December 31st, 2010
Exercising isn’t just about weight loss. It also helps improve your mental well-being and reduces stress, which, in turn, can help to improve the management of your PCOS symptoms.
One example: if a stressful work situation is keeping you up at night, keep telling yourself that exercise will reduce stress and help you sleep. It works for most people!
Studies show that people who keep reminding themselves of why they follow a healthy lifestyle are more likely to succeed with an exercise program than people who think it’s all about the pounds.
Exercise can help you lead a happier life. And don’t forget to make it personal. If heart disease runs in your family, remind yourself that exercise helps reduce your risk of developing a similar condition, especially as PCOS is closely associated with cardiovascular problems.
Happy 2011 from everyone at Insulite Laboratories.
December 30th, 2010
Self-control and willpower to lose weight to improve PCOS health can be enhanced with a few simple considerations. The first step is to understand that losing weight is a long-term commitment. Real results can take months. But if you’re dedicated to a healthier diet and regular exercise you’ll see a small but encouraging difference very quickly in 2011.
The next thing to do is to assess your reasons for wanting to lose weight and how badly you want it. Milestone-driven goals can be good reasons, provided they are far enough in the future. For example, if you are going to be a bridesmaid at a wedding in six months or a year, that is a healthy timeline for losing weight … and good motivation to do so.
Social situations can be difficult when they involve food and drink. Of course, there are healthy choices on every menu. However, it can feel awkward to be the only one eating a salad when everyone else is eating pizza. If you don’t want to tell them you’re “On a diet,” or “Trying to lose weight,” just say that you are “Trying to adopt a healthier lifestyle.” However, keep in mind that letting your friends and family know about your weight loss goals may provide mental and emotional support.
Lastly, don’t be afraid to let yourself slip up once in awhile. Going off of your diet for a day or letting yourself have a guilty pleasure once in a while won’t wreck your entire diet. But if you step on a scale and see your weight hasn’t budged for five days, don’t despair and eat everything in sight. Remember that true weight loss takes time! Losing a pound a week may seem incredibly slow. But think of that weight loss over the span of six month. – 26 weeks could leave you 26 pounds thinner!
Happy 2011 from all of us at Insulite Laboratories.
December 29th, 2010
You may feel exhaustion prevents you from exercising to lose weight and improve the management of your PCOS symptoms. But the explanation could just be a lack of willpower and self-control, which can change fairly easily.
The number one reason people say they don’t exercise is that they don’t have time. But when you compare people who exercise with those who don’t, the exercisers aren’t any less busy in their daily lives. The difference is, given a window of 35 minutes, the people who exercise are motivated by willpower to think they can fit in, say, a 30-minute run, whereas those without adequate willpower will simply sit on the couch and watch TV.
That doesn’t infer skipping a workout is a sign of a weak will. It just means your willpower muscle needs to be exercised as much as your abs. The good news is that self-control and willpower to improve PCOS health can be enhanced with a few simple tricks, which we’ll show you tomorrow.
Happy 2011 from all of us at Insulite Laboratories.
December 28th, 2010
Research has shown that testing your willpower with small tasks allows you to build up reserves for more challenging activities, such as exercising at least 30 minutes most days to control weight and boost better management of your PCOS symptoms.
So start the New Year with something small and different that you think you can do every day, like brushing your teeth with the other hand, for example.
Once you’ve mastered that, move on to something a little more challenging, like reading a book every week or at least a weekly magazine cover-to-cover before the next issue arrives.
Keep finding new things to do to harness your willpower. Becoming more disciplined in one area of your life carries over to being disciplined in others, such as regular exercise habits, which can boost your health suprisingly quickly.
More willpower tips tomorrow.
