Ha ha, how can you eat so much? Eating is my biggest struggle in training. I'm 1.80 metres tall and according to the calorie calculator I should be eating 3000 calories a day to build muscle, which is impossible for me. I'm happy when I get up to 1500-2000 calories. I just can't eat that much food, especially not healthy food.😂 Same with protein. I'm supposed to eat about 160 grams of protein a day. I'm a vegi, I don't eat meat, so I have to get my protein mainly from whey, beans🤮, eggs, quark and yoghurt. After three years of training I'm so sick of it. I just gulp this stuff down.🤢 And I definitely don't want to bulk up and cut. I'm trying to find a middle ground.😂 You wanted to know how it helps me mentally. To me exercise is not just about building muscle, it's also about building a stronger, more resilient self. (Especially after what I went through.) I think there are two aspects to how it affects my mental health. 1. The biological process: Exercise releases endorphins and several other chemicals, which relieve pain, stress, anxiety, etc. and boost mood & pleasure. I feel good, it improves my mental well-being. (Whether you like it or not, you benefit from it too.😜) 2. The mental process: Exercise gives me a sense of accomplishment and boosts my self-esteem. (I see 💪!😁) It's a reminder of my capabilities, my discipline, and my willpower, and that reinforces a positive self-image and motivation. (e.g. Three years ago I was a physical wreck. I couldn't do a single push-up and now I can do 100, which obviously has an effect on the mind.) I believe that "moving the body" is one of the most important aspects of living a healthy life. You don't even have to work out to enjoy the health benefits. Whether it's a brisk walk in the woods, a challenging yoga session or a night out dancing at the disco😉, any kind of exercise is better than none. (...and it's also an investment in the future for a healthy old age.🙏)
@@patrik_wilhelm how on earth can you eat so little!?!? I'm so envious 😭 I can't believe I forgot to mention endorphines! As I always say: if I can't taste it, I can't feel it 😜 other than the physical energy that working out gives me, I can't feel any happiness or anything positive at all 😜 I really wish I did. And I wish I could relate to what you said about the mental process but I don't. I understand the words that you said but they simply don't create an image that I can connect with. But again, I'm really happy that you feel it because you definitely get more out of it than I do! Knowing that I can do more push-ups than I used to means nothing to my brain 😔 my mind simply doesn't see it as a meaningful achievement to be proud of or even aware of. Lucky you for feeling differently about it 🤩 So yes, not only am I envious of the fact that you don't eat much but also of the fact that you like working out! 😜
@@76-rl18 oh really? Since it's so false I'm sure you can cite something that shows diet is less important than exercise (especially in aging people)....I'll wait 🙂
@@bobbyvelveteen When did I say diet is less important than working out? You must have made that up or something. What’s false about your comment is that working out really isn’t worth it as we age. I’m sure you say that to justify not working out even though you just can’t handle physical stress. Also stop acting like you are so smart with the “oh really?” and then putting a smiley emoji after it is the cherry on top to your stupidity. Amazes me how stupid people like you can be
Ha ha, how can you eat so much? Eating is my biggest struggle in training. I'm 1.80 metres tall and according to the calorie calculator I should be eating 3000 calories a day to build muscle, which is impossible for me. I'm happy when I get up to 1500-2000 calories. I just can't eat that much food, especially not healthy food.😂
Same with protein. I'm supposed to eat about 160 grams of protein a day. I'm a vegi, I don't eat meat, so I have to get my protein mainly from whey, beans🤮, eggs, quark and yoghurt. After three years of training I'm so sick of it. I just gulp this stuff down.🤢 And I definitely don't want to bulk up and cut. I'm trying to find a middle ground.😂
You wanted to know how it helps me mentally. To me exercise is not just about building muscle, it's also about building a stronger, more resilient self. (Especially after what I went through.) I think there are two aspects to how it affects my mental health.
1. The biological process: Exercise releases endorphins and several other chemicals, which relieve pain, stress, anxiety, etc. and boost mood & pleasure. I feel good, it improves my mental well-being. (Whether you like it or not, you benefit from it too.😜)
2. The mental process: Exercise gives me a sense of accomplishment and boosts my self-esteem. (I see 💪!😁) It's a reminder of my capabilities, my discipline, and my willpower, and that reinforces a positive self-image and motivation. (e.g. Three years ago I was a physical wreck. I couldn't do a single push-up and now I can do 100, which obviously has an effect on the mind.)
I believe that "moving the body" is one of the most important aspects of living a healthy life. You don't even have to work out to enjoy the health benefits. Whether it's a brisk walk in the woods, a challenging yoga session or a night out dancing at the disco😉, any kind of exercise is better than none. (...and it's also an investment in the future for a healthy old age.🙏)
@@patrik_wilhelm how on earth can you eat so little!?!? I'm so envious 😭
I can't believe I forgot to mention endorphines! As I always say: if I can't taste it, I can't feel it 😜 other than the physical energy that working out gives me, I can't feel any happiness or anything positive at all 😜
I really wish I did.
And I wish I could relate to what you said about the mental process but I don't. I understand the words that you said but they simply don't create an image that I can connect with. But again, I'm really happy that you feel it because you definitely get more out of it than I do! Knowing that I can do more push-ups than I used to means nothing to my brain 😔 my mind simply doesn't see it as a meaningful achievement to be proud of or even aware of. Lucky you for feeling differently about it 🤩
So yes, not only am I envious of the fact that you don't eat much but also of the fact that you like working out! 😜
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@@izzle8208 😊😜
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@@monicananetti1147 😊
As we age, working out really isnt worth it; its diet that really starts to matter.
@@bobbyvelveteen I'm ready with my chicken and carrots 💪😜
mobility exercises are more important as you age
This is just false
@@76-rl18 oh really? Since it's so false I'm sure you can cite something that shows diet is less important than exercise (especially in aging people)....I'll wait 🙂
@@bobbyvelveteen When did I say diet is less important than working out? You must have made that up or something. What’s false about your comment is that working out really isn’t worth it as we age. I’m sure you say that to justify not working out even though you just can’t handle physical stress. Also stop acting like you are so smart with the “oh really?” and then putting a smiley emoji after it is the cherry on top to your stupidity. Amazes me how stupid people like you can be