Eating healthy every day and never missing a workout is possibly the unhealthiest thing to do. Now you might be wondering, how is this true? Well we all need balance in life and without it we are destroying more than just our health. A certain diet called “if it fits your macros,” or otherwise known as flexible dieting, can help any individual balance their diet. Also never missing a workout for anything can be unhealthy because we would be missing out on life in some circumstances. Fitness and nutrition should enhances our lives rather than control them by, flexible dieting, not stressing over one missed or bad workout, and letting life takeover.
A fitness buff can take the whole fitness experience way to serious. Now, one may say, “I am just …show more content…
The interest in living a healthy lifestyle is growing more and more each day. Leaving a huge window for all sorts of companies to reach out to people and market themselves. Although it might help make these companies rich, it is ruining their customer’s minds. Nutrition is very complex and has many aspects to it. However, in the article “benefits of exercise,” Margaret Richard debunks every myth believed about fitness and also nutrition. One huge example that Richard touches on is how some foods are being demonized in the society today. For example, McDonalds is looked at as this very unhealthy fast food chain that is killing America (Benefits of Exercise pg 2). Thought, McDonalds isn’t the most nutritious meal, when eaten in moderation it can provide benefits and can be no different than that homemade burger. Richard really tries to explain that in terms of body composition, it is the total calories consumed in one day, weather you ate brown rice for dinner or had that cookie as a late night snack. If an individual hits their basic metabolic rate, it is impossible for them to gain any …show more content…
Many fitness buffs are also under the impression that they need to be at the gym twenty-four hours seven days a week in order to reach their fitness goals. While going to the gym will help reach your goals faster, consideration of having a life beyond the gym is the biggest factor that should be accounted for. This life of going to the gym everyday isolates you from friends and family, causing major issues such as missing big life events. In the article, "All About Having Fun: Women 's Experience Of Zumba Fitness" by Elizabeth Hughes, the author explains the importance of having fun and letting lose when exercising. Now, the article does mainly focus on the women enjoying Zumba classes; however, the message behind it is what demonstrates what these fitness buffs are lacking. These women are able to go into every workout enjoying every minute of and not stressing if they couldn’t make it one day or if they weren’t having the best day in the gym (All About Having Fun: Women 's Experience Of Zumba Fitness Pg43). As said before, this lifestyle should enhance your life not control it. These fitness buffs much rather go to the gym then attend their brothers wedding. That is nothing but controlling and it might not seem like it at the time but defanitly diminishing the quality of that person’s life. Their brother
A fitness buff can take the whole fitness experience way to serious. Now, one may say, “I am just …show more content…
The interest in living a healthy lifestyle is growing more and more each day. Leaving a huge window for all sorts of companies to reach out to people and market themselves. Although it might help make these companies rich, it is ruining their customer’s minds. Nutrition is very complex and has many aspects to it. However, in the article “benefits of exercise,” Margaret Richard debunks every myth believed about fitness and also nutrition. One huge example that Richard touches on is how some foods are being demonized in the society today. For example, McDonalds is looked at as this very unhealthy fast food chain that is killing America (Benefits of Exercise pg 2). Thought, McDonalds isn’t the most nutritious meal, when eaten in moderation it can provide benefits and can be no different than that homemade burger. Richard really tries to explain that in terms of body composition, it is the total calories consumed in one day, weather you ate brown rice for dinner or had that cookie as a late night snack. If an individual hits their basic metabolic rate, it is impossible for them to gain any …show more content…
Many fitness buffs are also under the impression that they need to be at the gym twenty-four hours seven days a week in order to reach their fitness goals. While going to the gym will help reach your goals faster, consideration of having a life beyond the gym is the biggest factor that should be accounted for. This life of going to the gym everyday isolates you from friends and family, causing major issues such as missing big life events. In the article, "All About Having Fun: Women 's Experience Of Zumba Fitness" by Elizabeth Hughes, the author explains the importance of having fun and letting lose when exercising. Now, the article does mainly focus on the women enjoying Zumba classes; however, the message behind it is what demonstrates what these fitness buffs are lacking. These women are able to go into every workout enjoying every minute of and not stressing if they couldn’t make it one day or if they weren’t having the best day in the gym (All About Having Fun: Women 's Experience Of Zumba Fitness Pg43). As said before, this lifestyle should enhance your life not control it. These fitness buffs much rather go to the gym then attend their brothers wedding. That is nothing but controlling and it might not seem like it at the time but defanitly diminishing the quality of that person’s life. Their brother