I Started Walking After Eating Every Day This Summer and The Results Were Immediate
glamour.comhabit: after eating.I had the idea after Sara Álvarez, creator of the fitness program Reto 48, and Carolina Toledo, a functional nutritionist with the same team, recommended that I get into the habit of for at least 10 minutes after eating to avoid a sedentary lifestyle."The scientist and influencer Jessie Inchauspé, aka , talks about the benefit this brings, not only to our fitness but also to better control our glucose levels," they said.These two phrases turned into a mantra.
During my summer vacations, after every meal I went for a 10-15 minutes (sometimes even 20). I even managed some days to drag my mother with me, always under the promise that this would "help prevent our glucose spiking" and that she would feel much better.In my case, it was easy to keep this promise during that state of grace that is the summer with its relaxation and vacations, and I managed to maintain the discipline of going for a walk right after lunch as I returned to the busy fall season.
But the return to routine, work schedules, and the stress that comes with them, have led me astray and I have stopped being so consistent with this practice.I've immediately felt the consequences, experiencing a roller coaster of ups and downs of my blood glucose levels and feeling tiredness, stress, and hunger.
On her Instagram account, Inchauspé has insisted that walking 10-15 minutes after a meal or doing some exercise (squats, doing the laundry, or lifting weights, for example) reduces the intensity of this blood glucose peak.Other benefits I have experienced from starting this habit include being calmer the rest of the day and less tired and controlling my weight.
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