04: you are what you eat

i love this saying and i’ve been thinking about it a lot recently, not just in the context of diet but the things you consume on a daily basis as well. when it comes to diet it’s pretty straight forward, if you eat crap food you’ll probably feel like crap, if you eat well you’ll probably feel well. there’s a lot more that can be said about this but i’ll save that for another day. something i think doesn’t get talked about enough are the impact the things you consume on a daily basis have, i’m talking the television show’s you watch, the social media feeds you follow, the people you hang around, the way you talk to yourself on a daily basis, on your physical health, attitudes, and mental health.

recently i’ve been taking stock over my own life and seeing what i spend the majority of my time doing and the findings were pretty interesting. initially i figured i spent the majority of my day moving, being a trainer i’m on my feet for multiple hours a day then I’m working out then walking to and from various places and so on. however, when i looked objectively at the 24 hours in my day i realized that i spent a good amount of time sitting, on social media, watching sports, or netflix shows. i couldn’t believe it. i realized that from having an active job I was absolutely spent after and needed a recharge. my issue is not the recharge itself but the fact that I allowed that recharge to extend to prolonged periods of inactivity. it’s no wonder i was feeling out of shape, slow and lethargic. i was spending my days like someone that would feel out of shape, slow, and lethargic.

this isn’t to say that you need to spend every day on your feet doing something —you need periods of relaxation and decompression. but what do those periods of relaxation entail, on average? is it spent binging netflix shows or watching podcasts, scrolling on social media or reading a book, obsessively working on your business or playing guitar/pursuing a creative hobby?

you don’t need to be “locked in” 24/7, that’s not healthy, instead it may help to employ this exercise and see how you’re spending your days on average. this is just like working out, you don’t need to be at the gym every day to see results but instead, you need to look at the average of your time in the gym across multiple weeks. if you goal is four times a week and you’re averaging 2 or 3 then don’t be upset if you don’t hit your goals.

i say all of this with love and to help you become the best version of yourself.

:)