Imagine this scenario: a healthier you, a trimmer body, and a longer life; all without investing much time at all. Sound crazy? It's all too possible with just a few tiny behavior changes. But first, you absolutely must truly decide to reshape your body. If you decide that yourself, and this article can give you some help as to how to get there. The secret is to form good habits to replace your bad ones.
Most of us eat at will when our minds are bored and our bodies are inactive. The end result: An unhealthy amount of weight...an unhappy person...and an uncontrollable hunger. When we vegetate our bodies have nothing better to do than store the fat from the foods that we intake, therefore leading to obesity. Our bodies are screaming at us for a change through health related problems such as diabetes, heart conditions, cholesterol problems, breathing problems, etc. Now is the time to CHANGE!
Lets get started with an important part of a healthier YOU. The BRAIN! Yes the brain. In order to become healthier, you have to overcome the obstacle that you see before you, and that is the rather large entity that has grown over the years. In becoming a different person you need to develop healthy thinking on top of your new habits. You need to keep up your self esteem, for a healthy self esteem will keep that inner self burning to reach your ultimate goal. You need to give yourself a pat on the back and good comments on a job well done. Treat yourself to a new pair of pants or a new top when you have reached a goal. Healthy living has its benefits in the endaextending your life!
The first change you need to make to find a healthier you is to reduce your consumption of high calorie food, and replace them low-calorie, nutrient dense foods. If you were going to have a cheeseburger and fries, you can skip the fries and have a garden salad with low-calorie dressing instead. If you like chicken nuggets with creamy pasta, try having chicken breast with vegetables and a high-fiber bread, or replace that creamy pasta with a low-fat marinara sauce. Instead of take out pizza, try some oven baked fish with rice and a small salad instead.
Change #2: Take those times of boring sitting periods and turn them into fun exercise periods IE: Instead of sitting and watching television-Take a walk/better yet have someone walk along with you (drive your car and mark out a mile distance)aInstead of sitting and playing on the computer for 2 hours-Go and play an activity in the backyard such as volleyball or badmintonaInstead of laying down in bed and watching television-Go to the beach and go swimming and/or walk the beach.
Write down everything you eat so you are sure of what's going in. Lots of people gain weight by noshing in front of the television with a big bucket of chicken. Portion your food and write it down. Because it's a lot easier to keep track of how many calories you are taking in if your food is portioned. It's time to get out of denial about how much food you really eat. Lots of overweight people claim they don't really eat much food, but sometimes they eat a lot without knowing it.
To keep yourself in track, make a log of your physical activities so you can be aware of your exercise progress. There are books that help you log your activity, and also many websites that help you log your activities and count the calories you burn.
Donat be afraid of failure! Everyone is going to have their bad days. Pick yourself upaKeep track of your food intakeaYour log of activitiesaAnd DONaT give up! This may be the most important thing you do for yourself in your lifetime. It may be the one thing that saves your life. Rememberado you want to live healthier? Or do you want to make early plans for your burial?
Itas your choiceaWhat are you going to choose? - 17944
Most of us eat at will when our minds are bored and our bodies are inactive. The end result: An unhealthy amount of weight...an unhappy person...and an uncontrollable hunger. When we vegetate our bodies have nothing better to do than store the fat from the foods that we intake, therefore leading to obesity. Our bodies are screaming at us for a change through health related problems such as diabetes, heart conditions, cholesterol problems, breathing problems, etc. Now is the time to CHANGE!
Lets get started with an important part of a healthier YOU. The BRAIN! Yes the brain. In order to become healthier, you have to overcome the obstacle that you see before you, and that is the rather large entity that has grown over the years. In becoming a different person you need to develop healthy thinking on top of your new habits. You need to keep up your self esteem, for a healthy self esteem will keep that inner self burning to reach your ultimate goal. You need to give yourself a pat on the back and good comments on a job well done. Treat yourself to a new pair of pants or a new top when you have reached a goal. Healthy living has its benefits in the endaextending your life!
The first change you need to make to find a healthier you is to reduce your consumption of high calorie food, and replace them low-calorie, nutrient dense foods. If you were going to have a cheeseburger and fries, you can skip the fries and have a garden salad with low-calorie dressing instead. If you like chicken nuggets with creamy pasta, try having chicken breast with vegetables and a high-fiber bread, or replace that creamy pasta with a low-fat marinara sauce. Instead of take out pizza, try some oven baked fish with rice and a small salad instead.
Change #2: Take those times of boring sitting periods and turn them into fun exercise periods IE: Instead of sitting and watching television-Take a walk/better yet have someone walk along with you (drive your car and mark out a mile distance)aInstead of sitting and playing on the computer for 2 hours-Go and play an activity in the backyard such as volleyball or badmintonaInstead of laying down in bed and watching television-Go to the beach and go swimming and/or walk the beach.
Write down everything you eat so you are sure of what's going in. Lots of people gain weight by noshing in front of the television with a big bucket of chicken. Portion your food and write it down. Because it's a lot easier to keep track of how many calories you are taking in if your food is portioned. It's time to get out of denial about how much food you really eat. Lots of overweight people claim they don't really eat much food, but sometimes they eat a lot without knowing it.
To keep yourself in track, make a log of your physical activities so you can be aware of your exercise progress. There are books that help you log your activity, and also many websites that help you log your activities and count the calories you burn.
Donat be afraid of failure! Everyone is going to have their bad days. Pick yourself upaKeep track of your food intakeaYour log of activitiesaAnd DONaT give up! This may be the most important thing you do for yourself in your lifetime. It may be the one thing that saves your life. Rememberado you want to live healthier? Or do you want to make early plans for your burial?
Itas your choiceaWhat are you going to choose? - 17944
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