Narrative About Exercise

Kyle Eslami
Becoming a more fit and active person After looking a few years back, I’ve come to realize that proper nutrition and exercising can make a huge impact on someone’s life. Approximately two years ago, I was nearly two hundred and fifty pounds and I didn’t even seem to notice. I was at the age of seventeen and the height of five foot, ten inches; no young adult should ever have this excessive amount of bodyweight. I was having one hell of a time with my senior year of high school, but all fun and games had to come to a halt. I was putting my life, during the prime of my youth, in danger at such a young age. It was time to make a difference, but how did I do it? First, I eliminated any type of bad habits I had picked up over my senior year. Any variation of pop seemed to be my favorite beverage. With pop having nearly fifty grams of sugar per serving, I knew I needed to cut it out of my diet. My new thirst quenchers of choice were water and pomegranate juice. You can’t get any healthier than that. I went a solid month with only drinking these two beverages and I saw some tremendous results. I managed to lose nearly ten pounds within a month without exercising. This is when I realized that eating differently and working
He’s actually the one who encouraged me to start my new healthy lifestyle. We started off with some basic stretches and a short ten minute run. Was it normal that I felt extremely exhausted? After jogging for that short of a period, no person should ever be as winded as I was. I was eating and drinking right, but this showed that my body was physically out of shape. We then proceeded to follow through with the weight lifting. We worked our core muscle groups: chest, back, triceps, biceps, and shoulders. After we finished working out, I immediately knew I was going to have a rough morning due to soreness. This was just another thing I had to get used