Weight-Loss For Webmasters Are you gaining weight sitting in front of
computer? It’s easy to do.
It’s easy to get stuck in a rut and forget about your health needs. Heck, this web business stuff is fun, well most of time at least. For a free special report to help you get motivated to lose weightclick here.
Whether you’re putting together a new site, tweaking a sales letter, developing a new ppc campaign, or putting up landing pages, it’s all very exciting. Just thinking about potential and possibilities can make even most skeptical jump up and down with joy and enthusiasm.
Yes, it’s exciting. You spend hours and hours learning. You set up your website, getting it just right, developing your marketing plan, writing and networking. Sometimes you spend even more hours trying to figure out why things won’t work and how to get unstuck. Ever been there?
You’ve had your head buried in keyboard and before you know it a month has gone by. Your pants are tighter, you have to loosen your belt a notch, you weigh yourself and Yikes! you’ve gained 5 lbs.
It’s easy to do. You’re busy. You’re starting to see some results with your web business. You’re getting some sign-ups for your newsletter, meeting people on forums you frequent and maybe you’ve even made a sale or two. Hallelujah!
You’re so excited and pumped that your mind races around all other ideas in your head for even more websites and strategies and you can’t wait to start them. Now you spend even more hours on top of other hours you spend in front of computer.
Hold on! Sit back and take a deep breath because another month could go by and you could gain another 5 lbs. or maybe even 10. So I ask you, if you keep doing this how much will you weigh in a year? See what I mean?
It doesn’t have to be that way. You can still spend time in front of computer getting your web business even more successful, developing more web sites and control your weight, maybe even lose some.
How, you ask? Well, first thing you have to do is recognize that you can’t keep doing what you’ve been doing and expect to control your weight. I know it’s hard not to fire up computer first thing in morning especially when you can’t wait to see how much money you made overnight. Yes, it does happen.
But whether you have good news or bad sitting in your in box before you know it you’re clickin’ here and there and two hours have gone by. But, but, you say, I have emails to check, stats to check, I have to visit my forums and on and on and on.
Maybe you brought in your coffee before you sat down. Maybe you even grabbed a bagel or a donut as well. But now it’s 10 am. and you haven’t even brushed your teeth, washed your face, or combed your hair. You’re still in your jammies or sweat pants and you figure, oh well, I’ve got lots of work to do today.
So you dive in even deeper. You put up new pages on your web site, brainstorm a new ppc campaign, answer emails and etc, etc.
By now it’s mid-afternoon and you’re starved. You open refrigerator and grab easiest things. You go to pantry and grab more easy things. Usually highly processed sugary and starchy stuff. Who has time to cook! You’ve got work to do! And so you sit down with a sandwich, some chips, some cookies or donuts and a soda.
Before you know it’s almost dark. The house is a mess, there are papers all over, bed is not made and you still have to take a shower. Oh, and one more thing, how about dinner. Who has time to cook? So you go down to corner junk food drive through because you certainly can’t get out of car in those sweat pants.
What’s wrong with this picture? Sure, it maybe an exaggeration but if you’re ignoring your health it’s a recipe for disaster. Being sedentary (sitting in front of computer) and not eating right are bad for your health. Add not exercising to mix and you may not be around long enough to reap rewards of your hard work on that internet business.
They have a saying in real estate. Location, location, location. Well, I have one for weight loss and control. Routine, routine, routine.
As a webmaster you already have a routine. You already have habits and things you do everyday in your business. You just need to spend sometime figuring out how you are going to take care of your heath needs while growing and managing your business. How, you ask?
It’s actually pretty easy. Most of us are creatures of habit. To control your weight and lose some you just need to become a creature of good habits. It’s that simple. Think routine, routine, routine. Develop a healthy routine and follow it day in and day out. Here are some ideas to get you going.
Exercise In The Morning
The best thing you can do for your body and your mind is to exercise in morning. You can go for a walk, jump on treadmill or go to gym. The idea is to put time in. Exercise is most immediate thing you can do for your health.
