Hey guys Ziggy here.
How have you all been. I haven't really been getting comments but I love the messages people have sent me so far on my two new books! Well I guess after not being active for over a year I have to get myself out there a little more.

Going with the recent them I introduced, today's blapter is about how to start working out. For me between eating clean and working out, I've always preferred working out. Now I know that may sound shocking but I 100% much rather eat that cake and then spend two hours at the gym than just avoiding it. I don't know why? Maybe it's because I feel like I'm missing out on something.................

I started working out about two years ago. It wasn't because I wanted to lose weight but it was because I found the workout fun. I did it everyday because it was just a source of enjoyment for me. Like watching a new Netflix series (but much harder ;P). I worked out religiously then but now I think I sort of cooled it down. It was probably because I really amped up my workouts over the summer last year but then when school started I didn't have the time or energy to continue that way. And then whenever I pushed myself, I just wasn't having as much fun as I used to. It felt like I was only working out so I could say I worked out and I could get those "Wow you've lost so much weight" comments. It was a vicious cycle and it almost drove me completely from exercising because I felt like I had too push too much. To the point that I was hurting myself. I severed my hamstring, I sprained my ankle numerous times. It was bad. Now, I'm sort of rehabilitating myself but I realised that it truly is all in the mindset.

Working out also helped me forget things that were bothering me at home, school or just in general with myself. It is such a remedy for everything I guess but I think most of you guys had heard all of this before. I don't want to preach to you about how beneficial exercise is and how it changes your body and your life. You just don't need it. It makes you work out for the wrong reasons and it just weighs down on your mind. Soon you become the person that constantly is sad, watching weight loss videos on YouTube going

"Ugh, I need to go on a diet. I need to work out. I need to lose weight".

All the time without doing a thing. And trust me. It is irritating. Not just for the people around you but for you yourself because you know you ant the change and you know what to do. All that's left is to do it :).

Now for the all important question time.

How do I start working out?

Answer:
Work out for you. Find a workout that you have fun doing, something that isn't too hard for you and you enjoy doing and just stick to it. Don't let anyone affect your choice whatsoever. If people are saying you should work out but you don't want to at all, though I am against the idea, you shouldn't. If you are pushed to do anything that isn't natural then you will never be happy with it. It's all to do with the mind <3.

From your protective penguin in disguise,
Pengu124