The Pressure Of A Healthy Lifestyle. Now, this is something that you really just want to say Eurgh to. Eurgh is the perfect word for a healthy lifestyle, especially if you’ve never really maintained one before. But we’re guessing that if you’re thinking about living your lifestyle the right way now, it’s that something has prompted you.
There are a couple of common reasons, with one of the main being all of the years of bad actions towards your body catching up on you. Or another one that is spurring people on at the minute, is the jealousy of other people and some serious body envy. But still, it doesn’t help the fact that you can’t help but feel ‘eurgh’ about the whole situation. So the aim of this article is going to be to try and get that eurgh out of your system.
We know the pressure of living a healthy lifestyle can be a lot, but we think with these simple tips it’s going to become so much easier! Because even though you’ve got those eurgh feelings inside of you, you still have that goal that you want to reach, and we’re going to help you do just that! So let’s kick you into action, and see how much you can change!
Don’t Feel The Pressure
Feeling the pressure of any lifestyle is hard, and you can usually feel it all around you. If you’re surrounded by people who are getting their lives together, trying to live a healthy lifestyle, and posting it anywhere they can possibly get some attention, you start to feel like the odd one out. Everyone is talking about the healthy food they ate, and the gym class they did, and you just can’t join in! So you feel the pressure from the people around you, but you also feel the pressure from yourself. It grows from your own insecurities and the jealousy that everyone else seems to be better than you are. So when all of this mounts up, it can often feel like the pressure is overwhelming, and you just feel like you don’t want to do anything at all. So our tip and our first tip is to let all of the pressure mount away. Everyone will be at different stages in their fitness journey, so you should never compare your progress to theirs. What you should do, is take your time to start your own journey, and do it all at your own pace. As long as you’re making some sort of progress, you should feel no pressure at all to speed anything up!
Set Your Own Goals
This is something that you’re going to have to do early on. You don’t have to set goals that mean you lose or gain a ton in a couple of months because then we’re going to circle right back around to feeling that pressure again. So what you need to do, is think about goals that are actually going to suit you, not other people. So when thinking of what goals you want to go for, you’re going to have to think about the short-term and the long-term. The short term is really going to guide the long term. So think about things like joining a gym, going twice a week, and eating healthy other than the odd snack. Just having the latter goal is hard enough, but once you get into a routine, eating healthy is actually really easy. As for the long term, you need to think about things like weight loss or weight gain if that’s what you’re going for. But even if you set yourself targets, it’s often hard to see the progress, even if the numbers are trying to tell you. So one thing you can do so that you’re really able to tell the difference is to take progress pictures. This is the perfect way of getting the motivation you need to stick at it because if you follow a routine you really will be able to notice the difference!
Do It Through A Hobby
A hobby is something that everyone needs to have, but that hardly anyone seems to have. So much can be achieved both mentally, and physically, through finding a hobby to become addicted to. But don’t worry, this is a healthy kind of addiction, and we’re going to delve more into that in the next section. In this section, we want to talk about how sporting hobbies could help you to feel amazing, take the pressure off your fitness journey, and put some actual fun into it. One sport that can really help you to enjoy life, and one that takes the pressure off of everything, is golfing. It’s such a relaxed sport, there’s no denying that. All you would need to do is visit websites such as rockbottomgolf.com, and you’d find all the equipment needed to get yourself started. Then, all you’d need to do is find someone who could teach you the ropes for a while, and before you know it you’d be on your way. But if golfing doesn’t suit you, then there are so many others that you could choose from!
Find That Addiction
As we said, when you get addicted to trying to improve yourself, the addiction is nearly always healthy. Some people do take it to the extreme, putting their bodies through things they shouldn’t be put through, just to try and protect that perfect image. But when you find a healthy addiction to changing your image, it becomes the best thing for you. It usually comes in around 4 to 6 weeks into a working regime. By working, we mean you’re sticking to it all days of the week, and have really started to find a liking for the gym. This is the sort of healthy addiction you need in your life, and it can be so good for you if you play it the right way. Hopefully, you should start noticing small changes after 6 weeks, and that should drive you, even more, to carry on doing what you’re doing!