为何健身治不好你的“身材焦虑”？

中等

高中三年级

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健康与饮食

全民健身的环境下，为何很多人有身材焦虑症？

Some people exercise for health. Others exercise out of a sense of competitiveness or accomplishment(成就). But by far, the most popular reason that people hit the gym is to make their body look better. But simply changing the shape of your body isn’t likely to completely change the way you feel about your body. Let me explain.

有些人为了健康而运动。其他人出于竞争力或成就感而锻炼。但是到目前为止，人们去健身房最受欢迎的原因是为了让他们的身体看起来更好。但是仅仅改变你身体的形状不太可能完全改变你对身体的感觉。让我解释一下。

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When you start a body transformation journey, it will be weeks—maybe months—before you see any significant differences in the mirror. If you’re just trying to lose fat, you’ll begin seeing results pretty soon. If you’re trying to gain muscle, though, it may seem like the process takes a long time. And if you want to gain muscle and lose fat? That takes even longer. You have to eat more to build the muscle, then diet off the fat, and repeat. An alternative would be eating the same amount of food you are now, and waiting for muscle and fat to change places, but that’s an even slower process than trying to do one and then the other. Importantly, the amount of muscle you can meaningfully gain in a few months (or even a year) is smaller than you might think.

当你开始身体改造之旅时，你需要几周 -- 也许几个月 -- 才能在镜子中看到任何显著的差异。如果你只是想减肥，你很快就会看到结果。但是，如果你想增加肌肉，这个过程可能需要很长时间。如果你想增加肌肉和减肥？这需要更长的时间。你必须吃更多的食物来锻炼肌肉，然后节食减少脂肪，然后重复。另一种选择是吃和现在一样多的食物，等待肌肉和脂肪改变位置，但这比尝试做一个又一个的过程要慢。重要的是，你在几个月内可以有意义地增加的肌肉量比你想象的要少。