Hey there forum! truth to tell, I haven't tried to maintain a solid workout or diet routine in quite a while. For the greater part of this year, I have been suffering from Acute Stress Disorder, so was kind of detached from all sorts of activity. Things have gotten a lot better nowadays, and I've regained my old routine. Which doesn't contain workout, by the way. I am 22 and majoring in microbiology, so the university pressure is almost perpetually high. Plus, I have quite a few research interests and other stuff which keep me somewhat busy. The thing is though, I'm horrible with routines, so most of the time I'm not really busy in the productive sense, just "overoccupied". I never felt the motivation to organize my daily activities in terms of priority, and even when I did, it was terribly short-lasting. In addition to all this, I feel the need to get in shape, but negative thoughts about not having anything else done always preoccupy me. Thoughts about workout precipitate at the bottom of my mind like so many other items on my to-achieve list. So if I were to describe my condition in one sentence, it would be: I'm struggling with all-around lack of consistency. Not just with fitness, with everything important that's going on in my life- exams, my research interests, social relations- you name it. The reason I opened a new thread is because unlike the other threads I've been seeing, I have no idea how to go about this fitness thing. Where I live, the "gym" culture (much less the "personal trainer" culture) isn't as widespread, and viewed as more or less exotic. That leaves me absolutely clueless as to where to begin, or form a non-virtual support group. Hopefully this forum will help! Cheers Shamol
