Mmene Kuthamanga Kunandithandizira Kugonjetsa Vuto Langa Lakudya

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Chodabwitsa chokhudza matenda anga ndikuti chidayamba pomwe ine sanali kuyesa kuchepetsa thupi.

Ndinapita ku Ecuador mchaka changa chomaliza kusekondale, ndipo ndimangokhalira kusangalala ndi mphindi iliyonse yaulendowu mpaka sindinadziwe kuti ndataya mapaundi a 10 m'mwezi womwe ndimakhalako. Koma nditafika kunyumba, aliyense adazindikira ndipo kundiyamikira kunayamba kulowa. Nthawi zonse ndimakhala othamanga ndipo sindimadziona kuti ndine "wonenepa," koma tsopano popeza aliyense amandiuza momwe ndimawonekera, ndidaganiza kuti ndiyenera mawonekedwe owonda pang'ono pamtengo uliwonse. Malingaliro awa adayamba kukhala okonda kudya komanso kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndipo ndidatsika mpaka mapaundi a 98. (Zogwirizana: Kodi Thupi Loyang'anitsitsa Ndi Chiyani Lili Vuto?)

Nditamaliza maphunziro, ndinakhala semester ku mayiko ena akuphunzira ku London ndisanakhale koleji ku Upstate New York. Ndinkasangalala ndi ufulu wokhala ndekha, koma kuvutika maganizo kwanga—komwe ndinali ndikulimbana nako kwa chaka chatha—kunali kukuipiraipira tsiku ndi tsiku. Kulepheretsa zomwe ndimadya ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe ndimamva kuti ndikutha kuzilamulira, koma ndikamadya pang'ono, ndimakhala ndi mphamvu zochepa, ndipo zinafika poti ndinasiya kugwira ntchito kwathunthu. Ndimakumbukira ndikuganiza kuti ndiyenera kukhala ndi nthawi yamoyo wanga, chifukwa chiyani ndinali wachisoni kwambiri? Pofika Okutobala ndinayamba kuuza makolo anga ndipo pamapeto pake ndinavomereza kuti ndikufunika thandizo, kenako ndinayamba kumwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo.

Kubwerera ku US, ma meds adayamba kukonza malingaliro anga, ndipo kuphatikiza izi ndikumwa ndikumwa zopanda pake zomwe ndimadya (Hei, zinalikoleji, pambuyo pa zonse), zinapangitsa kuti kulemera komwe ndidataya kuyambiranso kuwunjikana. Ndimaseka kuti m'malo mopeza "munthu watsopano 15" ndidapeza "kukhumudwa 40." Nthawi imeneyo, kupeza mapaundi 40 chinali chinthu chathanzi panyama yanga yofooka, koma, ndinachita mantha-malingaliro anga osokonezeka pakudya sanathe kuvomereza zomwe ndinawona pakalilore.

Ndipo ndi pomwe bulimia idayamba. Kangapo pa sabata, pantchito yanga yonse yakukoleji, ndimadya ndikudya, kenako ndimadziponya tulo ndikugwira ntchito maola ambiri nthawi. Ndinkadziwa kuti zafika poipa, koma sindimadziwa kuti ndisiye bwanji.

Nditamaliza maphunziro anga, ndidasamukira ku New York City ndipo ndimapitilizabe kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi. Kunja ndinkawoneka wopanda thanzi; kupita kumalo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi kanayi kapena kasanu pa sabata ndikudya zakudya zochepa. Koma kunyumba, ndinali nditadya ndi kusangulutsa. (Zogwirizana: Chilichonse Chimene Muyenera Kudziwa Zokhudza Kuchita Zolimbitsa Thupi)

Zinthu zidayamba kusintha pomwe, mu 2013, ndidapanga lingaliro la Chaka Chatsopano kuyesa kalasi imodzi yatsopano yophunzitsira sabata. Mpaka nthawi imeneyo, zonse zomwe ndidachita ndikungodumphira pazitali, ndikutuluka thukuta mosangalala mpaka nditafika pena paliponse pa kalori. Cholinga chaching'ono chimenecho chinasintha moyo wanga wonse. Ndidayamba ndi kalasi yotchedwa BodyPump ndipo ndidayamba kukonda zolimbitsa thupi. Sindinathenso kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kuti ndizilange kapena kungotentha ma calories. Ndinali kuchita kuti ndipeze wamphamvu, ndipo ndinasangalala ndi maganizo amenewo. (Zokhudzana: 11 Ubwino Waukulu Wathanzi ndi Wolimbitsa Thupi Wokweza Zolemera)

Kenako, ndinayesa Zumba. Amayi mkalasiyo anali amanjenje-onyada matupi awo! Nditayamba kucheza kwambiri ndi ena a iwo, ndinayamba kudabwa kuti aganiza bwanji za ine nditasakayika pachimbudzi. Ndinachepetsa kwambiri kumwa mowa mwauchidakwa komanso kusesa.

