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Unless you are from a different planet, it is impossible to escape the barrage of information about different diets, and not notice that fitness has recently been quite a trend. People have tried or been trying Atkins, Paleo, Keto, Vegetarian, Vegan, low fat, high fat, South Beach, Cabbage, Weight Watchers, Zoom, Noom and the topic of a diet might not be as big as Covid, but probably bigger than anything else. As a society, we have been also working out more than ever, yet are not getting any healthier. Chronic conditions, obesity, mental illnesses, and addictions are in fact all-time high these days. It is also worth pointing out that just because someone is skinny, it does not mean they are well and healthy. Even though body fat is one of the biggest culprits of inflammation, and should not be ignored, eating disorders are deadly and debilitating too, so let’s not confuse someone’s weight with wellness. Anorexia, bulimia, but also unhealthy obsession with healthy foods called orthorexia, are on the rise amongst both women but also men, and let’s not forget about the newish term - skinny fat. Let’s also not confuse fitness with wellness. There are many people who make exercise an important part of their daily routine, but they often turn it from what is supposed to be healthy into an unhealthy obsession. One thing it is to be kind to yourself and to love, respect and care for yourself, but another to obsess. Even though healthier than drinking, gambling, or addiciton to sex, when you exercise too much and are not training for the Olympics, you are probably using it as some sort of an escape as well. Finally, when you use exercise to lose weight, because you are extremely motivated to do so, you might not be realizing that you might be in fact creating a vicious cycle. People who use exercise to lose weight often become a slave to their workouts and then eat more after all anyways. While exercise is a way to maintain weight, It is a quite useless when it comes to weight loss as we gain 100% of our weight from the food we eat, and that one hour on a treadmill can be nulled by eating something in a five minutes or less. So why am I writing all that? Maybe we should stop thinking about diets, and fitness, but about our holistic wellness instead? Truth is that while many people focus on weight loss, they do it often with disregard for their health. All their motivation and self-discipline is used up on creating unhealthy relationships with food and exercise that often stem from unhealthy relationships people have with themselves. So how do you turn things around and how do you get not only skinny or fit, but first of all well? Stay tuned to find out or request a free wellness consult. |
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