The brotherhood of Freemasons is always there for you, supporting your physical and emotionally well-being. In addition to helping men become more well-rounded, Plumb Lodge 862 Freemasons offer education on various aspects of everyday life that you need to survive, such as nutrition and physical wellness.

You may think that staying fit and healthy will take up a lot of your time. And the hours within the day is not enough to fit all the things you need to do. So, you always use the excuse that you are too busy to stay fit and healthy. But there are a lot of easy and simple ways to keep fit and healthy and still be able to do the things that you do that makes you awesome. Stop making excuses – you can still be fit and healthy and, at the same time, be busy with other things.

1. Walk whenever and wherever you can

To stay fit and healthy, you need to be more active and rely less on taking car rides and using the elevator. Walk when you are going to a nearby store; walk when getting coffee; use the stairs in your office or apartment building as often as possible; take a break from your desk and walk around for even at least five minutes; if you can, try arranging meetings in a park and walk with your colleagues while discussing things. If you do not regularly workout in the gym, walking is your next best option to get moving and to keep being fit and healthy.  Walk to the Lodge meetings with the other masons if you’d like.

2. Cut down your workout time

 You may skip the gym on most days because of lack of time. You reckon that you can accomplish more tasks if you do not go to the gym today – or tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after that, until you stop going to the gym entirely. You may feel that you are compromising a lot of your time by working out and often it is because it takes up 1 to 2 hours of your time. Exercise is important to stay fit and healthy and you being busy will not change that fact. What you can do, though, is shorten the time required for you to exercise. A high-intensity 20 to 30-minute workout daily is better than exercising twice a month or perhaps not exercising at all. To also make it easier for you, select gyms that are near your area to save traveling time or workout at home even without the equipment. Plumb Lodge 862’s main building has exercise equipment you can use any time during the month, other than when sacred meetings are taking place.

3. Plan and prep your meals ahead of time

Preparing nutritious home-cooked meals can be time-consuming. But eating well is key to staying fit and healthy. So, how can you eat well despite being busy? You do actually have a lot of options and one of them that will probably cost you less is to plan your meals ahead of time and do some meal prep. Set aside at least 1-2 hours per week to plan and prep your meals. By the time you want a healthy meal, you can just pop out whatever you have already prepped and start re-heating or cooking it. Fast and easy. Having trouble doing it? Prepare some food in the Plumb Lodge 862 kitchen and save it in our refrigerator.

4. Say goodbye to the bad guys

To stay fit and healthy even when busy, try decreasing the amount of junk foods that you consume, especially liquids that can actually contain a lot of sugar. Liquid calories are quite sneaky, with a huge percentage of the sugar we consume actually coming from our drinks. Avoid too much alcohol and smoking as well. Better yet, to stay fit and healthy, avoid all of these ‘bad’ guys altogether.

5. Never fall short of sleep

Our sleeping habits is really crucial to keeping ourselves fit and healthy in the long-term. The quantity and quality of sleep we get is important but many of us do not prioritize sleep enough. Without enough proper sleep, we run the risk of heart diseases and it can even cause gain weight. So, perhaps it is time to stop all of those all-nighters you may have been pulling and start catching more sleep.

As an afterthought, perhaps being busy is not really preventing you from staying fit and healthy. Although dedicating your time can be a big factor, so is keeping yourself motivated to stay fit and healthy. Set your long- and short-term health and fitness goals and keep focused. Your brothers at Plumb Lodge 862 are here to help you stay on track to meet your goals.