7 SIGNS YOUR WORKOUT IS CONTROLLING YOU
How to tell if your gym habit is coming from an unhealthy place? Here are 7 signs.
You have a negative body image
Countless hours working out won’t fix your body image. In fact, there’s a good chance it might make it worse. A lot of people who are gym-obsessed find that they have a poor body image. They see an unrealistic version of themselves and strive to perfect it, even if it’s not healthy for them to keep indulging in. An unrealistic body image can lead to eating disorders as well as overexercising.
Your results are diminishing
Too much time in the gym often equates to diminished results. For example if you find yourself constantly skipping rest days to fit in workouts seven days a week, you’re in the overtraining zone. You may become irritable, lose sleep and your appetite. Too much of a good thing can go wrong very quickly in this case.
Your feelings about exercise include words like mandatory, guilt, anxiety, and rigid
When it comes to exercise, the goal is to feel better — not worse — while you’re doing it. A healthy relationship with physical activity might be transitioning to an unhealthy habit, obsession, or dangerous compulsion.
You change plans to accommodate your workout schedule
Do you cancel plans at the last minute or make adjustments in your schedule to accommodate your workouts? People obsessed with the gym frequently find themselves changing their plans or planning activities and social engagements around the time they usually would spend in the gym.
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You feel tired most of the time
Unhealthy gym habits often lead to fatigue and exhaustion from spending too much time working out and not enough time taking care of your body. This can put stress on your body and the body’s systems, leading you to become sick or injured from spending too much time at the gym.
You’re always at the gym
If the front desk staff at your gym know more about you than your co-workers, you might be spending too much time there. While gym rats might spend a few hours a week at the gym, such as an hour a day, those who are obsessed with the gym and exercising might spend three or four hours there each day, or frequent the gym a few times a day.
You work out to make up for meals or body parts you don’t like
The biggest sign that your exercise habit is actually unhealthy is if you’re exercising too often and intensely in order to compensate or punish yourself for your daily food intake, or what you perceive to be true about your body.
Do any of the signs above apply to you?
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