Four Steps For a Healthy 2009
1. Make exercise routine. Don’t make excuses, or ask yourself, “Will I or won’t I?” Just do it. Getting started is really the hardest part. Once you get moving, it feels good to keep moving. Exercise doesn’t have to be complicated. Just 20 to 30 minutes of walking boosts circulation, improves blood pressure, decreases insulin resistance, improves alertness, and increases your endorphins (the feel-good hormones). Increase your time or intensity gradually.
2. Do your abdominal exercises daily. Abdominal muscles support your back. A strong core helps you stand and sit erect, aids in carrying and lifting, and helps prevent back pain and injury. Don’t rush through sit-ups, but do slow and deliberate crunches where you contract your abdominal muscles and push back to flatten your lower back. Tightening your abs will make you stronger and look better, but you also need to avoid abdominal fat. This is the most dangerous type of body fat. It contributes to metabolic problems, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other illnesses. You can’t work off this insidious fat with crunches. You need to exercise regularly to boost your metabolism and eat healthfully to lose any excess weight.
3. Do resistance training. You will build muscle, which will keep you strong and firm. This extra muscle tissue will also burn extra calories, not just during exercise but continually. Train all your major body parts to keep your muscles balanced and avoid injury.
4. Simplify your life. Don’t think too much about choices. Just make it simple. For example, I eat oatmeal with walnuts every day, and have fish and spinach for lunch or dinner. I also eat fresh tomatoes often. Check out my super 5 foods to eat daily. Food is fuel, not my pleasure in life. Feeling healthy and strong and knowing as I’m aging that I’m taking the steps I need to live many healthy, happy years with my family and grandchildren is what gives me pleasure.
2. Do your abdominal exercises daily. Abdominal muscles support your back. A strong core helps you stand and sit erect, aids in carrying and lifting, and helps prevent back pain and injury. Don’t rush through sit-ups, but do slow and deliberate crunches where you contract your abdominal muscles and push back to flatten your lower back. Tightening your abs will make you stronger and look better, but you also need to avoid abdominal fat. This is the most dangerous type of body fat. It contributes to metabolic problems, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other illnesses. You can’t work off this insidious fat with crunches. You need to exercise regularly to boost your metabolism and eat healthfully to lose any excess weight.
3. Do resistance training. You will build muscle, which will keep you strong and firm. This extra muscle tissue will also burn extra calories, not just during exercise but continually. Train all your major body parts to keep your muscles balanced and avoid injury.
4. Simplify your life. Don’t think too much about choices. Just make it simple. For example, I eat oatmeal with walnuts every day, and have fish and spinach for lunch or dinner. I also eat fresh tomatoes often. Check out my super 5 foods to eat daily. Food is fuel, not my pleasure in life. Feeling healthy and strong and knowing as I’m aging that I’m taking the steps I need to live many healthy, happy years with my family and grandchildren is what gives me pleasure.
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