This is hard to explain, but as I got more and more confident in my fitness, other things in my life seemed to fall into place. Even if problems still existed, they seemed less important and less daunting now that I was healthier. Any drama in my life didn't stress me out like it used to, because I knew I was taking care of myself and being the best version of myself that I could be. That kind of out-weighed everything else.
2. Body awareness like whoa.
When you're working towards a fitness goal, you look at your body, a lot. Before I began working out, I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to my body. I never even once noticed being bloated. People talked about it all of the time. "I'm so bloated after I eat this or that." I never experienced that, until I started paying attention to my body by taking progress photos, or generally just staring at my stomach desperately searching for my abs. Any fluctuation stuck out, and it was a good way to measure my body's reaction to consuming certain foods and drinks.
3. Sleep over everything.
I. love. to. sleep. Always have, always will. I prioritize it. I plan my life around it. I always thought I slept pretty well, but I didn't know what I was missing. A major bonus from hardcore workouts is a full night of sleeping like a rock. I would fall asleep earlier, and my quality of sleep was way higher on the days I worked out. Naturally, I woke up feeling awesome, and ready to workout again.
4. Give me all of the healthy things.
Working out is great, but you've probably already heard that you can eat your way out of any fitness routine. Typically if you work out, but eat like crap, you're not going to experience the best results. I'll tell ya, as hard as I was working on my body, there was no way I was going to ruin it by eating crap food. Working out made me want to eat right, and led me to search for the healthiest version of everything. If I was kicking butt in the gym, I wanted to kick butt in the kitchen as well.
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