Wondering how to stay fit and healthy when you're super busy?
We live in a fast-paced world. Many people are often on the move, struggling to meet one deadline or the other. They sleep little and work late, and in between, find little or no time to unwind. For these people, life can be an endless grind.
Typically, finding the time and the motivation to put on your trainers and head to the gym isn’t as easy as it seems, especially if you are a busy professional or homemaker. But you just have to carve out the time to care for your health anyway.
Here’s the deal: no matter how tight your schedule is, finding a healthy balance between work and play is of utmost importance to your health and fitness. Just the way you make out time for business, you should pay similar (if not more) attention to your health.
So if you’re reading this article because you would like to find a healthy balance between working hard and keeping fit, and you have no idea how to wrap your head around it, then read on.
Here are the best answers for how to stay fit and healthy when you're super busy.
It’s always best to write your to-do list the day prior. Don’t let things take you unaware and make sure you put down what's important and leave enough time for everything.
One final word on that: since you’re going to be writing out your daily schedule, it’s best that you squeeze in time for fitness and relaxation. Include 10-15 minutes in which you plan to just stretch out your legs, recline back on your chair, and just breath in.
This will help to improve your physical and mental health, enhance circulation around your body and keep you fit for the tedious hours that are sure to follow.
No matter how early you have to leave for work, do not compromise on a healthy, hearty breakfast. A quick breakfast sets you up for a great day!
But the point is this: eating before you start the day’s activities will ensure that your body is fueled with all the beneficial nutrients (protein, healthy fat and some carbs) that you need. Apples with peanut butter or yogurt and granola are both great choices.
If you eat like this, you’re very likely to take in more calories that you should without knowing it.
Always eat home-cooked meals. Eating out and snacking on gas station snacks should be the exception, rather than the rule.
Oh, boy! While it’s great to be devoted to your work, starving your body and brain of essential nutrients is the number one recipe for feeling yucky. Take meals and snacks to work and be sure you have what you need to prepare them at home.
You have to find a healthy balance between being a workaholic and maintaining your health. If you don’t, you’ll find that you have too much responsibility thrust upon you, and then you have no time for anything but work.
Don’t be too proud to delegate assignments. If you need a hand, feel free to ask. In the long run, you’ll be able to enjoy a richer, healthier life, while also meeting up all your goals at the same time.
This approach ensures that you have a healthy meal, it saves time and it also saves you money.
If your kids or spouse have started worrying about the last time you went out together, then that’s a sign that your head has been buried in work for too long.
Ideally, having a rewarding relationship with family is what makes sense of everything we’re doing.
If you’re just going round the block, try walking instead of driving there. Pick up the mail yourself or trim the lawn if you’re handy with a lawn mower. There are so many little chores you could do daily that help improve your health and keep you fit.
Every time you get physically involved in little tasks, you’re actually exercising your muscles and burning off excess calories in the process.
Another good thing about this is that it can raise your motivation level, since you’ve got training kits right there in your home. You’ve got no excuse for not keeping fit.
Besides, it’s fun when you workout at home with the kids watching and your spouse admiring your physique. It can be another way to get the whole family working out and staying fit and healthy together.
Working hard, without rest, over a period of time, is a sure way to get stressed out and weaken your immune system. This will eventually open you up to a number of adverse health conditions, including cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Turn off the phone, get into a warm bath, maybe get a massage, and just chill out for a couple of hours. You’ve not been getting enough sleep? Now would be the best time to just go to sleep.