Exercise and Healthy Eating
Any new lifestyle change like exercising and eating healthy can seem overwhelming at first, but the results you get from sticking to it is amazing. Take it one day at a time, one healthy choice at a time. Stay with it and you’ll thank yourself later.
ARE YOU ANNOYED by people who look like they enjoy exercising? What about people who eat healthy with little to no effort? You may be asking yourself why it’s so easy for them but such a struggle for you. Well, the reason is simple: Time!
The longer you follow the healthy lifestyle, the easier it becomes and the best part is that you will actually start to enjoy them. Trust me, you may find it hard to believe but that happens. If I went back in time and told me from 7 years ago that I’d be exercising, eating healthy and embracing the healthy lifestyle, the old me would’ve laughed at my face.
The main problem is people look at exercising as something they have to do rather than something they want to do. And that needs to change. Your first step in getting to that healthy place is to change your attitude.
What does a healthy lifestyle look like? For some, it looks like a life without any fun. You have to wake up early in the morning, slog through boring and long workouts, avoid going out to eat and spend time drooling over your friends food. What kind of fun is that? At first, it may look like you have to give up everything to lose weight. But the thing people don't understand is the fact that the changes that it brings to your body and mind are meaningful and satisfying. Also, the occasional momos and junk food after you lose a few kilos won’t hurt you in the long run.
What to Enjoy About Regular Exercise
If you’re new to exercise, it may not cross your mind that working out will be something that you’ll look forward to. During the first few weeks of exercise, your body and mind will rebel against you but once you start getting the hang of it, you’ll start craving for your workouts.
You’ll start to appreciate your body
It takes a few weeks or months to see improvements in strength and endurance when you start exercising. Once you feel that you’re improving, you get excited about your workouts, wondering how much you’ll lift next time or how fast you’ll run.
Everything gets easier
Carrying groceries, doing household work, running around with the kids, going up and down the stairs. Life will get much easier for you with your new found energy
Your confidence grows
The more your work your body, the more your body can do and follow through on your exercise goals and lets you know about believing in yourself. That self-trust and confidence is a key ingredient to a healthy life.
Your health improves
Exercise can help with diabetes, heart disease, depression, anxiety, cholesterol and protect you from certain types of cancers. Work out, invest in your body and the results will follow.
Role model for people around you
Once you start exercising and people start to notice the improvements, it may motivate them to exercise and eat healthy as well. You can become a good role model for people around you and have a positive impact on their lives.
What to Enjoy About Healthy Eating
Here’s what will happen if you keep maintaining your healthy diet. Here's what will happen if you keep maintaining that healthy diet:
Your Priorities Change
The way your body feels after a healthy meal will become more apparent to you and you will choose it over the instant pleasure of having something loaded with fat and sugar.
You’ll enjoy healthy food
Hard to believe but it actually happens. You can instantly tell the difference between having some chips versus having some baked potato and experience how your body feels after having healthier meals.
You’ll enjoy your favorite foods more
Instead of having them several times a week or maybe even every day, you might partake once a week or few times a month and savor it even more.
You’ll see food in a different light
Food becomes fuel for you rather than something that controls your life. Once you start exercising, you’ll learn how foods can affect your workouts. Soon you’ll want to improve your workouts which will motivate you to eat better.
People around you will benefit
Even if you’re the only one eating healthy, these habits will rub off on people around you. You can become a good role model for your kids, parents and friends.
These changes come over time. It may take you weeks, months or years of slowly changing your habits and choices.
If you keep trying your best, there’s a better life ahead of you. It may not seem that way in the beginning, which is one of the main reasons people quit before they can experience these changes. Any new lifestyle change can seem overwhelming at first, but the results you get from sticking to it is amazing. Take it one day at a time, one healthy choice at a time. Stay with it and you’ll thank yourself later.
