Keri McKibbin Personal Training

Most of us have experienced a state of “flow”, especially when we workout regularly, eat right, hit the sack early, get plenty of fresh air, have a treat the weekend to balance it out, and everything starts to feel better we move better and less pain in our bodies, its the closest thing we have to being “at one” with ourselves emotionally too, things have rarely been been calmer and happier once we achieve this state.

We have a higher state of mind and we have mostly positive thoughts.

Then “separation” threatens that peace and feeling of well-being. Temptations of all kinds are always all around us.

We start to miss our workouts, then when miss the workouts, we don’t feel so motivated to eat well, we stay up later because we aren’t so tired, and we usually sleep not so well.

Then doubt starts entering our minds.

After all, often the people you work with often discuss their lives, they often eat much more poorly than you, often have a drink a few times in the week and may call you “boring” if you exercise.

Soon enough the pride, satisfaction, and emotional uplift we experienced through our regular gym visits, gets replaced with a lower state of thinking.

Frustration, doubt, unhappiness,  anxiety, depression, a sense of what could have been if we stuck at it, will soon come once we realise eating rubbish most night didn’t make us “happier” or “more fun”, the same thing will drinking more in the week, it didn’t really make us more “fun” that was promised (only one life we have they told us?!), and the severe come down’s after a a few drinks in the week often did nothing for our moods, irritability, emotional health and often our relationships over time too with everyone around us suffering, i’ve seen it happen too many times in too many families, that’s no FUN for everyone involved picking up the pieces.

Temptations are always around us, and its up to us to take responsibility and their consequences.

We can either stay in the “flow” which keeps our lives on an even keel, living in good health without pain or medication and still have a balance with treats fun etc on the weekend, or we give into everything that will take us away from our true peace in life that can ultimately make us happy and healthy which makes us enjoy life for longer, without making endless hospital visits in our later years which are almost always caused by some people’s version of “FUN” (getting the balance all wrong) that turned out to be a massive lie by society and all the advertising you have been bombarded with your whole life.

Everyone has a choice, we are meant to be happy and fulfilled, we deserve that, not insecure, anxious, and feeling disconnected from everything making our lives a miserable one.

Stay in the flow and beware what separation from that lifestyle from that can lead to.

What really keeps you young?

You are young if you still look forward to things in life, you are excited about your future and you still have big dreams and aspirations, and you keep having a go no matter what even if things don’t always go your way.

You surround yourself with positive people who want to get the most out of their life, and those who encourage you to keep going , keep getting stronger, as it’s so valuable in anti-ageing and to keep feeling better.

You move your body out of choice every day, you get fresh air, and you are grateful for your health and everything around you-YOU ARE YOUNG no matter what your “numerical age”.

You are OLD if you think your “best days” are behind you (much more people say this than you think), you complain and moan about “life used to be better” years ago, you complain you have nothing to look forward to and how life has passed you by, and you gravitate towards people who feel the same.

You admire those who are more active even when they are much older than you, but you write yourself off (often without real evidence) saying “I could never do that”, and continue a life of eating poorly and moving very little, which only invites more pain into your body.

Being young versus being “old” often has little to do with numerical age in adulthood, it has much more to do with attitude, lifestyle habits and the company we keep either lifting us up or dragging us down.