Today, we talk about discipline vs. obsession in fitness. When you start working out, you incorporate fitness into your identity, which is a good thing. Research shows that it helps keep you disciplined in your fitness routine. However, obsession with exercise is a slippery slope that can actually be detrimental to your health through feeling like you have to earn food and feeling anxiety when you can’t workout. Injuries can also have a huge impact on your mental health. This episode is about coming to a state of balance, and what might happen when fitness becomes who you are.

Resources:

US Government Nutrition Policy Fact Sheet

In this episode, we discuss:

How Fitness Slowly Becomes an Identity
Exercise Obsession: The All-or-Nothing Mindset
The Motivation–Obsession Gray Area
When Injury Forces the Question: Who Are You Without Fitness?
How to Build a Sustainable, Enjoyable Relationship With Fitness
Training Hard Without Letting Fitness Take Over Your Life

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