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這文章寫的和我目前想的、做的就是一樣的。它說如果你想減重,那就把日常的workouts(體能鍛煉)當做是遊戲(playtime),而非運動(exercise)。
(it may be wise to think of your workouts not as exercise, but as playtime.)因為以上這二種不同的態度,將決定體能鍛煉後所吃下的和最終能減下多少體重。
科學家對於一些開始運動者在運動後,熱量消耗下,體重不減甚至增加覺得非常疑惑。運動會增加一些增加食慾的
hormones,有些人在做一些輕鬆的運動後,反而吃下了比消耗掉更多的熱量,然而有些人卻沒有這樣的現象,為什麼呢?
(A new study, published in the journal Marketing Letters (Marketing Letters,May 2014, Is it fun or exercise? The framing of physical activity biases subsequent snacking))
這研究分二組,一組讓他們覺得自己是在走路"運動組",另一組告訴他們是輕鬆"散步組"可以聽音樂,二組之後接著吃午餐。
科學家發現走路里程和消耗熱量一樣狀況下,散步組覺得比較不累(less fatigue),而運動組午餐時吃進了較多的食物和熱量。
若覺得運動是有趣的,就不需要靠食物來滿足自己,反之,則需要更多的巧克力。(If exercise is fun, no additional gratification is needed. If not, there’s chocolate pudding. )
所以,態度決定一切。幸好態度是可以塑造的,自己要想辦法讓運動變得更有趣,例如聽音樂或是有朋友運動時一起聊天。(The good news is that our attitudes toward exercise are malleable. “We can frame our workouts in different ways,” Dr. Werle said, “by focusing on whatever we consider fun about it, such as listening to our favorite music or chatting with a friend”
during a group walk.)
所以,運動能不能讓人瘦下來,就是這句話,有沒有「HAVE FUN?」
“The more fun we have,” she concluded, “the less we’ll feel the need to compensate for the effort” with food.
後記:
沒錯,我就是這樣開始我的跑步和半馬拉松運動的。起初是朋友邀約報名,甚至是三鐵的接力(所以朋友很重要,好朋友讓你上天堂,壞朋友...)因為報名了,所以必須要訓練,覺得繞著公園或是學校操場繞圈圈真的很無趣,很像小老鼠一般。所以,我就規畫了市區人行道夜跑圈,從家裡出發,往南跑至夢時代,然後順著臨港鐵路線往北跑至真愛碼頭、光榮碼頭和駁二藝術區,再從不同的路線跑回家,有趣,也可欣賞風景,這樣一圈將近10公里,若是跑勞工公園10圈也是10公里,但是無聊多了。
帶著這樣的信念,我有一次陪著小孩騎腳踏車,我跑步,順著自行車道,往北跑到蓮池潭,到左營吃個餛飩午餐,來回超過20公里,也是半馬一趟。
你準備好要開始有趣活動了嗎(不是運動哦)?
When the first was born, he said, "You get him all day--I get bath time after dinner." After bath time, he'd play--with a baby--for at least an hour.
When the second one came along and they got older, he'd come home from work and announce, "Daddy needs to lay on the floor!" This was the signal that roughhousing was about to begin.
Teasing, pranking, gross jokes--he hasn't let up in 20 years and the kids haven't stopped laughing.
Best part: he's also the dad in the sports stands in 20 degree weather. He's the dad who drives 45 minutes to watch his kid warm the bench. He's the dad who wakes up at 5:30 am and sings while he makes everyone's lunches. He's the dad who drops everything to be wherever, whenever.