On second thought, i'll only talk about one of my prompts from the last post - the law of proximities. well, it's not so much an actual scientific law as it is a fancy name i thought of for a concept in my head. so you may know from physics that the strength of the gravitational/electrical interaction between two objects is proportional to their masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance separating them. in the former case, gravitational attraction gives rise to things like planetary orbits. specifically, the earth being the distance that it is from the sun allows it to support life as we know it. my spin on this concept is, what if it could be applied to interpersonal relationships as well? not just romantic relationships, but relationships in general. different relationships work best when the people involved are at different distances, like how i've found that i can't spend too much time with certain people, whereas i wouldn't mind living with some others. and if the distance is wrong (either too near or too far), the relationship will be more difficult to maintain. by the way, "distance" here is used in a very generic way. it could be physical or emotional distance...probably a combination of both, actually. specific to me, there is one interaction (i don't even view it as a relationship any more) which is at an inappropriate distance now, and it's affecting me quite a bit because i can't remedy the situation easily.
facebook or some other website gave me an interesting ad recommendation. it was about this book called fit2fat2fit, and it details the author's process of purposely putting on weight (fit2fat) and trying to lose it again (fat2fit), in order to better empathize with his personal training clients. in a way, i think it's admirable that he chose to do that, because he definitely didn't have to "sacrifice" his fitness. it worked out for him too, because *spoiler warning* he succeeded in his challenge, and managed to articulate some things that i'd been feeling, but was unsure if they were valid. i think the main takeaway is that weight loss is a multifaceted process, not just involving the physical aspect of eating right and working out, but also mental and emotional aspects like having support from people around you, not being self-conscious or worrying what others might think (especially while working out), and also being kind to yourself in the process. while i do want to believe that it's possible to lose 30kg in 6 months as he did, i also recognize two key differences between his case and mine: (1) that he started off from a point of being already fit, and (2) that he was only undoing 6 months' worth of "damage". in my case, the last time i would call myself any measure of "fit" was when i was in NS, almost 12 years ago. even then, that would have been somewhat of a stretch. moreover, my "damage" occurred over a much longer time. i wonder though, given that i'm basically free most of the time now, would it be possible to really really dedicate myself to a similarly ridiculous fitness goal? something to think about. the author of the book also wrote that he focused mainly on nutrition for the first month of his fat2fit phase (with stretching and simple core exercises), and he lost 8kg in that month. maybe i'm really underestimating the power of a healthy diet. should consider going back to my boiled cabbage soup/stew thing.
just to give some perspective on this whole thing, i should mention that he did the fit2fat2fit thing in 2011-2012, so it was some time back. he's capitalized on that, it seems, and is now a full-time trainer/coach. in the 8-ish years since he did it, his beliefs have somewhat changed, because his youtube channel has videos talking about the ketogenic diet, and these videos were uploaded more recently. regardless, i think it might be good to challenge myself like that...although it will be hard, as i know from previous attempts. i wonder if keeping a health blog might be a good idea? won't do it here though, it might be boring. plus, if i'm going to post pictures or even my weight as a measure of progress, i don't think i want the world at large to see that. i've just been messing around on wordpress, and my goodness, it's complicated and i don't have as much control over the site design as i'd like. might create something separately on blogger.
i've spent more time than absolutely necessary on this post, mainly because i got distracted by final fantasy and wordpress. i'll publish it now, and talk about other stuff on my mind at a later date.
facebook or some other website gave me an interesting ad recommendation. it was about this book called fit2fat2fit, and it details the author's process of purposely putting on weight (fit2fat) and trying to lose it again (fat2fit), in order to better empathize with his personal training clients. in a way, i think it's admirable that he chose to do that, because he definitely didn't have to "sacrifice" his fitness. it worked out for him too, because *spoiler warning* he succeeded in his challenge, and managed to articulate some things that i'd been feeling, but was unsure if they were valid. i think the main takeaway is that weight loss is a multifaceted process, not just involving the physical aspect of eating right and working out, but also mental and emotional aspects like having support from people around you, not being self-conscious or worrying what others might think (especially while working out), and also being kind to yourself in the process. while i do want to believe that it's possible to lose 30kg in 6 months as he did, i also recognize two key differences between his case and mine: (1) that he started off from a point of being already fit, and (2) that he was only undoing 6 months' worth of "damage". in my case, the last time i would call myself any measure of "fit" was when i was in NS, almost 12 years ago. even then, that would have been somewhat of a stretch. moreover, my "damage" occurred over a much longer time. i wonder though, given that i'm basically free most of the time now, would it be possible to really really dedicate myself to a similarly ridiculous fitness goal? something to think about. the author of the book also wrote that he focused mainly on nutrition for the first month of his fat2fit phase (with stretching and simple core exercises), and he lost 8kg in that month. maybe i'm really underestimating the power of a healthy diet. should consider going back to my boiled cabbage soup/stew thing.
just to give some perspective on this whole thing, i should mention that he did the fit2fat2fit thing in 2011-2012, so it was some time back. he's capitalized on that, it seems, and is now a full-time trainer/coach. in the 8-ish years since he did it, his beliefs have somewhat changed, because his youtube channel has videos talking about the ketogenic diet, and these videos were uploaded more recently. regardless, i think it might be good to challenge myself like that...although it will be hard, as i know from previous attempts. i wonder if keeping a health blog might be a good idea? won't do it here though, it might be boring. plus, if i'm going to post pictures or even my weight as a measure of progress, i don't think i want the world at large to see that. i've just been messing around on wordpress, and my goodness, it's complicated and i don't have as much control over the site design as i'd like. might create something separately on blogger.
i've spent more time than absolutely necessary on this post, mainly because i got distracted by final fantasy and wordpress. i'll publish it now, and talk about other stuff on my mind at a later date.
-random thought of the day: Majorly sidetracked today.-
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