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Stop Obsessing Over Quarantine Weight Gain And Cut Yourself Some Slack
Regular exercise
Stressing over weight gain while already feeling stressed over the current pandemic is a bit too much for most of us to handle.
So, why not doing yourself a favor and, for the time being, take long walks and do recreational activities instead of intense training? Use this period to relax your muscles and enjoy your free time.
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Acknowledge your weight gain fears
Besides the health and economic crises we are facing, there are individuals who, due to the media, are also fighting their own fears to gain weight during the quarantine.
One of the most useful thoughts that could help a person cope with this fear is that health is not only connected to weight, but also to other elements, such as race, stress, genetics and so on. Therefore, there is no need to stress so much, just make sure to control the amount of food you eat, as usual.
Control your eating habits, quarantine or not
Everybody seems worried that, during the ongoing pandemic, they will gain weight.
However, a recent review has shown that individuals tend to gain the weight back after a diet in less than five years, even during regular times. Therefore, quarantine or not, you should pay attention to your eating habits, if you want to have a certain weight.
Emotional eating
While quarantined at home, we all have the tendency to eat foods that trigger that feeling of safety and happiness, that only by consuming these vary foods we can experience.
As nice as this idea might sound, you should also try sleeping or spending virtual time with your friends, as these can work wonders as well.
Intuitive eating
Dietitians have recently come to the conclusion that one sure way to gain weight is to actually get obsessed over how much you eat.
On the other hand, eating intuitively, meaning how much you feel like until you are full, it will most likely result in you having enough of certain foods and starting to know exactly how much of what you can eat.
Regular exercise
Stressing over weight gain while already feeling stressed over the current pandemic is a bit too much for most of us to handle.
So, why not doing yourself a favor and, for the time being, take long walks and do recreational activities instead of intense training? Use this period to relax your muscles and enjoy your free time.
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- Keep in mind that the usual recommendation is eight glasses per day of fluid.
- Set regular reminders to ensure we are hydrating our bodies.
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GO Foods
GO foods give us the energy to be active, work, and fight diseases.
From this category: rice, pasta, bread, and root crops. They release energy more slowly, fuelling you for longer and helping to maintain your weight.
GROW Foods
Grow foods help our body with physical growth and help the body rebuild after diseases and infections.
From this category: meat, fish, eggs, milk and other dairy products such as cheese and yogurt. They are often required in small amounts but are essential to be consumed daily.
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Quarantine makeover time
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Quarantine makeover motivations
- Beards are associated with warriors in ancient and medieval times and manliness. Growing a beard can be a show of resilience. Piercings and tattoos that require suffering actual physical pain may be serving a similar function.
- Changing your appearance may also be a desire to change the one thing about your situation that's actually changeable.
- For others, the motivation could be a way to mark the passage of a significant time.
The stakes are low right now
Person-to-person contact is limited right now. You can control who does and does not see you. It makes it a good time to experiment with appearance changes.
How much of what we experiment with during this time we will latch onto and keep, remains to be seen after this is over. It could lead to whole new trends.
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No More Gym Visits
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Home Work Outs
Burpees are a quick push-up and jump combination that can be done easily on a flat surface. It’s a good idea to start with five to ten of them, and then challenge yourself with 100 in one go.
Air squats are an effective basic lower body exercise that can be done anywhere and combined with push-ups, mountain climbers and lunges, become a full body work out.
Work Out Creativity
Simple movements can be made challenging and more effective by holding them at key positions(like the bottom movement of a squat), making the muscles work harder. Any exercise that gets your heart pumping and makes you uses oxygen as fuel for the muscles is a cardio exercise.
Home furniture, like a chair, can be used to support your squats and also your upper body during tricep dips. For weights, broomsticks or jugs full of water can be used.
Keep washing your hands, eating healthy, and hydrating yourself, while getting plenty of sleep.