INGRAIN HEALTH IN YOUR LIFE.....BE THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BE

Following are five things you can do in order to achieve this goal.


1) Make regular exercise a priority. Schedule, on your calendar, time each day for exercise. If you hate exercising, then get up earlier in the morning and get it out of the way first. On the other hand, finding a type of physical activity that you really enjoy doing may be the answer for you. It could be something as simple as going for a fast-paced, 30-minute walk first thing in the morning.


2) Clean the house like a mad woman (or man). We’ve all got chores to do around the house. So, why not do them with real vigor? Instead of taking 2 or 3 hours to clean the house, really get moving and finish the job in 1 hour. How about getting outside in the fall and raking up those leaves, instead of asking the next door neighbor’s kid to do it. And, when winter dumps a foot or two of snow on your driveway and sidewalks around the house, you get outside and clear the snow. Fresh air and exercise is a great combination.


3) Make your health and fitness a priority in your life. I doubt that you would choose early death as a priority. But, if you’re not getting enough physical activity, then that may just be what you’re doing. Instead of that, choose to live healthy, fitter, happier, and much longer. Use your calendar to schedule in your daily exercise periods and then stick to the schedule. Hate exercise? Then schedule it in as your first activity after getting out of bed in the morning, and then get out of bed 30 minutes earlier than you normally would. It won’t kill you, so get to it!


4) Do the family exercise thing. You should be just as concerned about the health and fitness of your wife and children as you are about yourself. So, get outside as a family every week and do something physical together. How about soft ball, soccer, volleyball, basketball, bike riding, ice skating, roller blading, skiing, hiking and swimming? The list goes on and on. The point is, just do something physical together as a family and you’ll be really happy that you did.


5) Do you just have to watch that television for 2, 3, or 4 hours each evening? Then get a stationary bike or a treadmill and do something while you’re watching the boob tube. Who said you have to be sedentary while doing so? If you really love reading books, then get yourself some audio books of your favorite authors and listen to them while you’re working out.


These suggestions are super easy to put into use. Choose one, or all of them if you like. Whatever you decide, the point is that you need to start doing something because you certainaly don’t want to get ill or die young because you were leading a sedentary lifestyle.