We recently asked everyone on social media to give their best fitness/health advice – limiting it to 140 characters. We had a variety of responses… from “you can’t see legs in a T-shirt so don’t bother training them” to the ” Don’t punish yourself, if you’re genuinely trying to be healthy you’re already succeeding.”
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent a message! Honestly some inspiring and very funny comments. I’ve detailed down all the comments/tweets below, and if you would like to add to the list below please comment in the box under the post!
The best fitness/health advice found in our small proportion of the Internet
If you want to be healthy and fit stop eating crap and move your ass of the sofa!!!
Get a dog, preferably a spaniel, they won’t let you be lazy.
Smaller portions
Nothing tastes as good as being thin / healthy feels. Step away from the cake!
If you run quickly sometimes you can get reduced cake at Tesco
Never underestimate the power of a good nights sleep.
Research food, it’s a massive part of overall health. Exercise smart, stop running!
Get a Fitbit (other health trackers are available) to make you aware of how much you move (or not with a desk job) and try to build in more walking during the day so it becomes more of a way of life. Having a tracker has helped to give me motivation to walk more generally.
Over 30 years of watching my weight and trying to get fitter, here are a few I have used: Don’t give up because today you cheated……this is a long game. Have a positive attitude, being happy helps. Use motivational music when working out……cheesy, big beats, jazz, funk…..whatever makes you smile. And before you snack – think ‘am I really hungry?’ Stick pictures of your perfect body onto the biscuit tin (you could also just refrain from buying them!) That’s enough now……. I’m off to have a slice of cake!
Weight loss is not a physical challenge – it’s a mental one.#ThursdayThoughts#ThursdayMotivation
— Fitness Hacks (@FitnessHacksUK) June 9, 2016
@FitnessHacksUK Food doesn’t have labels, Products have labels.
Keep food natural, the less hands that have touched your food the better.— Dom French (@DomFrench1) June 9, 2016
@FitnessHacksUK Enjoy it! If you don’t enjoy the food/exercise you eat/do you’ll give up easily or resent every salad/workout!
— Mary P (@ahealthiermoo) June 12, 2016
@FitnessHacksUK find an exercise you like enough to keep doing it for years. Try everything available in your area until you hit on it.
— Joanne Mallon (@joannemallon) June 9, 2016
Nothing tastes as good as being thin / healthy feels. Step away from the cake!
@FitnessHacksUK No restrictions on food, you can have anything you want in moderation. Drink lots of Water. Believe and you can achieve!
— Laura Dryden (@laura_fat2fit) June 9, 2016
If you run quickly sometimes you can get reduced cake at Tesco
Be consistent. Fitness isn’t a fad or the newest workout, it’s part of your daily life.
Also, lift heavy! https://t.co/JkJVzM1VUK— Run Lindsay 311 (@runlikeagirl311) June 9, 2016
Get a Fitbit (other health trackers are available) to make you aware of how much you move (or not with a desk job) and try to build in more walking during the day so it becomes more of a way of life. Having a tracker has helped to give me motivation to walk more generally.
@FitnessHacksUK Don’t Give Up! lol
— chloe (@cookiejarlife) June 8, 2016
Never underestimate the power of a good nights sleep.
@FitnessHacksUK set achievable but challenging goals, don’t give up, find someone who motivates/inspires you & pushes you to do your best
— Pete Greensmith (@PeteG1973) June 8, 2016
Over 30 years of watching my weight and trying to get fitter, here are a few I have used: Don’t give up because today you cheated……this is a long game. Have a positive attitude, being happy helps. Use motivational music when working out……cheesy, big beats, jazz, funk…..whatever makes you smile. And before you snack – think ‘am I really hungry?’ Stick pictures of your perfect body onto the biscuit tin (you could also just refrain from buying them!) That’s enough now……. I’m off to have a slice of cake!
@FitnessHacksUK Don’t eat a whole cake at once. Just have a slice. ? #fitnesshack
— Britt |She Who Bakes (@shewhobakes1) June 9, 2016
Research food, it’s a massive part of overall health. Exercise smart, stop running!
One word “kettlebells” https://t.co/Eq3CRtTknZ
— GuyWithTheOwlTattoo (@TattooedOwl) June 8, 2016
You don’t get the ass you want, by sitting on it. ??? https://t.co/g7ZRwX5DEf
— Amanda Bootes. (@AmandaBootes) June 8, 2016
@FitnessHacksUK Nothing is impossible, it’s just a matter of perception. eat a balanced, healthy diet, working hard u change that perception
— Arion Fitness (@arionfitness) June 9, 2016
@FitnessHacksUK Make small changes and take small steps. Be consistent. Be patient. Most of all, have fun. Find activities that you enjoy
— Stephen Morrison (@HowManyMiles_) June 11, 2016
Thank you again!
We owe you all a drink and/or protein shake. Dependent on how you feel!
Harry
Got to say I disagree with a few of these. ‘Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels’ has been an ED mantra for a long time so I’d be cautious with that one. Also to me brownies taste better than being 10% body fat is worth! Also thin and healthy don’t mean the same thing at all.
I also think that running can be a great part of a healthy life (‘stop running’), if its what you enjoy.
And I see tons of people who chronically under-exercise their dogs, poor pups.
I definitely most agree with the posters who cited enjoyment and consistency as the main goals 🙂
You can see 27 tips I wrote about health and fitness last week, here: http://cadsandscallywags.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/27-things-i-have-learned-in-27-years.html
Oh god, I completely agree – not all those comments would work for me, or would I encourage them. However, that’s the beauty of asking people! Everyone has different motivations and different driving factors and hopefully some of the more serious comments designate with the reader.
I loved your article! I read it a few days ago and wanted to ask would you want to become a Fitness Hacker . Aka http://fitnesshacks.co.uk/inspiration/
Yours in Fitness
Harry