Self-isolation and voluntary quarantine remain the most effective methods to control the coronavirus pandemic today. If you have the opportunity to work from home (or interrupt the workflow for two weeks or longer), organize a voluntary quarantine: stay at home, do not communicate with friends and relatives (especially the elderly), do not visit public places. However, there is one problem: during quarantine, you can significantly recover. We are moving less, and there are more temptations, and nobody canceled snacks due to boredom either. How to save a figure or lose weight after quarantine and self-isolation? We have some tips.
Morning Exercise
In the first half-hour after waking up, do not be lazy and do a small set of exercises. Mash out all muscle groups, from the cervical to the ankle – a short workout will not only cheer you up and set you up for an energetic day, but it will also start your metabolism and during the day it will be much more active.
Don’t skip breakfast
In the first part after the ascent, you must have breakfast – this is an indispensable rule. The first-morning meal will help maintain a healthy level of sugar in the blood, push the metabolism and make it more active, and also help you not to have a snack during the first half of the day and calmly wait for dinner. The most important thing is to choose the right products.
Drink a glass of water
A glass of water on an empty stomach (you can with a slice of lemon) is another tool that will help “wake up” your metabolism. In addition, water will fill the space of the stomach and you will eat less at breakfast.
When developing most diets for weight loss, special attention is paid to water intake. It suppresses the feeling of hunger, accelerates the breakdown of fats. The recommendations are as follows:
- when losing weight, it is advisable to eat often in small portions, drinking glass in 30 minutes. before meals and several times between meals;
- food should not be washed down;
- drink on an empty stomach, the first time a day immediately after waking up;
- after eating, wait at least 1.5−2 hours;
- when you are training, you need to drink between the individual exercises, but not much.
If you adhere to the water intake schedule, kilograms will quickly begin to melt. To achieve maximum effect, you need to add sports, long walks, try to be restrained in food, give up sweets.
Schedule your workouts
Home workouts are a great way to maintain your activity level. But if you spend all the time at home, it is easy to fall into the sin of laziness and endlessly postpone the start of the training more and more. Make a schedule and be sure to stick to it. If you do not trust yourself, arrange with friends to remotely control you.
Exercise three to four days a week. Together with warm-up and stretching, the training will take about 40 minutes. Do not skip workouts even if your muscles hurt: moderate exercise will ease your condition.
Between approaches, rest for 45 seconds, between exercises – until breathing is restored, but not more than two minutes.
If you are unable to complete a given number of repetitions, that’s okay. Do as much as you can, and try to do a little more each workout.
Take a walk
Yes, unexpected advice, agree. But you can walk during quarantine – the main thing is to do it in places where there are few people and it is possible to maintain a safe distance. If there is a park, square or promenade near your home, you may well go for a walk every day. The main thing is to observe precautions when leaving the house: do not touch the door handles and surfaces with bare hands, press the elevator buttons with a toothpick or a match, do not touch your face with your hands while walking, and after it wash your hands immediately.
Dance
Dancing is one of the most effective ways to lose weight, which helps burn calories, strengthen muscles, tone the body. In addition, dances give a positive charge of emotions, cheer up, increase self-esteem, and self-confidence. Engaged in dancing, you can easily maintain training discipline and motivation. After all, this is not just a routine sport, it’s a pleasure!
Absolutely all types of dances contribute to weight loss and help to lose weight if they are practiced regularly: whether it is Zumba, belly dancing, dance aerobics, modern dance, twerk, or pylon dancing. If you like to dance and want to lose weight, then you are in luck. Dancing is the ideal strategy for losing weight and improving your body.
You can have a solo dance party, or you can get friends on Skype and have a real dance night. And what about the fact that each of you will be in your apartment – you still have a great time.
Start a great cleaning
When else to clean up your home, if not during quarantine? A big cleaning will replace your workout in the gym, and you won’t have to go out for this.
Cleaning can also include window washing and sorting of winter and summer items. This action will definitely provide you with squats and push-ups.
Control your appetite
Whenever you feel hungry, pause. Drink some water and ask yourself if you really want to eat — or are you trying to “chew” boredom, stress, or anxiety in this way? You will be surprised how often we eat when we are not really hungry at all.
Read less news
And try to spend as little time as possible on the Internet and especially in social networks. In ordinary times, they also increase our stress level, and especially during a pandemic. Meanwhile, constant stress is the surest way to disrupt metabolism and gain weight. Do not give in!
