A slower pace of life
Life was also a little slower. Fewer emails, fewer notifications, less constant pressure. The days were more punctuated by work, meals and sleep.
Stress plays an important role in weight and eating habits. When you're stressed, you sleep less well, eat faster, snack more and move less. The modern lifestyle therefore has a great influence on weight gain.
What we can learn from the 70s
This is not to say that everything was better before, but some habits were very beneficial without people realizing it:
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- Eating simple, homemade foods
- Move every day, even without exercising
- Walk as soon as possible
- Eating at fixed times
- Get enough sleep
- Spend less time in front of screens
- Have active hobbies
- Taking the time to live
In the end, people were not thinner because they put in more effort, but because their entire lifestyle was more active, more natural, and more balanced. The lifestyle of the 70s unintentionally promoted a more stable weight and better health.
Sometimes, to feel better about your body, you don't have to change everything, but simply go back to simple and natural habits that our parents and grandparents already had.
