Making Time for Your Health

Before I entered college I was a beautiful size 9. I liked my size but I thought I would lose 10 pounds because there was a gym right across the street from my dorm. But, 4 years later I am just getting back to my size 9.

After gaining almost 20 pounds in college, this Januray I decided I had had enough. My new years resolution was to work out 6 days a week until I reached the size I wanted to be. I did not change my eating habits but I upped my workout time to at least 1 hour and 30 minutes a day.

Four months later people are starting to comment on my weight lost saying I am disappearing but they did not know me when I first entered college. A lot of people are asking me what is my secret and I tell them not making any excuses. For three years I did not workout because I did not want to mess up my hair or I did not want to go to the gym by myself. I would say I was to busy with school work, taking a nap, or hanging out with my friends.

Before I got serious about my weight lost, I would make up anything to not face reality about my new body. At first, I lied to myself about my weight. I would pretend I was the same size. After I could not wear my jeans anymore, I would only wear sweat pants. I stop taking pictures because I looked so big in them. But, I would reason with myself by saying I was not really that big, the camera just added a few pounds. At my biggest point, I stopped looking in the mirror and said at least I have a pretty face and guys like thick chicks.

The turning point in my life was after I joined a hair website called hairlista to regrow my hair. I was like it I can spend all this time on my hair I need to spend some time on my body. Long hair does not improve one's health at all and it does not buy anyone time on earth.

Ladies and gents we must make time for ourselves overall. It really bothers me how much money African American women will invest in beauty and hair products but not spend anytime focusing on their body. We can attend church two to three times a week for at least 10 hours in total but will not go to the gym to save our lives. I happy I am figuring out how to balance school, my hair, and my health...kinda.