5 HEALTHY HABITS TO LOOK GOOD IN YOUR JEANS
5 healthy habits to help you on your way.
The pandemic experience of the past year has resulted in many of us carrying around an extra 10 – 20 pounds. It’s no one’s fault, it’s just the math behind the calories taken in and the calories expended. That trip from the kitchen table Zoom meeting to the fridge will barely even show up on your step counter. However, those extra calories from that quart of ice cream will.
Binge-watching Netflix has meant we don’t even have to leave the house anymore but watching “Outer Banks” without a bowl of chips and dip, c’mon.
So, where is all this madness going to end?
Things are getting better health-wise for sure, but the habit of exercise has suffered severely, partially because of the temporary closing of fitness clubs but also because we gave ourselves permission to just let it go.
Life is short and all too often the results we want are only available in the long run but as the light at the end of this health crisis tunnel begins to shine we are now revisiting our motivations for a healthy weight, a lower body fat percentage and higher skeletal muscle mass.
The top 3 Google searches related to fat loss are:
- How to lose weight (550,000 searches a month)
- How to lose weight fast (301,000 searches a month)
- How to lose belly fat (201k)
We can’t change that there are 24 hours in a day and that we spend about 1/3 of that time working and another 3rd sleeping. If you have just battled traffic for an hour and been stressed out by the boss all day you likely want to surround yourself with the kind of comfort that is only found at home. That might be the TV, a beer, and the recliner. It probably isn’t the drive to the gym and the lineup for a treadmill.
Eventually, it comes down to what we value most in our life.
But, with that said, we still see the value in exercise and we’d like to look good in our jeans and be able to climb the stairs without passing out at the top. If only something was different in our lives.
What is your something? And what do people who have discovered their something and conquered the exercise habit do?
(And remember not everyone was meant to wear skinny jeans).
Here are 5 of the most common motivations shared by exercisers in a 12-year study of their activity:
- Generally just being fit and having the energy to do life’s little chores without difficulty
- Enjoyment of movement
- Sleeping better and feeling more alert
- Being relaxed and stress-free
- Weight management and appearance
If none of those mean enough to you right now to make a change then you’re likely not ready to make the commitment to lose weight and reduce your body fat. And that’s just fine but, when you discover your “something”, you’ll be unstoppable.
