Summer is coming! If you’re like most people, you will spend your summer holidays spending more time with your family, travelling, sunbathing and indulging in treats at every turn you make. Letting loose for a few weeks is important in refreshing yourself after hectic first half of the year but overindulging will put paid to your health and fitness goals.

It is still important to stick to your health and fitness plans during the summer. Throwing caution to the winds for a few months will counter all the gains you have made thus far and make picking up healthy habits when the summer ends all the more difficult. If anything, you should be more committed to keep looking healthy and lean during the hot months.

Maintain a healthy, balanced diet

Snacks and sweet treats can test your willpower to the limits. The trick is to maintain a healthy, well-balanced diet. A diet rich in fruits and vegetables makes you full faster and longer thus helping you resist sugary snacks and junk food.

Do not go to a party on empty stomach because the body interprets lengthy periods of hunger as starvation and lowers the metabolism making the body hold onto fats longer instead of burning them. Have a light meal before going to a party to minimize the temptation to overindulge.

Drink plenty of water

Your body loses more water during the hotter months of summer and you need to keep yourself properly hydrated to replace the lost water and keep your body healthy.

The body also often mistakes thirst for hunger making you eat more when what you actually need is a glass of water. Staying hydrated will stop you from eating too much and drinking a glass of water before a meal helps with portion control.

Exercise

Creating time for exercise during the summer can be a tough ask with all the trips and parties lined up but you still need to stay healthy in the summer.

The summer months are conducive for outdoor exercise activities which can be refreshing and rejuvenating.

Exercise the first thing in the morning when you wake up. This increases your metabolism and increases your energy levels to take you through the day and doesn’t clash with your parties, most of which take place in the evening.

If you are travelling and staying in a hotel, running is great way to stay physical active and tour the city. Optionally, you can find a suitable rowing machine at Rowingreviewshubcom.Com, some of which are portable. Rowing is a whole body workout and is the go-to exercise when you have little time on your hands.

Apply sunscreen

Ideally, you should apply sunscreen whenever you leave the house, regardless of the season. Applying sunscreen in the summer becomes more important since the sun is at its strongest and you are likely to sunbathe.

Sunscreen protects your skin from devastating sunburns, which can lead to accelerated aging, wrinkles, and even skin cancer.

Let loose

Don’t be so uptight either. Go out, breath some fresh air, bask in the sun and enjoy hobbies. Vitamin D, from the sunlight, has stress-relieving properties.

The summer weather is conducive for a wide range  of family activities and don’t be ashamed or afraid to get dirty doing the activities you love.