Idly listening to music on youtube the other night, I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of adverts between videos relating to dieting during the lockdown. I want to address this.
A little reminder: lockdown is stressful enough without having to worry about your body! If you are getting less exercise because your favourite gym is closed or you feel out of routine because you are unable to do your normal activities, that is ok!
No one is expecting that of you.
I know that Instagram is full of people who have transformed into personal trainers and weight loss coaches. Just remember that Instagram is the perfect part of someone’s life; they may be actually binge-watching tiger king and munching snacks between these “workouts”.
I just feel like lockdown is the new New Year’s, with people striving to become a “new person”. Why can't we just survive?
Delving into these diet and exercise fads on my own Instagram induced considerable anxiety so I stopped doing so. I then decided to go a step further. I started unfollowing the content that was making me feel bad. This is called curating your feed. We do it subconsciously, and it is usually detrimental as we end up following all the perfect parts of everyone’s life.
Instead, let’s do it for positivity. Unfollow the accounts that make you feel bad about yourself and follow accounts that fill you with happiness and positivity.
So... Let’s not allow lockdown to become the new New Year’s!
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