The cost of being Healthy

We all know the benefits of working out, but what about the costs?

It’s not something you think about at first right? When you start out you put on some old clothes and go for a walk!

Well that’s great but then you realize that your feet aren’t as happy about the walk as you are and you realize you probably need new shoes. It only makes sense right? You weren’t walking this much before, so you didn’t really notice that your shoes probably weren’t the best for all that walking.

OK so new shoes, your wallet isn’t feeling great but your feet sure are! You get over the hit to your wallet, push through and keep up your new walks, great!

So now you’ve been walking a while and you wanna step up your game. How would you do that? Find some free exercise videos on YouTube! Great you can keep pushing.

Until you notice you’re not getting as strong as you want to be. So maybe you should get some weights, and Holy cow $$$$. OK maybe buying a bunch of weights may nit be the right call maybe you should join a local gym! But again $$$$ ouch. Plus the gas and motivation it’ll take to get yourself out of the house!

OK you but the bullet and got some weights, your wallet is now a lot lighter but hey you’re making even more progress than before! Wonderful!

After a while though, doing your same old routine, you get bored. You start neglecting your walks, your weights, and you just can’t keep up the motivation. That expensive weight set keeps staring at you though. And those expensive shoes judge you each time you leave the house in your comfy old loafers.

So you look around and see what else is out there, maybe that gym idea wasn’t so bad. Or maybe you could join a fun workout class like kickboxing or zoomba!

It’s easy to say that you’ll do whatever it takes to lose weight. Unfortunately it’s not always that easy, people need novelty to keep themselves engaged (I know I do). The worst part about novelty in working out is it come with a very large price tag.

So make sure you look around you for activities that may be free! I joined a sports group on MeetUp that was free, fun, healthy, and engaging! The only problem with that now is that it’s winter. But I know this group will be there for me in spring.

Get social with your workouts, ask friends to workout with you. Maybe workout with other friends via video chat, find fun free activities you can do together that are still healthy. Take advantage of sales that local gyms may have where you can sign up for a class for a month at a discount.

These things are out there, you just have to look.

It can be hard to drop a lot of money on workout supplies and equipment or classes. It will be worth it but it’s not always feasible, don’t get discouraged though! Do what you can when you can and it’ll always be better than giving up.

I myself am pretty bummed that November is almost over. The gym I’m trying kickboxing at had a promotion that was $30 for a full month of kickboxing, as many classes as you wanted.

I know when the month is over even with their black Friday sale, I doubt I’ll be able to financially keep doing it. Which makes me sad because I do really enjoy it.

I’m grateful for the experience though, and on the off chance their black Friday sale is extremely discounted, I’ll know from this trial that I’d want to keep going!

Do what you can when you can and never give up.