Inertia is the concept that a body at rest stays at rest, and although I was never great at physics, this particular theory has always made sense. Recently when I told Jason that I was shocked at how much I’ve changed over the past several months, in mind and body, he suggested it was life inertia. Basically, that I have momentum in a positive direction and as I continue on that path, the momentum picks up. A body in motion will stay in motion.
Life inertia can also go the other way, and I’ve experienced that side as well. When a body is at rest, it’s tough to get moving. Gaining momentum is difficult, and most people can probably relate to the feeling that things are probably not going to change, which dampens motivation. Seven months ago I was feeling pretty hopeless about my obesity. There was nothing in my past that led me to believe I could make a positive change, because every time I’d ever lost significant weight it was because of heavy drug use.
This time, I had an idea of how to make a change because I witnessed Jason making life adjustments that were working. It made sense to join him and change my eating habits. As I lost weight, I was encouraged to stay on the path and keep losing weight, because it feels good to see success. Also, my mood was improving, and I had less drastic mood swings. Despite some serious health crises that Jason went through, we both stayed positive and things are going well.
The conversation about life inertia came after I expressed my surprise about how much cleaning we’ve been doing around the house, and how nice it is to have our space neat and clean. I believe bringing our physical lives in order is moving parallel to the way our mental lives are in order.
I never would’ve have predicted what’s going on with me now, because it’s absolutely a first. I’m interested in exercising. I want to get moving, and sweat, and feel some soreness that lets me know I’ve pushed my body physically. This is a shocking turn of events because I’ve never been interested in exercise. I’ve tried many times to get into working out, but it’s never lasted. I wasn’t excited about it, and I thought it would help me lose weight. It didn’t work because I wasn’t reducing my calories – and it’s pretty basic that you won’t lose weight if your caloric intake doesn’t go down.
It started with going for walks with Jason. We’d walk to the ranch that’s about three quarters of a mile down the path behind our house. That equaled a mile and a half walk, which was pretty unheard of for me. At first it was tough, because the walk starts with a fairly steep hill, but I saw improvement right away when I stopped losing my breath by the top. Now I’m doing yoga, and cardio exercises, and I’m hoping to do some bicycling by next summer.
This model of change has been working so well for me (and Jason) that I want to tell the world about it. It’s a huge part of changing my life, and a fairly advanced part, but one I’ve worked toward for a few years now. It’s amazing, and I don’t see the momentum slowing any time soon.
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The first month is always the hardest. Your mind is fighting an idea of a change but once you get through it – it becomes easy.
For me the gym is also almost nesessary as I’m sleepy in the morning and it helps me wake up and gives energy.