It's that time of the year again, and everyone knows what that means: diets and trying your absolute hardest to go to the gym more than once every two to three weeks. Some people are willing to do just about anything to get that perfect spring break body, but I'm going to let you in on a few secrets. First, you should love you body for what it is and not go through drastic measures to change your beautiful self. Second, there are ways of cheating your spring break body. Don't believe me? Check it out.
Walk to class instead of driving.
Walking to class is an easy way to burn some calories and get in some pretty decent cardio. You also never have to worry about parking on campus, which means you're killing two birds with one stone by saving on half a tank of gas money and by indirectly working out.
Eat an apple instead of a cookie for that after class snack.
This one doesn't necessarily need to be explained, but just in case you were unaware, apples (or any fruit, for that matter) is healthier for you than cookies. Although cookies taste significantly better, apples or grapes or strawberries or whatever your little heart desires will fill your stomach long enough to hold out for dinner and will not give you love handles in the process.
Watch workout videos.
Hey, maybe they'll give you an idea or two about what to do next week when you finally decide to get out of bed and go to the gym. Maybe you'll work up a sweat just thinking about how much effort it would be to put pants on, walk all the way to the gym, and then force yourself to sweat.
"Accidentally" forget your keys in your room when you live on the third floor.
Or anything else you would need before you left your apartment. This forces you to do stairs (technically twice — one way up and one way down), which is a great booty and leg workout.
Wear gym clothes in public in hopes of going to the gym later.
Dress well, test well; look athletic, be athletic. Same thing, right?
Slightly speed walk.
It's healthy because you're walking, but super healthy because cardio. Bonus points if you have to walk across a campus of hills.
Drink coffee instead of eating breakfast that morning.
May not be the best supplement, but coffee will wake you up, fill you up, and give you enough energy to make up an excuse as to why you didn't go to the gym yesterday and probably won't have time to go today either.
Don't go back for thirds.
It may be a nacho bar or a pasta bar or even loaded baked potato day, but seconds are enough. You have to wear a bathing suit in public in a little over a month, after all. No need for a food baby. But if the menu is really that good, take some leftovers and save it for your in-between lunch and dinner snack.
Drink lots of water.
It flushes out your system of toxins and is good for your complexion and all that fun stuff. But if you can't take that boring regular water any more, try adding fruit to it. It makes it taste better, plus you're technically kind of eating fruit. Which is also healthy.
Smoothies > Heavy meals.
And by heavy meals, I mean that nacho bar that you know you are going to load with queso and sour cream and meat. Or that Mexican three cheese pasta with breadsticks. Or Chipotle. Smoothies can serve as meal replacements, giving you the calories and protein you need. Protein is a gym thing too, so you could go to the gym. You don't have to, since you skipped out on that nacho bar, but you could. Which counts for something.
Going to the gym, eating healthy, and not having any fun may be your thing, but it's not for everyone. And everyone is fully aware that the person that is willing to eat healthy all the time, go to the gym consistently, and drink a ton of water will have a better spring break body than they will. But that's all relative, since everyone is beautiful in their own way.
