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LIFE FITNESS TIPS: HOW TO MAKE HEALTH AND FITNESS A LIFESTYLE

Many of us have made resolutions to improve our health and fitness as the New Year begins. While having specific health and fitness goals is great, people frequently go to extremes to achieve these goals. They experiment with the latest fad diet or workout trend, often exhausting both their mental and physical energy.

By T MANJUNATHAPublished about a year ago 4 min read
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This usually results in either quitting entirely or achieving these goals but being unable to maintain them, resulting in burnout, failure, or injury. As a result, I recommend that you abandon your extreme unrealistic goals in favour of changing your lifestyle.

When you begin to see health and fitness as a lifestyle rather than a part-time hobby or a 30-day challenge, you develop habits that will benefit many aspects of your life.

A healthy lifestyle can spark creativity while also teaching you discipline, adaptability, and balance.

This will not only make you look and feel better, but it will also make you appear as a better version of yourself to the people in your life who truly matter.

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IT IS MUCH MORE THAN AESTHETICS

Health and fitness are about more than how you look, what you eat, or how much weight you can lift at the gym. They are concerned with:

how you are feeling

your standard of living

the concentration you have at work

your movement ability

your psychological condition

When you are truly healthy, you are in a better mood and physically capable of doing more. You can go for a walk with your dog, go hiking, or go paddleboarding. Being unable to do these things can have a significant impact on your experiences and limit your quality of life.

EXAMPLE SETTING

When you choose to live a healthy lifestyle, you not only help yourself, but you also set a good example for those around you. Your friends, family, and children are influenced by your healthy choices and are frequently inspired to make changes in their own lives.

As a result, there are better relationships, a lower risk of disease, and a healthier and happier world. Simply making healthier choices can have a ripple effect on everyone around you.

Be the one to initiate the change.

EXACT BEHAVIOR CHANGES ARE LEARNED BY YOU

"Diets" or "workout challenges" only serve to frustrate me.

last for so long It is unrealistic to expect to travel at 100 mph all of the time. We are all human beings. Life happens, stress comes and goes, and schedules can be disrupted.

When we choose to live a healthy lifestyle, we learn to accept and adapt to these changes.

Because you have developed the habits and skills to live a healthy lifestyle no matter where you are, you learn to enjoy life when you are on vacation and away from your gym and kitchen. You can indulge without going overboard if you always practise moderation and balance. If you don't have access to a gym one week, you develop the habit of travelling with your resistance bands, creating a bodyweight circuit, or working out on nearby benches and stairs. When your routine is disrupted, you learn to adapt rather than self-destruct.

CONSISTENCY

People do get results from extreme dieting and workout challenges. However, only a small percentage of people stick to their plans exactly. These challenges are frequently completed in a short period of time and are accompanied by strict success and failure guidelines, neither of which is good for your physical or emotional health.

When you set lofty goals for yourself, you are more likely to feel defeated if you "fail." When the stakes aren't as high, you're more likely to stick with it and enjoy the ride. You don't put yourself under that kind of pressure to be perfect. If you eat something "bad" or skip a workout, you wake up the next day and immediately get back on track because it's now part of your lifestyle. This approach is much more attainable and leads to greater long-term consistency.

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Here are a few pointers to help you start making health and fitness a priority today:

1. FIND AN EXERCISE THAT YOU ENJOY.

This is critical for maintaining consistency in your workouts. If you are constantly doing exercises that you don't enjoy and that leave you physically and emotionally exhausted, it will only last so long. You're better off finding exercises that make you feel good and that you can stick to in the long run, even if they're not the most intense. Consistent low-intensity exercise always wins over inconsistent high-intensity exercise.

2. BE PATIENT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE YOUR PHYSICAL GOALS.

Remember that progress takes time. Take it easy on yourself.

Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Learn to love the process as well as the person you become along the way.

3. DON'T GIVE UP YOUR FAVORITE FOODS

I believe that you should never give up the foods you enjoy. Find a way to make your favourite foods more nutritious. Don't give up your favourite food, pizza. You will feel deprived as a result of this. To make your healthy version, get creative and use clean ingredients.

4. DO NOT COMPETE AGAINST ANYONE

This is your life, and this is your journey. Because no two people are alike, you should never compare yourself to others. You're on the right track if you wake up every day and strive to be better than you were the day before.

5. EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS

Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Try out a new fitness class with a friend and experiment with new foods. Shopping for groceries based on what's in season is a simple way to start experimenting with new foods and getting acquainted with a wide range of fruits and vegetables. If you've never meal prepped before, give it a shot! Getting out of your comfort zone and changing things up will keep things interesting and inspire you to make this way of life a permanent one.

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