Once you have kids, it’s easy to leave exercise and proper nutrition on the backburner. Here’s how you can start living healthily again, even when you think you have no time to do so.
When a fitness and nutrition expert writes a bestselling book titled Why Kids Make You Fat… And How To Get Your Body Back, you know that he understands parents.
“I never understood my mum’s saying of ‘Being a parent is a 24-hour job’ until I became a parent myself,” says Mark Macdonald, who has coached Olympic gold medallists, professonal athletes and celebrities. The 46-year-old has two kids aged 13 and four.
“As parents, time becomes our greatest commodity. There is always a need for more time to sleep, eat, exercise, work and, of course, relax.
“It is the sheer lack of time and the never-ending job as a parent that makes it common for us to disregard our health. But as challenging as being a parent can be, it is the greatest experience in life as the tough moments are priceless and worth every second.”
The founder of Venice Nutrition and the International Board of Nutrition and Fitness Coaching visited Singapore earlier this year to launch a new weight management programme called Zen Project 8. He tells Young Parents how busy mums and dads can get healthy and fit.
Many Singaporean parents work long hours and don't spend much time with their kids. How can they still keep fit?
It is time to change your mindset. Being busy makes us think we do not have time to exercise. This is an old concept.
The amount of active muscles in your body has a huge factor in controlling your metabolism. So the more you activate your muscles, the faster your results and the stronger your body gets.
Here are five simple exercises that you can do at your office, home or during your daily commute:
Ditch your chair for an infl atable ball
This story is from the December 2018 edition of Young Parents Singapore.
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