Fitness has to be a lifetime pursuit!
Look around and you’ll observe a common pattern in the beliefs of people. One of them is a misconception that you have to work-out extensively only until you have achieved your fitness goals. However, as ridiculous as it may sound, fitness has to be a lifetime pursuit. Once you’ve reached your desired level of fitness, you have to continue working out. Though you no longer will required to be calorie deficient, nor will you be exhausting yourself with those intense and tiring exercise sessions. Instead you’ll be consuming calories upto maintenance level, and exercising less aggressively.
Many of those who have once dreamed of getting fit, has gone through the tough times of being labeled a “chubby”, “fat” etc. would never want to lose their fitness levels. That’s what motivates them to keep going even if they get a little bit of fat on their frames. But still there are a lot of people who don’t think there’s a point in working out all your life. It just doesn’t appeals to them as an interesting idea.
Here are few things that can motivate you to keep working out all your life:
Warning for beginners to weight-loss
You have decided to get rid of that extra fat on your frame? That’s good, but most of the beginners fall in the trap of fad/yoyo/very low calorie diets which result in some starving, hard-work, results, but soon you realize the results have been reversed on and all that hard work is lost. That can be very annoying and I can tell that as I have personally been through that phase
Never get into dieting if you don’t have much information about it
Yes, that’s right. You’ll only mess your immune system, your metabolism and lose a lot of your muscle. You should understand the following:
Muscle… ymmm.. It’s good!
Muscles help boost your metabolism system, as a pound of muscle consume at least 10-20 times more calories than fat, even when you’re resting. Muscles can be destroyed if you consume too less calories following a fad diet.
Immune system prevents you from getting sick
Everyone knows about immune system, but not many know what can be boosting it. A good balanced diet with lots of nutrition and vitamins help boost your immune system. It’s a huge subject on its own, but let’s say vegetables, fruits, protein sources (meat, milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, etc.) all boost your immune system.
You need to think and research before you act
You’re lucky to be in this information age. You’re hooked to internet and can research on almost any subject. I agree a lot of this information might be contradicting or even having no truth in it at all, but wise (use common sense!) and extensive research can help you find the truth.
Here are few things you might be interested to read, relating to fad diets:
Yo-yo diets hit immune system
Yo-yo diet redistributes toxins in the BODY
So what’s the right way?
It’s a huge topic to cover in details using one post. I promise eventually I will write a complete plan for all for you, but for now, let me list down few points that you will find helpful in dieting. Believe me, they’re true and from experience. If you are unsure, as I recommended ago, always do your own research.