5 Tips For Your Summer Fitness Challenge
Start writing a post
Health and Wellness

5 Tips I Learned From My Summer Fitness Challenge

How to push yourself towards a healthier you.

120
5 Tips I Learned From My Summer Fitness Challenge

There's a challenge in my community that I've enjoyed participating in over the past few summers. It's called the "100 Mile Challenge" (sounds fun, right?). The challenge is for you to walk, run, or treadmill 100 miles in 90 days. I look forward to this challenge every summer because it motivates me to get more exercise, which, in turn, makes me feel healthier and have a better mood. I'm a couple weeks into the challenge now, and I can tell that exercising has helped me feel different than when I sat around like a blob. That got me thinking about healthy living and how it affects physical, mental, and emotional well-being. What are ways to maintain healthiness? Here are some things that I think make for a healthier person:

1. Exercise

upload.wikimedia.org

This is a pretty basic step when trying to feel healthier. Not only does exercise make my body feel better, but it clears my mind to help me think. Find exercises you enjoy to help motivate you to keep doing them. Find fun challenges like the "100 Mile Challenge" to help you reach your goals. Even a little exercise goes a long way!

2. Eating right

upload.wikimedia.org

Food is fuel; if you keep eating deep dish pizza and ice cream for every meal, your body will not receive the nutrients it needs. It's okay to still eat foods you enjoy, but moderating unhealthy with healthy is the way to go. Don't go on crazy diets or starve yourself; that is till depriving your body of what it needs.

Support

c1.staticflickr.com

If you want to succeed in anything, you need accountability and support. You need someone challenging you to reach your goals and continue on to the next goal. Have someone who will check on you and how you're doing. You can even get someone to exercise or eat healthy with you to help when times get tough.

4. Setting goals

c1.staticflickr.com

You can't start going anywhere if you don't know where you're going. You'll just flounder about until you get fed up and quit. If you have set goals to aim for, you'll feel more accomplished and can track how far you've come. In the Challenge, there are badges you can earn for checkpoints you reach. This gives me something to move towards instead of feeling overwhelmed by 100 miles of walking.

5. Rewards

pngimg.com

Why should you complete this goal? The feeling of accomplishment is nice, but you need something more concrete than that. You need something specific to motivate you to keep going. It could be a sweet treat after eating healthy and exercising; it could be a nice pamper day after working hard all week; it just needs to be something that you think is worth the effort.

I'm not a doctor or anything, so these things aren't all inclusive to everyone. Consulting your doctor, dietitian, therapist, or another professional is the best way to make sure you are doing what is healthiest for you personally. These are just general, applicable things that I know have helped me before.

I hope they help you too!

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
a man and a woman sitting on the beach in front of the sunset

Whether you met your new love interest online, through mutual friends, or another way entirely, you'll definitely want to know what you're getting into. I mean, really, what's the point in entering a relationship with someone if you don't know whether or not you're compatible on a very basic level?

Consider these 21 questions to ask in the talking stage when getting to know that new guy or girl you just started talking to:

Keep Reading...Show less
Lifestyle

Challah vs. Easter Bread: A Delicious Dilemma

Is there really such a difference in Challah bread or Easter Bread?

21124
loaves of challah and easter bread stacked up aside each other, an abundance of food in baskets
StableDiffusion

Ever since I could remember, it was a treat to receive Easter Bread made by my grandmother. We would only have it once a year and the wait was excruciating. Now that my grandmother has gotten older, she has stopped baking a lot of her recipes that require a lot of hand usage--her traditional Italian baking means no machines. So for the past few years, I have missed enjoying my Easter Bread.

Keep Reading...Show less
Adulting

Unlocking Lake People's Secrets: 15 Must-Knows!

There's no other place you'd rather be in the summer.

948377
Group of joyful friends sitting in a boat
Haley Harvey

The people that spend their summers at the lake are a unique group of people.

Whether you grew up going to the lake, have only recently started going, or have only been once or twice, you know it takes a certain kind of person to be a lake person. To the long-time lake people, the lake holds a special place in your heart, no matter how dirty the water may look.

Keep Reading...Show less
Student Life

Top 10 Reasons My School Rocks!

Why I Chose a Small School Over a Big University.

125248
man in black long sleeve shirt and black pants walking on white concrete pathway

I was asked so many times why I wanted to go to a small school when a big university is so much better. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure a big university is great but I absolutely love going to a small school. I know that I miss out on big sporting events and having people actually know where it is. I can't even count how many times I've been asked where it is and I know they won't know so I just say "somewhere in the middle of Wisconsin." But, I get to know most people at my school and I know my professors very well. Not to mention, being able to walk to the other side of campus in 5 minutes at a casual walking pace. I am so happy I made the decision to go to school where I did. I love my school and these are just a few reasons why.

Keep Reading...Show less
Lots of people sat on the cinema wearing 3D glasses
Pinterest

Ever wonder what your friend meant when they started babbling about you taking their stapler? Or how whenever you ask your friend for a favor they respond with "As You Wish?" Are you looking for new and creative ways to insult your friends?

Well, look no further. Here is a list of 70 of the most quotable movies of all time. Here you will find answers to your questions along with a multitude of other things such as; new insults for your friends, interesting characters, fantastic story lines, and of course quotes to log into your mind for future use.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments