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:
Dry Skin Woes
A lot of people suffer from the problem of dry skin at least at some point in their lives. Most of the people look for external solutions such as moisturizers, but there’s more to it. I often recommend fixing things internally, i.e. inside your body. That may sound like a mechanic or an engineer’s viewpoint, but it really isn’t. When I say “fix internally”, what I really mean is to fix your diet!
What’s the cause?
- Harsh weather, sun exposure, hot baths and showers, smoking
- Genetics
- Lack of EFA (Essential Fatty Acids) in your diet, or dehydration
- Hypothyroidism (less active thyroid)
- Any other illness such as diarrhea caused by intestinal parasites
- Chronic Stress
There so many possible reasons, but one thing that always help, upto some extent at least, is the introduction of more omega-3 fatty acids in your diet. I didn’t mentioned omega-6, because most of the world’s population already gets enough dose of omega-6.
What’s the remedy?
1 - Fix your diet
It isn’t really very simple as it sounds, but you can either use one of the following types of dietary supplementation or introduce more food with EFAs in your diet. (mentioned below)
- Flaxseed oil / Flaxseed oil capsules
- Cod Liver oil bottled /capsules (recommended)
Note: Please keep the dosage at adequate levels, as mentioned on the product label.
Or you can introduce more of these food choices in your diet: (from Wikipedia)
Some of the food sources of ω-3 and ω-6 fatty acids are fish and shellfish, flaxseed (linseed), hemp oil, soya oil, canola (rapeseed) oil, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, leafy vegetables, and walnuts.
If you aren’t already drinking enough water, then make sure you drink at least 10 glasses of water daily making it to 2.5 liters.