{"id":16257,"date":"2022-10-13T11:44:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=16257"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:44:26","slug":"why-is-it-hard-to-live-a-healthy-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2022\/10\/13\/why-is-it-hard-to-live-a-healthy-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is it hard to live a healthy lifestyle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I feel like I say this in all my blogs, but once again this one is going to be real laid back.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I want to talk about weight and gym culture. I feel like weight is an extremely sensitive topic when it really shouldn\u2019t be. People think of weight only in pounds and fat, but the most important part is really the distribution of it. People don\u2019t realize that you can weigh 200 pounds and look tall and skinny. Then you can also weigh 200 pounds and be short and thick. The way the world thinks about weight makes it seem like such a negative topic when it\u2019s not.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In my opinion what\u2019s on the scale does not matter, because what even is a \u201cnormal\u201d or \u201caverage\u201d weight. Those things don\u2019t exist to me, because everyone is so special that you can\u2019t create a \u2018norm\u2019. In my opinion, what\u2019s on the scale doesn\u2019t really matter, because it doesn\u2019t equate to what you look like in real life. As long as you\u2019re healthy and your organs aren\u2019t overworking themselves to perform their jobs, I feel like weight doesn\u2019t matter. That comes with a stopping point because everything has an extent. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s okay to not care about how much you weigh, but don\u2019t overromanticize being a certain weight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Me in particular, I work out almost every single day, but I\u2019m not trying to lose weight, I\u2019m trying to gain weight. I\u2019m gaining it and it\u2019s coming on fast too. My goal is to be strong. No matter how much I weigh, I want to look strong and feel good about my appearance. My main focus is weight gain, so I lift weights, but since I\u2019m exercising to gain weight that weight that I\u2019m gaining comes on as muscle not fat. Muscles weigh more than fat, therefore my numbers on the scale will go up even if I\u2019m getting into better shape. I feel like there\u2019s aa stigma around weight, exercise, and the scale. Everyone should exercise no matter how petite or thick they are. Exercise is for health not to look a certain way or to lose weight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0There is also this stupid myth that people only exercise to lose weight which simply isn\u2019t true. Gym culture can be very toxic, especially for newcomers, because they are finding their way around. It can also be toxic, because around new year’s when everyone has their resolutions, everyone makes getting in the gym a goal. They start that goal in January and give up by March. The gym is not an easy thing to commit to. It takes a lot of hard work and effort. You will not always be motivated, but you must be disciplined. Don\u2019t look at the gym as some sort of tiring chore that you hate looking forward to. Look at it as a peaceful time to better yourself, physically and mentally. I feel like people see so many things as chores and that makes them not want to do them. You have to romanticize things like going to the gym, eating healthy, or anything else that will improve your life.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(*These images do not belong to me, I got them from Google*)<\/p>\n

The people\u00a0 displayed in these images are some of my inspirations which may be the focus of my next blog…<\/p>\n

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