Everyone knows that exercise is important. In addition to being one-half of the dieting process, exercise keeps your body strong and healthy, builds your immune system, strengths muscles and your heart and lungs, and improves mental health as well.
So why don’t more of us exercise more often?
The answer is usually simple. After a long day at work, the last thing many people want to do is grab the old jogging suit and head right back out the door, to spend an hour working out after nine of hours of working at a desk. More often, we feel that a long day at work should be rewarded with coming home, changing into sweats or pajamas, having a nice dinner, and crashing on the couch for our favorite television show du jour.
Many would argue that technological advancements such as TiVo only contribute to our couch-potato attitude; after all, now we’re not stuck watching just whatever happens to be on at seven o’clock. We can watch whatever we want, no matter when it aired. However, we here at 5 Point Capital have come up with a scheme that just may help you get your butt off the couch and into the gym.
One trend of dieting that seems to be going over fairly well is the idea of having a “cheat day.” You force yourself to stick to healthy, low-calorie foods during the week, making sure to get your daily serving of fruits and vegetables, and laying off of the sweets and fatty things. However, the best way to curb a craving, some say, is to allow yourself to cheat on your own diet one day a week. Having a cookie or piece of pizza one day a week won’t throw off your whole diet, and it is often easier to refuse that milkshake on Thursday if you know you can have it on Saturday instead.
Five Point Capital proposes to treat exercise and TV the same way. Think of exercise as your salad and TV as your Pop Tart. When the urge to plop in front of the television strikes, hit the TiVo button and head to the gym. Then when Saturday (or whenever your cheat day is) hits, you’ll have a week’s worth of your favorite shows recorded for an all-day marathon of couch-potato heaven. That way you didn’t miss any of your shows, and you have a total day of fatty foods, sweat pants, and reality-TV waiting for you each week. If you have other plans for your weekend, keep saving up those shows for a rainy day!
We know this approach might not work for everyone, but it is definitely worth trying it out. After all, who says TV and burning calories doesn’t mix?
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