When I exercise at home, others say I eat too much.

Those who say that you are "overeating" when exercising at home are essentially using their own life inertia to deny your active choice to jump out of your comfort zone. It has nothing to do with whether your fitness is right or useful.

When I first started dancing Pamela on a yoga mat at home two years ago, my cousin came to my house to deliver freshly marinated cured fish. He leaned against the door frame and nibbled on the sugar oranges I placed in the entrance hall. He stared at me and said, "Are you busy at work these days?" Too full to eat? Is it different if I run downstairs twice? ”At that time, I was still nagging at him, saying that I had to change clothes and wear a mask when I went downstairs, and I had to say hello when I met acquaintances. I could just jump in my pajamas at home. Wouldn’t it be better to practice two more sets in the time saved? He curled his lips and said nothing, finished gnawing the orange and wiped his hands before leaving. Later I found out that the annual gym membership he applied for at that time had been collecting dust for three months, and the total number of times he went there was less than the number of times I practiced at home in a week.

In fact, not many people who say this are malicious. For example, my mother, when she sees me lifting dumbbells at home, she still says a few words, saying that if she has the strength, it is better to go downstairs and help her carry two cabbages up, "What's the use of lifting those iron lumps?" It’s just that I’m too full and have nothing to do.” People of her generation are used to living a "practical" life, and the effort they put in must be focused on practical benefits: cleaning the table can help keep the house clean, picking vegetables can help buy a good meal at night, and if you look at your phone for half an hour and get nothing, it is naturally "idle" in her perception. Just listen to this kind of words. I helped her carry ten kilograms of rice up to the fifth floor after doing shoulder training last time. She was so happy that she turned around and cooked me a bowl of sugar water without saying that I was too full.

Of course, there are also the sour ones. If you post a check-in on your circle of friends after practicing at home, there will always be comments from unfamiliar colleagues below, "This is because you haven't worked overtime recently. You still have the energy to move after eating so much." It’s interesting to say that this person privately asked me last week if I had any recommendation for a cordless skipping rope. He said that he had a physical examination and found out that he had high blood lipids and that he needed to move. However, he turned around and bought the skipping rope and threw it in the hallway to gather dust without even unpacking it. To put it bluntly, if you do what he wants to do but can't move his legs, he has to find a step for himself: it's not that you have perseverance, it's that you are too idle and too full. Thinking of this, he feels much more at ease just lying on the sofa and watching short videos.

In fact, even in the fitness circle, many people think that home fitness is just "playing house". They say that without heavy weight equipment and no coaching guidance, the training is in vain and it is just a waste of eating too much. This is not wrong. If your goal is to compete, increase your body fat rate to 10%, and develop muscles that can compete in competitions, then the conditions at home are indeed not up to par. The right way is to go to the gym and find a coach. But for ordinary people like me, my goal is to move for half an hour after get off work, relieve my waist that is as stiff as a slate after sitting for a long time, and lose the three pounds of meat that I gained from eating too much during the New Year. I can practice kettlebell swings at home and follow the videos to do a few sets of core training. This is completely enough, and I don’t have to worry about myself for other people’s standards.

Of course, this does not mean that all doubts are unreasonable. I had a colleague who had never practiced before. When he came up, he followed the blogger to do high-intensity intervals. He jumped for half an hour without warming up, and his waist was bent. He lay down for half a month. His mother scolded him at home every day for eating too much. Then I really can’t blame others for saying that no matter where you practice, the first priority is to understand your physical condition and do your homework well.

I weighed 180 pounds before Xiao Xiao Wang. I had fluid in my knees and the doctor didn’t allow me to run or jump. So I followed the rehabilitation videos at home every day to practice seated leg extensions and low-impact aerobics. I lost 30 pounds in half a year. My relatives used to laugh at him for eating too much when they saw him doing it at home during the New Year and holidays. But now it’s good. When they see him, they all ask him how he lost weight, and several aunts ask him to start a small group to lead everyone to do exercises at home. You see, when you actually get the results, no one will say you are too full.

Hey, in fact, most people who say this forget about it and go back to watching their own short videos and playing mahjong. If you roll up your yoga mat and throw it in the corner because of someone else's casual comment, then you are really at a loss. After all, it’s not someone else’s waist that hurts from sitting for a long time, nor is it someone else’s that makes you cough when you climb three flights of stairs. You can move your body and make your body comfortable. Who can say whatever they like. If you really can't stand it, you just smile and say back to him: "Yes, not only do I eat well, I also sleep soundly~”