While exercise is important and should be a regular part of your lifestyle, following it without enjoying it could only lead to negative results. Finding out the form of fitness you would enjoy is the key to fitness. For instance, if you hate doing weights at the gym, it is time to run. If you fear swimming, you should rather opt yoga.. According to a 2014 research from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, "Those who 'think fun' while exercising are likely to eat less afterwards than those who exercise simply for the end result of weight loss. 

Enjoying the fitness journey is more important than the destination. Only then, exercise will become a part of your lifestyle. To prove the same, researchers led 56 adults on what they told them would be a "scenic walk" or, in the case of the control group, an "exercise walk," and provided lunch afterwards. 
Walkers who had been told to consider it as an exercise ate 35 percent more chocolate pudding. In a second round of tests, they provided mid-afternoon snacks to a total of 46 walkers upon their return from either an exercise walk or a scenic walk.The exercise walkers ate 124 percent more goodies than the scenic walkers. 

"Viewing their walk as exercise led them to be less happy and more fatigued," concluded lead author, Carolina Werle, professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management in France. "Do whatever you can to make your workout fun," said Brian Wansink, author and Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. "Play music, watch a video, or simply be grateful that you're working out instead of working in the office." 

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