fitness journey

Successful fitness / weight loss journey differs from person to person. After achieving the target, people share their experiences to make it easy for others. But still everyone has to go through most part of the journey. I will give my perspective of what I have learnt so far. 

I never cared about my fitness until 2020 as I was not very obese and also I was active. Then I started with the target of reducing belly fat. I did badminton and marathons but did not change my diet. These cardio activities along with home food helped a lot. But I didn't realise that I also lost muscle.

Then I did yoga and meditation. It added body flexibility and mind relaxation. And also continued badminton along with cycling cardio. I felt energetic but still did not gain my muscles. 

Based on multiple YouTube videos, I started with weight training excercises along with badminton and cycling cardio activities. But dropped yoga and meditation, losing the flexibility training.

I think we need all four - cardio activities, weight training, yoga and meditation - for a healthy fitness journey. It may be difficult to follow all four everyday. But we can do in a cycle, 2-3 types of activities at any point of time and changing them every 3-4 months. Ofcourse follow healthy diet all the time :)