Before we
embark on our enlightening journey about exercise, let me make
one thing clear: no matter how much exercise you make, it’s also
necessary for you to take on a diet or, failing that, restrict
yourself to eating the proper food. That means eating the needed
amount of vitamins – and yes, you do have to include healthy food
such as vegetables to your diet – and reducing the amount of cholesterol
and fats in your body – again, I’m asking you another impossible
thing, which means, stay away from juicy steaks and greasy fast
food meals like burgers and fries. I know it tastes good but if
you truly care about your health, then certainly you would do
what’s right?
But enough chit chat and let’s proceed to tips and suggestions
to make your exercise goals successful and achievable.
WEIGH YOURSELF – Before going on a diet or starting an exercise
routine, make sure that you weigh yourself and measure every vital
statistics so you’d know what’s your point of origin. That way,
you’d be able to measure just how much you’ve succeeded after,
say, one month’s worth of diet and exercise. Now, according to
experts, it’s healthy to lose about two to three pounds a week.
Anything beyond that may be hazardous to your health so don’t
overdo it.
REGULATE IT – And speaking of overdoing, I hope you’re aware that
exercising must be done in a gradual manner. That means, if you’ve
been quite the lazy bum for the past few months, then suddenly
forcing your body to undergo 100 push-ups and five miles of jogging
everyday will only work to your disadvantage. That’s not, I’m
sorry to say, how our body works. Regulate your exercise. Start
with something easy. The moment your breathing becomes labored
then perhaps it’s time to stop. Wait till the whole exercise routine
becomes easy for you and then that’s when you increase the tempo
or amount of exercise you’re doing.
DON’T EXPECT TOO MUCH – Expecting too much too soon would just
be opposite to your exercise goals. Exercise takes time. That’s
a given fact. It’s not something like undergoing cosmetic surgery
to take away unwanted fats from your body. Exercise is a natural
process and it does things step by step. Before it can tone your
muscles, exercise would first get rid of the fats. So don’t hope
that after just one week of dedicated exercising efforts, you’ll
be transformed from L-size to XS-size because that’s completely
unrealistic. |
