6 things I wish I knew before starting my fitness journey
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2024
- Don't make these mistakes! team, in today’s video I wanna talk about six things I wish I knew before I started my health and fitness journey. I hope it helps you to avoid making the same mistakes, so you can achieve your goals quicker, healthier and happier.
hope you all love the video and hope it helps you!
Anna xx
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I'm Anna and right now I'm based in Berlin! here on my channel you'll find videos about healthy food, workouts, fitness, Q&A's, vlogs etc. basically every video should make you feel a little healthier and happier. I have a second CZcams channel, where I share a lot of home workouts (it's called growingannanas).
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as for someone currently in ed recovery it helps so much to hear stories from other women that went through the same things, to just not feel alone with those weird, sick thoughts and behaviors! thank you Anna for sharing, I am a huge fan of everything you do (literally) and am soo happy that you found your way into happiness and freedom! we got this!
Yes, the recovery journey may be long and challenging but it's worth it 😊 the body deserves proper nutritious and healthy food, but t the same time balance for our minds ❤
Anna I had the same experience with you. I weighted myself everyday, and I lost a lot weight, make me looks sick and still thought I was not good enough. I lost my period for half year, and lost lots of hair. However, I’m totally a new me now, I don’t care my weight, I do exercise to make me feel good, and I have good sleep, eat healthy most time. I’m very happy me now❤❤
Hi Anna, I don't know if you read but, I wanted to thank you, because thanks to you today I am starting to see exercise in a healthier way, I have been struggling with my weight for years, due to excessive training I lost my period for 1 year, my hormones went crazy, I restricted myself a lot in my diet, I lost the weight I wanted to lose, but all this process also unleashed me heart problems, thank God today I have psychological and psychiatric help, because dealing with the anxiety of gaining weight because you feel that if you gain weight no one will love you (as you mention in the video) and that your head all day long makes you feel bad about what you eat is not healthy at all. So thank you for your advice and for the peace and joy you transmit when you talk. Greetings from Colombia.😊
Thank you so so so much already for making me realize my mistakes😢 I just started my fitness journey and omg listening to your podcast makes me feel better ❤️🩹 a lot. I am a pre-teen and my family prioritizes less weight a lot and being a plus size I went through a lot where I got bullied by my own family and now I just feel like girls on CZcams are my elder sisters cuz I am the oldest sis and I am said that the oldest sis is a half mother and also that I am going through a lot so thank you 🙏 so so much for being like a big sister… I love you 💕 Anna.
Love this video! As someone restarting their fitness journey after years of all or nothing and then going through a long period of sickness because my body was worn down from other life stressors. Because of your videos, I feel more inspired to listen to my body and how I feel rather than basing my progress on other external factors. Thanks for all you do!
it's soooo important to listen to YOUR BODY ❤ thanks for sharing your story and thoughts with me and the whole community here, means a lot! ❤
I relate to so many things you are saying, I used to make nearly all of those mistakes. I'm proud of myself now for coming this far and leaving my obsessive phase in the past and learning to understand my body better. Thanks for all the help Anna! ❤
you’re amazing, Anna!! thank you for all you do!💗💗
so happy to see this, really inspires me! 💗
When you talk you make people relax
I had stress before watching this but now I'm so much better
Thank you❤
Danke! Thank you for having the necessary courage of sharing your experience put this way. You are very kind and warm. While i am on the other side of the story (being "fat" in my teen and traumatized by society and familiy that i should not be and that is horrible - cca 85kg, 160cm at age 25- loosing weight - aprox 30kg, having regular menstrual cycle but with heavy pain - improving the pain after loosing weight) i am still obsessed with calorie tracking, calorie burning (going to the gym and ignoring sometimes the warm up etc) so i found myself actually still doing those "mistakes". I am improving and I admit that for example the calorie tracking help me staying in a "control" which help me psychologically also(even though i am not that strict anymore), sometimes it becomes unhealthy because in hard days i just look at the number not at the quality of food or drinks. Your shared experience and your honesty will help your followers to get better. Greetings from Romania :) 🎉 I am very happy that i discovered you few months ago but this is the first youtube video that i watch.
Thank you for sharing your journey, Anna. I truly think that many women across the world went through similar incidents like you what you went through!
