My Journey With Health And Fitness – Encouraging Others

Today has been a great day. My friends offered to take me to their gym and then grocery shopping. That changed my day a bit so I gave myself a 1/2 hour sleep in before doing a 2 hour walk, shower then a 1 hour walk. I then got in an hour of weights at the gym and pushed myself with heavier weights. Then it was many stops shopping but in the end got everything I wanted including 2 really nice steaks for when my husband gets here.

I don’t know about you but for me reading social media right now is really impacting me. I watch what is happening in the USA and I admit I am terrified of the world we are living in. Don’t get me wrong, there are people here in Canada who think all of that is the right way to go. I do not. I was raised to be tolerant and kind. I was raised to help those in need even if I myself need help, Dad’s motto was always remember, there is always someone going through worse. I was raised that my freedom does not come at the expense of other’s freedom. But today that does not seem to be the way the world is going.

But I have found something that really lifts my spirits. Remember a few weeks ago when I talked about spending a day just randomly posting supportive comments on X. I have taken it even further. I have a network of people who are starting their own journey into health a fitness. I try each day to leave at least one supportive comment for these people. I don’t know them, hell some of them aren’t even in North America. That doesn’t matter, what matters is they know that I have been where they are and fought my way back up. I try to make them understand they can do the same.

A couple of examples. There is a 17 year old young man from the UK. A couple years ago he tried to commit suicide. You see he is a big guy and was suffering a mental health crisis exacerbated by the fact he was being bullied. Today he is attempting to be the youngest person to run the entire UK doing so to raise funds for mental health. I like and comment on many of his posts especially when some asshole has made derogatory comments about him. Another example is a recent follow. It is a young man who is on the spectrum. He has started walking to lose weight and get more in shape. He posted the other day that he had taken a day off and seemed to feel guilty about it. You bet I commented to him that he deserved that day and to just get back at it the next day. He thanked me for my support.

And so, I will drown out the horrible things I am reading by encouraging everyone I see on social media who is trying to better themselves. Maybe by doing so I can make the world a better place for someone.