An addiction/obsession to exercise and bodybuilding.

My names Aimee Dcaccia, a second year university photography student and this is a blog to record my exercise and bodybuilding progress from now (mid February) up until May.

I am currently working my way through the contemporary project that has to be completed for then.

Last semester, I explored the subject of 'Addiction'; which covered what and why we feel the way we do as to whatever we 'need' to do to make us feel happy.

Exercise and bodybuilding interests me, along with the people that I have worked with to produce the results of imagery for my final work. 

Before I started up this project, I had no real interest into 'bodybuilding', and had 'little time' for much exercise. I was lazy, and would make excuses as to why I couldn't or what I had to do instead.

However, it has been a month and a day today that I have been attending 'thegym' in Birmingham four times a week, where I complete two hours of lifting weights and two hours of cardiovascular.

You could say I'm being obsessive with the way in which I look, or that I'm addicted to doing this now. The answer- I couldn't tell you.

I do know that I would be annoyed at myself now if I didn't complete this each week and that the people around me majorly influence me. One being my boyfriend.
However in the six months that we have been together, I haven't always been interested in 'bodybuilding' for me.

If anything, I use to find it hard to understand why Matt had to complete this mundane routine each week. I think I finally understand now.
It was a day after my 20th Birthday that I started (16th January), where I would only do an hour of cardio each time. I needed confidence to start lifting weights; I didn't want to look like an idiot in front of experienced people there.

I remember the first day, I was so frustrated that I hadn't done what I set out to do that I cried. Pathetic right?

This new lifestyle meant something to me. I cared. I wanted to be determined; feel stronger; have will power. Do something for myself.
Is it for myself though? Or do I care too much about what people around me think about me?
A month on, and I'm proving all of these.

From this day forward, I will upload a post everyday telling you what workouts I am doing, how I'm feeling, what I'm eating accompanied with an image.

Peace.

Contact sheet of my first shoot.