Lots of love from Türkiye💖
It is so sad the amount of years and months we spendes feeling like crap 🥲 we may have reached our "weight goal" but for me, and probably for a lot of us, that still didn't make us feel better. Luckily there is a lot of movement about what is actually important and healthy. Thanks for sharing Anna ❤
Danke Anna! Das war eine sehr tolle Episode ❤ sehr informativ, interessant und auch lustig. Du bist ein Sonnenschein ❤😊 Danke für diese offenen Worte!
Hi Anna! I love your content! It’s so helpful and inspiring. Thanks so much
You are amazing, You are my idol until 4 years now ! Thank you so much for your workout, I started fitness with you. Now I start the running with you ! Thank you so much for all ♥
I adore Anna she made healthy food look so tasty, she show herself down at times.
You’re the best, Anna ❤ thank you so much for everything you do!!
thank you so much for this ❤ ❤ YOU are the best!
Her honest and contemplating experiences r just the best..thank you so very much for this knowledge anna.. am sure it would be of grt help to many out there...!!❤❤
Hello ! Thank you so much !!!!! People need to know that ! I am 18 and I have already made ALL of these mistakes... I struggle to eat instinctively, I have NEVER had my period, I struggle to have rest days, to socialize... But it is a relief to see that you have gone throught and dealt with of this ❤ my sister is anorexic, she lives in the same house as me, and do about 3.5 hours a DAY of workouts (while having to deal with high school life) so it is even harder to just focus on being "normal" and healthy, and not stressed. I hope she'll see this video...
Thank you ❤ You really do help us ❤
Danke Anna für deine Ehrlichkeit ❤
You are an incredible, strong, beautiful and super smart girl and thank you for all of the positive influence you had on my life.
I love you Anna and thank you for your advice ❤❤
this was so helpful thank you so much, i have always been on and off with working out consistently, but being a student doing so many other things has exhausted me sm that i always am like oh i'm too tired to go workout, but when i do workout i feel so much better yet i still make excuses. i want to feel healthy but am not taking the steps to do it but now that school is out for the summer i want to build my habits, wish me luck 😭
Hey, ich fände es voll nice, wenn du vielleicht ein warm Up Video für vor einem Run machen könntest 🥰
Gracias Anna por tus palabras ☺️❤
Anna thank you so much. Every Sunday I look forward to your podcast n it helps me. ❤❤❤❤❤
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Thank you Anna for sharing your expreriences so sincerely! I found myself over and over again during watching this video and it helps me so much to realize how OKAY I can be with myself and how important it is to listen to my body. Love you and your work out videos! ❤
Thank you so Anna, so helpful!❤
thanks so much for being here ❤
Gracias por traducirlo al español 🎉🎉 wowww que feliz me hace esto!
This is so true. I started my fitness journey in April and I am soooo grateful for all the tips, advice, and warnings people provide nowadays. Before I looked into it, I was barely eating, weighing myself every day, and had set unrealistic weight goals. The healthy amount of weight to lose in a week is usually about 1-2 pounds. If you are losing anymore you are probably not providing enough calories for your body, your body still needs nutrients. Plus you can end up damaging your metabolism which helps you lose weight in the first place. We should focus on helping and not harming, so yes it’s okay to try to lose weight especially if you are overweight (like me) but you should be trying to help your body and not harm it. I’ve instead set a much more realistic goal and still find ways to treat myself. I usually lose about a pound a week (since early May) and although sometimes I give into food impulses I’ve found that I’ve gradually gained more control. I don’t let myself carry guilt either if I have a mess up day (I’ve had 1 or 2) and instead just figure out how to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Danke für deine vlogs!Ich liebs einfach!Dadurch bekommt man einfach viel mehr Einblick "hinter die Kulissen" und gerade das Thema Übertraining ist für mich super interessant,ich erwische mich auch oft zu übertreiben...danke für die Erinnerung wirklich die Balance zu finden zwischen Gesundheit und Zwang❤❤❤❤❤gerne mehr inspos über dieses Thema!Du gibst so tolle Tipps
Thank you so much...very much needed to hear this today! from South Africa
nice fitness journey ahead, Anna! ❤❤
we definitely need a video about period!
