Monday, March 26, 2012

Are You a Fitaholic?

6:02 PM

Admin Aldino Car Rent

Being obsessed with an exercise program can be bad for your health.

FITAHOLICS become addicted to exercise. Like any addition, the exercise program becomes an obsession of the mind and a compulsion of the body.

If you want to know do you suffer from fitaholism, answer these questions honestly.

1. Are you obsessed solely with exercise?

2. Do you exclude other activities?

3. Do you become upset, angry, and anxious if your routine is changed?

4. Do you try to turn your friends into exercise converts?

5. Do you limits your friends to those who are sharing your passionate interest in exercise?

6. Do you ignore any other feelings or thoughts as a result of your exercises?

If you answers "yes" to any of these question, you really need to take stock of yourself.

Your fitness program is alienating you from other areas of your life. You may even be using your obsession with exercise to avoid feelings of anger, anxiety and depression.

A fitaholic may have trouble with relationships. But she may deny she has a problem because exercises help her to cope. To give up this coping mechanism may mean she will have to deal with a painful emotional challenge.

The physical demands a fitaholic puts on her body can cause injuries like stress fractures, shin splints or ligament and tendon inflammation.

Her excessive exercise cause an abnormal loss of body fat, which may halt her menstruation cycle and cause estrogen levels to drop disappear.

And as estrogen is the hormone which makes it possible for bone to absorb calsium, a prologed period where menstruation does not occur may lead to osteoporosis in later years.

So if you are a fitaholic, you should take steps to overcome your addiction to exercise.

Try one of the following:

Variety: You have to have variety in your life. Occasionally miss an exercise session by scheduling another activity in that timeslot. Do something that does not involve exercise, for instance: reading, watching television or going to a movie.

Holiday: By going to another location, you'll see things differently and your thoughts will be diverted.

Discussion: Talk to someone with whom you feel comfortable to share your inndermost feelings. You do not have to give up exercise, you just need to put it in perspective.