HAVE you ever felt overwhelmed with your health? I’ve known a lot of people who’ve simply given up just because their goals and their current state are so far apart and they don’t see how they can get to achieve the health they desire. We look at social media and see all these “fitspirations,” and wonder, “How on Earth did they get from 300 pounds to 170 in six months?”
Here are some things to think about when looking to make a positive change in your health, no matter how insurmountable it might be:
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time
Like all things, we get to an unhealthy state not because we binged for a day, but because of unhealthy habits that piled up over a period of time—although that period of time is faster if you binge every day. How do you reverse that? Quite simply, by employing positive health habits over a lengthy period of time as well.
Replace negative habits with better ones
It’s going to be hard to lose the weight if you maintain that junk food habit, or down soda with every meal. Find what habit is causing you poor health and replace it with better ones. For example:
A) Soda with every meal? Replace with lemon water each meal.
B) Junk food at night? Try fruits at night.
C) Cakes after every meal? Try dark chocolate.
D) Glued to your mobile phone before sleeping? Try reading a book.
Get moving, where you are, whenever you can.
Not all people like going to the gym, but that doesn’t mean it’s difficult to exercise. Did you know that the average Filipino spends three hours and 57 minutes on social media each day? That’s half of one workday. Imagine if you exercised for that long, how healthy would you be? Clearly there isn’t any excuse not to.
It’s cliché, but the adage is true: “It’s the journey, not the destination.” Health is a journey, and it requires us to make better decisions and better habits daily.