unfortunately, now i have the same problem and nobody knows the reason. I suppose that it might be because of diets or smth, but youre experience can really help with understanding not only for me, but for all girls in this situation
Thanks for sharing your story.
i love u Anna
You inspire me so much and i look up to u as a role model i am so excited to watch ur new video, i bet it is awesome
u are such a kind loving respectful funny person Anna and i love every single one of your videos and give u my time to write this because u are awesome you have healed me and made me the happyist that i have been in 2 years i am so happy that i have u as someone that i can watch and know that it is going to make me smile✨😊
hope u see this ♥🥦
Thank you for sharing your story, Anna. I'm glad to finally find someone with a very similar life experience to mine. It is true to regret the years we have missed out on and how poorly we treated ourselves. These years have made me grateful for the present. Atleast we can truly appreciate our lives and health now. Keep spreading your powerful message. I hope so many more women overcome this. God bless ❤
absolutely love this comment, thanks so much and let's be more grateful for the present together. love you ❤
Thanks a lot it really helps me who just start doing exercise recently you are great ❤❤
I love your videos❤share more content related to diet, exercise and fitness 💗
Anna, thank you for sharing your vibrant energy ❤
PS. Adoring your bottle!
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I have been stepping on the scale daily for nearly 20 years and I love it! I don’t care for daily variations but I do look for trends and monthly averages. I can’t afford to not monitor my weight. I also track all food and have been for well over a decade
Thank you for sharing this it has really helped me today thank you ❤
Hello guys, (and Anna!) I'm from Brazil! I've just watched your vlog, and Anna, about your suggestion, doing the vlog about how you got back your period, I think it's a really great idea. I guess many women suffer it when they start their fitness journey, and maybe your tips help us, women, to know more about it. Please, everyone that is reading my comment, give it a like or answer to Anna make a vlog about this sooo important conversation! I don't have my period anymore, and maybe Anna's tips help me and other women with the same problem! Anna, it would be amazing if you read my comment, pleaseeee ❤❤
I really wanted to cry while I was listening to the story, when you say that you really regret about not having the teenage years.
oh don't cry ❤ I still had a wonderful time and the chance to learn soooo much about myself and life! ❤ I just wish I would have had more balance
J’ai tellement été surprise d’entendre ta vidéo en français! Je m’entraîne toujours avec toi dans mon salon mais je n'écoutais pas les autres vidéos parce que mon anglais n’est pas excellent et mon allemand est encore pire😂. En tous cas, merci beaucoup beaucoup de nous aider à grandir. 🥰🍍
Das Video deines Weges, um deine Periode wieder zu bekommen, wäre wundervoll. Wie lange blieb sie aus und nach welcher Zeit hattest Du sie wieder? Hast Du Supplements genommen, was hast Du an Training und Ernährund und Lifestyle umgestellt? Danke vorab freu mich riessig drauf, du bist eine soo große Inspiration! 😊
Anna, I love you! your videos makes me think. I guess it was so important to say this for me. because i made this mistakes too and this information is useful for me. thank you for your kindness and that you share experience with us, you're deserve a lot of! i would love to know how you get your period back and what did you do to return it.
Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is so true about weighing myself every morning but seeing an expected number. I need to stop it.
thank you for your realistic videos 😘
Sabes que me encanta, que pongas el audio en español, muchas gracias 🤗🤗
Anna thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing your health journey 🥰👍 you are kind, caring & passionate 💐🌻🌼
I used to be terrible at stretching but now I do it daily my body is so much better for it
Yesterday was my rest day from working out and if I’m being honest I did feel guilty. I feel like we are trained to feel guilty and sometimes it’s so hard for me to stop my brain from going there and I feel like I just make myself feel bad about myself too much. And it makes it so hard when I go on social media and see all these other people working out and being active constantly. (Even though I know they too must have rest days.) So for me this was a much needed reminder! You are so inspiring and help me feel confident, love you so much Anna! ❤️
You’re not alone❤️ you got this!!!
