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How I Lost My Quarantine Weight, Part 2: Exercise
With a few words about food, because it’s all connected
As I mentioned in Part 1 of this topic, I found myself at my highest weight ever several months into the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine. I’ve always been a bit reluctant to talk publicly about weight; it’s such a trigger issue for so many people, and the truth is, one can be fit and strong and healthy at any weight, despite what Hollywood and the Diet Industrial Complex would have us believe. But I, personally, got to the point where I was not personally happy or comfortable in my own personal body, so I have been doing something about it. I shared some of these thoughts with a friend who was having struggles of her own and asked me for advice, and she encouraged me to write this all up for a more general audience. Part 1 of my thoughts are about food; this is about exercise.
Exercise is fabulous. We all need it; it helps keep our hearts healthy, our bones strong, our arteries clear, our bodies in much better working order. Well-exercised bodies sleep better, process the food they eat better, just generally function better. Exercise helps mental health too: while it’s not true that depressed people just need “a little fresh air and exercise” as some memes would have it, it is definitely true that if you’re feeling funky and cranky, often…
