How important is fitness to you?

My husband has been incredibly supportive of my need to be healthier and improve my fitness. He has never made me choose between getting in a workout and going out. I may make adjustments to my workout schedule but I am committed to 5 days a week. He has recently started working out again and goes to a different gym and goes at different times. We make it a priority to schedule time for one another and for our friends and family, but also for ourselves. It takes a bit more effort but it's absolutely worth it.

Do you mean looking fit or being fit?

Let's just say that I've made exercise a habit so that if I miss a day I feel guilty. I try to get a workout in about 5x a week. My job is flexible for me to go to the gym during lunch so I go Mon - Fri, and weekends are for myself and hubby.

My hubby is not very exercise driven but he watches what he eats, supports me when I need it on those day I don't "feel" like exercising, and he holds me accountable.

Fitness became a higher priority as I started trying to get healthy. It's still not that high, even when I am doing bodybuilding competitions or powerlifting meets. Fitness is a hobby. So many things come before it on my priority list.

Fitness has been an important part of my life since, well, forever. Or at least since I recovered from my early disordered eating, around 22 years old. But even before that I was definitely into exercise, just not focused on health.
No I wouldn't turn down a party to go work out, because balance in life is also important.

I'm lucky to work at a sports concern, everyone here works out, mostly more than I do, so nobody really fusses if you adjust work hours for a training schedule.

I suppose in a way, it does affect my love life - I am not attracted to guys who don't take care of their bodies. I'm not super picky about it, whatever route they take is fine, anything from whip lean to fit and active but sorta fluffy is inside my bubble (though there are fewer guys like that at my age - the weight does tend to work against you as you get older), and I do also understand that stuff happens, you cannot necessarily count on being able to work out for your whole life, injury and sickness can hit anyone. But I'd not want a guy who just sat around smoking and playing video games, who was not into being fit. This has not been a big restriction, though, as mostly the guys who like the way I look and act are the guys who do take care of themselves?

Where I sometimes fail is diet, I can certainly get in the trap of not eating or thinking that thinner = healthier, which doesn't really scale well once you are thin.

My order of importance....
God-Family-then the rest goes to fitness... Sometimes fitness is a little close to family...but they understand seeing as its my job.

Being fit is important to me in that being fit keeps me healthy and going...regular exercise keeps my blood pressure in check and I also enjoy participating in various cycling events and races for which I would look quite foolish if I wasn't fit.

I would never let my fitness endeavors interfere with my relationships though...my wife and kids come first in my life and my other close friends and family are a close 2nd. I've had to miss rides and gym time due to family obligations...I've had to miss rides or gym sessions because friends were getting together to share in good company and I think that's important too.

Missing some gym time or a ride here and there to take care of my family or to share in good times with my friends doesn't really have anything to do with my fitness...it's not like all of a sudden I'm going to be unfit because I missed my Friday evening gym session to sit pool side with my closest friends and bbq...balance in life is kind of important.

I wouldn't sacrifice relationships for fitness. I have a good routine going. Go gym right after work for an hour and then the rest of the evening I have for friends/family and relarionships
I would def like my next partner to be into fitness though so we could train together and eat the same.
Would make things easier instead of cooking lots of different things for people

kev6686 wrote: »

My question is how highly do you prioritise fitness/gym I'm your life?

When you really think about it, is it something you genuinely love and would put before relationships if it came to the point you had to choose?

I don't love exercise. I don't want to be an athlete or model. I exercise because it is good for me like brushing my teeth. Exercise is 30 minutes to an hour out of my day not hours at a gym every day. I spend almost no money on it.

I have been married 16 years. I have a child. My fitness is not more important than my relationships. I would always choose family. There is time for both though in my life. I choose to do things like walk or play dancing games as a family. Dh has started doing workout videos with me every morning this summer.
I'd let go of friends though who my interests and lifestyle differed from a lot.

You need to find friends/partners who share your interests or compromise on how much time you spend on it.

I don't feel that I should have to sacrifice to get healthy. That line of thinking led me to a lifetime of unhealthy habits and fatness. I never made ME a priority! It was just a month or so ago, a full year into my fitness journey, that I woke up and realized that I'm making myself a priority now.

I guess the biggest relationship that is impacted by my fitness is my relationship with my children. By spending time in the gym, I lose hours with them. However, I feel that my "selfishness" in religiously going to the gym and eating properly for my body and lifestyle goals is an excellent example for them, and the time spent is very worth it.

I think I'm getting to the point where my fitness is second only to (and not put aside for) my career.

Fitness is extremely important if you want to live a long and productive life ... The body is made for moving and what you don't move you lose .. So get active people ....

My fitness is a priority, I am a priority. I also have a job, a husband and 3 kids. If i have 'me' time, i choose to spend it under a barbell. But my family is also active. We go on bike rides, hike, swim, canoe. Worse comes to worse I run atound the playground while the big kids play and the little naps in the stroller. We all make time for it.

esjones12 wrote: »

Those who have hindered or not supported me have fallen to the wayside by natural differences. People eventually stop calling when you turn down drinking invites. Which was fine by me. I have a completely different group of (overly amazing) friends these days. Over time changes have been made and my entire outlook on many topics has changed. I don't see this as a problem at all. I am better and happier than where I was.

I can relate to this. Great points!