@HamsterHooper4Life ❤️❤️
Quit Instagram(it helped me a lot) and maybe TikTok if you have, I left CZcams and Whatsapp it works
I don't know how to say this but...were we like sisters in our past life because you make me feel that i have an elder sister who looks after me...i am seriously making these...i mean all of these mistakes and now when i listen to you i just feel so so normal also m taking up notes to just stop and have balance
Thank you anna ❤ you have no idea to what extend m grateful to you 🙏 ❤️
I have an ed and it really changed for me when I talked to a professional about my eating and sport habits and he explained to me the importance of carbs and fats for a female body and how I can take care of my body so I get my cycle back. Now I do cycle-based training so that I only do light movement in my red-week, then harder sport in the proliferative phase and lighter workouts during the secretory phase. Before I only wanted to eat as many vegetables and proteins as possible and now I track my macros more carefully. A little more than half a year later I got my cycle and a good feeling about myself back. I am sooo thankful for that change❤
You’re amazing Anna❤❤❤! Wish I could talk to you about my journey
I also haven check my weight number of scall and i'm improving a lot ❤ love you anna
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I’m the same!! Orange hands, because I also eat lots of carrot and pumpkins. ❤❤❤ I’m better now, just eat balance.❤
Hey, Anna thank you so much for sharing this. Can you plz share more about your bad knee problem. I got diagnosed with Chondromalacia in February. I had to pause my training sessions. Now i am trying to get back. But it's not that smooth as want it to be. Really hard to find some info on recovery and how to train your lower body once you got bad knees😢
Dying to know your book recommendations 😭😭😭🫶
Btw
If you’re a young girl around 11-14 and don’t have a period for about 2-3 months AND (this is important) eating clean, working out and just making good life style changes, it can actually mean your body is trying to grow more! And it’s not a bad thing😁
20:40 Same here... I actually try to gain weight right now to get it back but since I struggle with an ED and depression it's kinda hard😢
in the same boat… we’ll get there eventually!!! 🙏🙌🔥
Ich versuche im Moment ebenfalls meine Periode zurück zu bekommen und es hilft mir so sehr dabei, dir zuzuhören - man fühlt sich so verstanden! 🫶🏼 wüsste gern, wie genau du es geschafft hast, sie zurück zu bekommen, ob du komplett auf Sport, vor allem Cardio/ HIIT verzichtet hast und wie lange es bei dir gedauert hat.
I'd LOVE a video on hormones/a regular menstrual cycle!
P.S.: I bought your water bottle last week ❤
Anna can you please do a curly hair tutorial? They look gorgeous.
Thank you so much Anna🥰🥰 I love your videos❤ I wanna ask about your period How did you get back it pls share your journey. These days I have such a period problems and it'll great help if you let me know what to do😊
Ich mag dieses Video sehr,ich denke es hilft vielen von uns❤ ich würde sehr gerne das Video,wie du deine Periode wiederbekommen hast, sehen❤️
dankeee für dein Feedback und ich werd mir was zum Thema Period, und Hormone einfallen lassen ❤
Thank you for sharing all of this. Could you please share your history of normalizing hormones, how you done it and what resources did you use. Thank you very much🩷
Es muy cierto lo que dices, he aprendido ha no saltarme el pre/calentamiento y también el enfrentamiento luego de terminar mi rutina. Además agrego una o dos veces por semana una buena rutina de movilidad ❤ o Yoga y las tuyas son buenísimas... 😊 Saludos
Hi Anna 💕
Ich liebe deine Videos und dieses Video wahr richtig hilfreich danke für die tollen Informationen 🙏Sending a bog hug 💖
Amazing video, as always ❤😊 Thank you for sharing this.
You’re so sweet anna❤
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Love your videos and vlogs so much❤❤❤❤they help me a LOT😉
you know what I am actually seeing difference in my body after adding strict warm up, cool down routine and rest days
I’m so proud of you 😍 and you can be so proud of yourself! 👏
Anna does YOUR BOTTLE ship to the U.S because when I go to the checkout I can't select the US?? Love your positivity may God bless you 🌷☺️
Really enjoyed this podcast while puzzling it's my rest day.
I hope Next time you talk about the period 🌻🥰🥰 love from Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦
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Please make the video about returning the periods😢❤
Can you please tell us about your sleeping time? How do you do everything in 24 hours..?
I struggle with my period because a stopped the pill and then start losing weight so a video on this topic would be very interesting, what did you do to get your period back ?
