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Follow These Suggestions and you will be in a
healthier state.
Keep a water bottle with you at
all times and drink from it often. Water is the drink of choice, but if
you don't enjoy plain water, than liven it up! Try adding a squeeze of
fresh lemon or lime juice to your water bottle. You can also drink
Propel Fit Water®, VitaminWater®, or some other
form of healthy enhanced beverage with zero or very few calories, but
remember: pure water is best.
Look at exercise as a pleasure and
privilege, not a burden or chore. Think positively about the changes
regular exercise will bring about in your body and your life. Rather
than obsessing about your next meal, get excited about your next
workout!
Eat well-balanced meals and
remember that excessive calories, even if they are fat free and high
protein, will turn to excess weight. No matter what the latest fad diet
is, extra calories always equal extra weight!
Limit your caffeine intake and
your exposure to smoke—even secondhand smoke.
Focus on short-term fitness goals
with an emphasis on completing daily exercise.
Keep a daily log of what you're
actually eating. This includes grabbing a handful of chips here, the
crust of your kid's sandwich there, and ALL your snacking.
Enjoy an occasional (once a week)
"unhealthy" treat, but never an "unhealthy" week or "unhealthy"
vacation.
Enjoy contributing to the health
of others by having a partner or friends to exercise with, as well as
recruiting others who have the desire to feel better and have more
energy. Have a neighbor who walks every morning? Ask if you can join in!
Avoid monotony by introducing new
forms of exercise to your routine—in addition to your regular workout,
try biking, hiking, swimming, or rollerblading to keep you motivated and
inspired.
Subscribe to fitness magazines to
keep focused on health as an overall way of life.
Invest in the right tools—new
workout shoes, a portable MP3 player or iPod with great music, the right
fitness equipment, a new series of exercise videos, etc.
Make it your goal to do some form
of exercise 6 or 7 days a week. If some days you exercise once in the
morning and once in the evening, even better! If you're eating right,
exercise will fuel your energy level!
Don't compare your body to other
people's. Instead, work to be your personal best.
If your diet is unbalanced, work
to balance it, and make sure you take daily vitamin and mineral
supplements for total health.
Work to take your exercise to new
levels of intensity.
Create an exercise schedule the
day before, instead of leaving it to chance or waiting to "find" the
time. Everyone from busy heads of corporations to mothers who work
full-time to the President of the United States can make time to work
out every day—you can make time too!
Move beyond the boundaries of
weight loss and into total fitness. Measure success by the way your
clothes fit and not some number on a scale.
Stick with eating plans you can
maintain indefinitely. Remember that no matter how hard you're working
out, if you're consuming too many calories, you'll never see the muscles
that lie beneath the layers of fatty tissue.
Get adequate amounts of sleep, but
remember that people who exercise regularly fall asleep faster and sleep
more soundly.
Limit alcohol intake to special
occasions.
Credit of these recommendations go to;
Chalene Johnson, creator of Turbo Jam® |
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