Contents:
- Medical Video: 7 Morning Habits That Stop You from Losing Weight
- 1. Postpone eating
- 2. Eat too much and eat fatty foods
- 3. Delay drinking
- 4. Don't stretch
- 5. Instantly resume heavy work
- 6. Lack of sleep
- 7. Not evaluating and planning the next sport
Medical Video: 7 Morning Habits That Stop You from Losing Weight
Everyone has their own motivation to exercise, starting from applying a healthy lifestyle to forming the ideal physical. Basically exercise is only part of the activities we do in a day, but body fitness can actually be influenced by other activities that we do, especially after exercising.
The following specific things can reduce the optimal effects of exercise that have been carried out and have an impact on the quality of health and sports that will be carried out next.
1. Postpone eating
Hunger after exercise is a sign that the nutrients that are stored have been reduced a lot because it is used to produce body energy, most of which is flowed into skeletal muscle.
The amount of unused nutrition will not be sufficient to carry out the recovery process after exercising, so it is recommended to consume food after 15-30 minutes after exercising. If you wait longer or about one hour, chances are that the muscle's ability to grow and regenerate will decrease, especially if the food consumed is difficult to digest. Food sourced from protein (or better whey protein) and simple carbohydrates will be easier to digest so it is more effective for faster muscle recovery.
2. Eat too much and eat fatty foods
Although it is recommended to eat food immediately, eating too much food after exercise can prevent loss of body fat. This is because eating too much will increase the daily calorie intake so that the calories that have been used are likely still less than those consumed. In addition, avoid the consumption of processed and fatty foods because in addition to high-calorie types of food tend to be difficult to digest by the body and inhibit the recovery process.
3. Delay drinking
Dehydration after exercise can cause us to feel tired or sleepy even though we have enough sleep. Body fluids that are lost after exercise need to be replaced because adequate body fluids are important for the brain to continue to function optimally and to maintain the body's electrolyte balance.
If you exercise for less than one hour, make sure you get a fluid intake of about 240 ml every 15 minutes, but if it's better, you should consume isotonic drinks.
4. Don't stretch
Stretching is an important thing to do after exercising because this will help the muscles become more relaxed. Stretching also helps the body adjust its temperature along with the level of muscle and joint activity carried out after exercise. In addition to stretching activities can also be done by doing activities that are lighter than when after exercise such as walking after running because then the recovery process will occur faster and more effective than if we immediately stop doing activities in total.
5. Instantly resume heavy work
After exercising in general the muscles have experienced fatigue and damage to some muscle tissue occurs. Continuing activities with strenuous activities without time to rest can cause tired muscles to become injured. The same thing can happen when a person continues to exercise even though he has experienced muscle fatigue. Therefore give the muscles time to rest and recover in a matter of hours or days.
6. Lack of sleep
Sleep time is an important time for the body to recover after a day of activity. The physical recovery process at bedtime generally does not occur immediately when someone is asleep but requires several hours afterwards. Therefore, make sure you get 7-8 hours of sleep a night. In addition to inhibiting the recovery process, lack of sleep can damage your exercise routine because you feel tired during the day.
7. Not evaluating and planning the next sport
Make a small note that contains the quality of sports such as feeling when and after exercise, duration, intensity of exercise, the type of exercise performed can help to evaluate the exercise that has been done. This can be done by writing a journal or uploading the data to the sports application on your mobile so that it can be accessed easily. The results of these evaluations can make planning the next sports session better and varied.