I really relate to the rest part. I always felt so guilty when I rested or took a day off, But after watching this I really feel a lot better! Thank you🩷
Hola Anna , si me encantaria,saber como hiciste para recuperar tu periodo, me encanta esa alegria que muestras, de lo que hablaste también e cometido errores , comenzaré a regresar hacer ejercicio, trato alimentarme bien. Saludos desde Perú.
Thank u
Hi Anna! I'm a big fan of yours and I love being active and eating healthy but I also balance it and I give myself rest days. I'm concerned about one thing about me that you mention in your video which is a girl's period. I am about 15 and a half years old and I still don't have my period. All my friends have it and I didn't care much about it since they would always complain about having a period and I would be happy since I don't have to experience it, but in this video you brought up some concern to me. Do you know anything I can do?
Thank you so much Anna. I am in this Phase know but you help me to See that it’s Not Good and I will not be happy when I lose Weight. I Love your workouts and everything. But I dont have and Equipments so I Can do so much of your strenth workouts. Couleur you do a strenght workout without weights. That would be sooo cool 🥹🥰🙂
Does the orange color in hands go away when you stop eating carotene rich foods?
super late and still making these mistakes, but we try
Love u so much 🥰 what did I do to get ur period back? Step by step would be great pls ❤
I struggle with rest days . I’m so sore but I don’t want to rest. I want to keep working. Also with my eating. I try to eat intuitive but I don’t know if I eat enough and it’s all related to my mental health . My mental health is not good right now
love you)
Can you make a video about mental health❤❤❤
Yes please ..do a video about how do we get our period back
But have a question about this case
.. is it nessecary to gain weight ?
It's not necessary for all women, but please please please do not feel scared of gaining weight. I lost my period for 1 year because I was really underweight and trust me, I was terrified, but you cannot live a normal life if you can't accept weight gain. I had to gain 7 kg for my period to come back but it's different for everyone. I know it's scary but sometimes you have to do scary things. I've lost 3 kg now from that weight gain and that's where I feel my best. Think about health, not a number 💕
waiting video with the recipe or something like that :)
I also lost my period for years, and last year I was diagnosed with PCOS. I'm unsure if it is because of my workout routine or nutrition intake. I'm still trying to be healthier, but I haven't managed to have regular periods for now. I'd love to hear your story about how your period came back naturally.
You could have hypothalamic amenorrhea and not actually PCOS. I would recommend a book called “No period, now what?”
@@JoKaier Thanks Jo for your reply and recommendation! Absolutely. I was diagnosed with PCOS last year. It's been a bit hard even just to maintain my weight because I work out almost 5 to 6 days a week, one hour per session, and eat as healthily as I can, but my period still hasn't come for almost 8 months.
I’ve lost close to 20kg in less than 1 year. I’m now 56kg but I still think I’m fat and naughty coz I do enjoy food and wines. And every time I had some drinks, I felt good at the time but would beat myself up so badly the next day! It’s a vicious cycle despite I exercise daily and will have to punish myself not to eat to compensate myself those wines I had the night before… it’s sad
when I was 12, I got my period. But in the same time I started to lose wait, because some people told me that I am fat. Unfortunately, i lost my period:( Now I am 14 and I still don"t have it.
Thank you very much for telling your story and sharing your mistakes💗
I have actually the same problems, unfortunately I’ve noticed it too late, so I hope that other girls will watch your video and won’t repeat all those mistakes❤️🩹🥲
I am 17 years old now and started my fitness journey since 8 year but weight loss journey two years ago and I was doing restrictive diet then it end up slowing my metabolism so I try to eat and I do but I still feel guilty like I float between the skinny fat or slow metabolism (endomorph) thing and found it to figure out the actual way I should be using.
Can you please save my future letting me know if body types are really the things those matter?
You are a beautiful, amazing person. Thank you so much for what you share. I love how real you are. I wish you could be my personal trainer. One day, I hope. I wish you the best always.
In my culture we are encouraged to overeat and be fat thinking it's a sign of cuteness especially if you're fair skin tone
Like skinny culture fat glorification ( chubby culture) was imposed on me and it gave me severe periods cramps and almost reached a hypothyroidism
Now I lost weight eating balanced and getting skinny shamed but I feel better
are u from somalia cuz somali culture obsessed with overeat