Don't Let the Title Fool You

My name is Rebekah and I am a lazy athlete.


I am nowhere near as fit as I used to be in high school. I've gained weight, stopped working out as much, and honestly have simply let life get in the way. In high school, I competed in Track & Field as a Sprinter and Pole Vaulter as well as in Swimming. However, now that I am in college, without the frequency of competing in some sort of sport, my body feels like it has hit a wall and has simply plateaued. And if that wasn't enough, because I don't have sports to motivate me to be in shape, I just don't workout. Or when I do, my workout consists of a 10 minute treadmill run/walk (30 on a good day), and maybe some weights - and even then, my lifting is pretty pathetic.

During my first semester at school, I tore my ACL, MCL and fractured my shin bone during a track meet. The first few months following my surgery were easy when it came to working out. For the first month I had Physical Therapy, which meant that even if I didn't want to workout, I had to. The next two or three months after that, I needed to rebuild muscle that I had lost due to my injury, which was motivation enough to go to the gym. But then school started again and I couldn't find the time to workout, so I just didn't go.

Since then, working out has come in spurts. Some months or weeks I feel really motivated and ready to get back into shape. But the motivation only lasts until I run out of breath running on the treadmill (sad I know). That, or when I do go to the gym I don't know what to do and I lose motivation and become bored fairly quickly. So today I finally took a step that I probably should have taken at least a year ago: I got a Personal Trainer.

The whole purpose of this blog is mainly for me to keep myself accountable by chronicling my 6 month journey with a Personal Trainer. However, if anyone decides to read my blog, I hope that my health/fitness journey inspires other people to take whatever step is necessary for them to become more active and healthy. I am hoping that this new step will finally help me take control of my health again and be healthy.

Now I should explain something. Yes I am doing this because I want to lose weight. But I am not trying to lose the weight because I think I look fat. Sure, I have a muffin top and some belly fat. But these are not my main goals for working out. Lately I've noticed that because of my weight gain, I don't have as much energy to do what used to be easy. I have cravings that are out of control because I have let them get that way. And worst of all, I feel like I'm settling because its a whole lot easier to binge watch on Netflix than to get out and be active. I want to feel comfortable in my body again, not for other people but for me.

For the next 6 months I will be blogging at least twice a week about my training sessions, nutrition, and things that I am improving on or need to continue improving on. This blog is going to be brutally honest. I want people to read my blog and understand that going through this isn't easy or fun all the time. I also want people to see how it works - or maybe doesn't work, but for my own sake I'm really hoping that it does haha. I'm going to get real about the struggles as well as the triumphs.

So don't let the title fool you. Yes I am a lazy athlete. But this will be a guide for any other lazy athlete or  just people in general who need a guide into the uncomfortable world of health comeback. So join me or cheer me on. Either way, it's going to be an adventurous 6 months!