What Does Work Out Mean To Me

The two of the things that are most therapeutic to me are baking and exercise. I am most at peace when I am in the gym and in the kitchen. So, you can see that I have a constant dilemma! The reason I am not as fit as I should be for as much as I love to work out is because I am lazy and also because I love food and I love to make food. Which brings me to consider a few things.

First, why do I not do the things I love. I love to workout, love yoga and stretching, love dance and cardio, I am starting to love lifting weights and I never do it. I either claim to not have the time or I am lazy and don’t want to make the time. The thing is once I get to the gym or get my workout on, I love it! It really brings me peace; it changes the way that I …show more content…
I would watch my mother and grandmother for hours in the kitchen and it is the place I go when I need to work something out mentally. Creating a meal or baking a dish takes me out of my element, it is meditative. It is a work like no other. When I cook or bake I am focused on the goal of created something good for myself because I love food. This is enough on its own, however it also allows me to feed people I love. I want to make them happy too. I want the food to comfort them the same way it comforts me. So, in a way, it also allows me to do another thing that I enjoy, which is care for other people. Last, it connects me to some of the better moments of my past. I spent years in the kitchen with my mother, aunts and grandmother cooking, baking, laughing, crying and fighting. My fondest memories from childhood took place in the kitchen around creating a meal. It transports me back to that child-like carelessness where nothing else in the world matters but what is happening in the kitchen. This is another joy I rob myself of too often. I know why I do this; I don’t cook so I don’t eat. I stopped cooking as often because I was always on a diet of some