Msomali womaliza m'bokosi la vuto langa la kadyedwe unali kulembetsa kuti ndithawe mpikisano. Ndinazindikira mwachangu kuti ngati ndikufuna kuchita zolimbitsa thupi komanso kuthamanga, ndiyenera kudya bwino. Simungathe kufa ndi njala ndikukhala wothamanga wamkulu. Kwa nthawi yoyamba, ndidayamba kuwona chakudya ngati mafuta mthupi langa, osati ngati njira yodzipindulira kapena kudzilangira. Ngakhale nditakumana ndi zowawa zopweteketsa mtima, ndimayendetsa malingaliro anga ndikuthamanga m'malo mwa chakudya. (Zokhudzana: Kuthamanga Kunandithandiza Kugonjetsa Nkhawa ndi Kupsinjika Maganizo)

Pambuyo pake, ndinalowa mgulu la othamanga, ndipo mu 2015 ndinamaliza New York City Marathon kuti ndipeze ndalama za Team for Kids, bungwe lachifundo lomwe limapereka ndalama ku New York Road Runners Youth Programs. Kukhala ndi gulu lothandizira kumbuyo kwanga kunali kofunika kwambiri. Chinali chinthu chodabwitsa kwambiri chomwe ndidachitapo, ndipo ndidamva kuti ndili ndi mphamvu kuwoloka mzere womaliza.Maphunziro a mpikisanowu adandipangitsa kuzindikira kuti kuthamanga kumandipatsa mphamvu yakulamulira thupi langa mofananamo momwe ndimamvera pamavuto anga akudya koma mwanjira yathanzi. Zinandipangitsanso kuzindikira kuti thupi langa ndi lodabwitsa komanso kuti ndimafuna kuliteteza ndi kulidyetsa ndi chakudya chabwino.

Ndinafunitsitsa kuchita izi, kotero chaka chatha ndidakhala nthawi yayitali kuthamanga mipikisano isanu ndi inayi yomwe ikufunika kuti ndiyenerere 2017 New York Marathon. Imodzi mwa iyo inali SHAPE Women's Half Marathon, yomwe idatenga chiyembekezo chomwe ndidalumikizana nacho kuthamanga mpaka gawo lina. Ndi mtundu wa azimayi onse, ndipo ndimakonda kukhala pakati pa anthu azimayi olimbikitsa. Ndimakumbukira kuti linali tsiku labwino kwambiri masika, ndipo ndinali wokondwa kuthamanga liwiro ndi amayi ambiri! Pali china chake cholimbikitsa kwambiri pakuwona azimayi akusangalatsana pa-azimayi oyimira mtundu uliwonse wamthupi womwe mungaganizire, kuwonetsa mphamvu zawo ndikukwaniritsa zolinga zawo.

Ndikuzindikira kuti nkhani yanga ingamveke yachilendo. Amayi ena omwe ali ndi vuto la kudya amatha kugwiritsa ntchito kuthamanga ngati njira ina yowotchera zopatsa mphamvu zowonjezera kapena kudzilanga chifukwa chodya-ndinali wolakwa pa nthawi imeneyo pamene ndinali kapolo pa elliptical. Koma kwa ine, kuthamanga kwandiphunzitsa kuyamikira thupi langa pazomwe lingathe chitani, osati kungofuna njira mawonekedwe. Kuthamanga kwandiphunzitsa kufunikira kokhala wolimba komanso kudzisamalira ndekha kuti ndipitirize kuchita zomwe ndimakonda. Ndikanama ndikananena kuti sindisamala za mawonekedwe anga, koma sindimawerengera zopatsa mphamvu kapena mapaundi ngati gawo labwino. Tsopano ndimawerenga mamailosi, ma PR, ndi mendulo.

Ngati inu kapena munthu wina yemwe mumamudziwa ali pachiwopsezo kapena akukumana ndi vuto lakudya, zothandizira zimapezeka pa intaneti kuchokera ku National Eating Disorders Association kapena kudzera pa foni ya NEDA ku 800-931-2237.

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