the muscle I had gained were turning into fat and I could see the stretch marks appearing around my whole body. After seeing all of that stretch marks I again started to workout but not in a disciplined way. I used to do 30–40 pushups 2 times a week only as a workout. I was not getting any changes nor was I gaining any body fat. I was not concerned so much as all of my YouTube and Instagram feeds were changing from Fitness based channels to other entertainment based channels. This process went on continuously and I was putting my weight on and on.

At June of 2019 I got my first 9–6 job which made my body worse as I gained 10 kilos during the summer of 2019. I was not working out at all, I used to eat a lot of junk food and I would enjoy it a lot. I left the job after 4 months because I had to return to college as the summer break had just ended. I was so insecure about my body during that time that I always used to wear big sized clothes to hide my body fat. After that finally In January of 2020 as a New Year resolution I starting going to gym again. I went to gym for around 2 months and finally as I was starting to lose my body fat, corona virus pandemic was uprising and all the gyms were shut down.

After that it started getting worse. I never did any physical activity for months and I was slowly getting obese. Other people had resolutions during the lockdown but I was never focused in doing physical activities. I was so much insecure about myself during lockdown that to create a delusion that I was not fat I was growing my beard long. I used to never cut them. But one day after the lockdown had ended, I had to cut my beard for personal reason and I finally cut my beard. After that all of it changed. I looked so chubby that I hardly recognized myself. All the stretch marks around my body were increasing. I would see other people transformation video and their progress during the lockdown. After that I was so ashamed of myself that I decide to make a change. So from the beginning of November 2020, I started working out regularly. The same who could do 50 pushups in a row was finding it hard to complete 25. I had to start all of it from basics. I started working out regularly and started fixing my diet too. I removed all the junk food and started eating healthy. I started doing whole body workout as I researched more about calisthenics too. After doing it daily I got attached to calisthenics. I could not do 4 pull-ups in a row but by working out regularly and continuously I could do 11 in row and my pushups also went back to 50. I was doing my full body workout and focusing on my cardio too. I started doing HIIT workouts as my cardio. Slowly I started seeing changes. I was 89 kilos at the starting of November of 2020 but until February of 2021 I lost 10 kg of fat. It had to be one of the best feelings. I got motivated to push myself and I was also able to focus on my studies more. Then slowly in no time I realized that it had turned into my habit and I am so happy that finally after all these years I finally have workout as my daily habit.

At the very end I want to conclude by saying 30 minute workout a day will always be beneficial. Instead of looking for motivation just start exercising. It is the best way to heal yourself mentally and physically. So at last throughout these years I learned that the repetition is the mother of learning and instead of looking for motivation just start doing it and make it a habit. It is the most easiest way towards success.