Many years ago I exercised for the sole purpose of losing weight and ultimately maintaining a killer physique. Sure, doing so also made me feel strong, energized and completely unstoppable, but in the end, it was all about the build. You see, I had conquered obesity before and was determined to never go there again.
These days, however, my exercise goals are way more grounded.
I have a strong desire to stay healthy and disease free in order to increase the odds of my growing old with my husband, being around to watch my kid grow up and perhaps even being a grandmother some day. Yes, aesthetic benefits are a natural consequence of working out but not necessarily my ultimate objective.
Living in this thin-obsessed world it might be hard to believe that some people’s exercise goals aren’t simply driven by vanity.
