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.
