When it comes to our overall health, if we are not reaching our goals, we are possibly doing something wrong. Sometimes we may think we are doing the right things, when in reality, we ourselves are sabotaging our efforts. If we think we are eating right, taking our medications, exercising, yet our cholesterol is still high, maybe we are doing something wrong. Get to know high cholesterol foods.
When it comes to losing weight, different things work for different people. The word "diet" should be used to mean our nutrition rather than being used to mean weight loss. Then there are things that work universally but you have to find your niche.
If you want to live long and healthy, there may be things beyond your control. There's a Longevity Checklist to see if there is anything you can change.
Trouble with your overall relationship with other folks? Maybe you should sharpen your people skills. If you're feeling down in the dumps, try these natural mood boosters.
Nothing can ruin a healthy lifestyle like losing sleep. If that sleeping pill isn't working, don't eat high fat foods before you take it. Ideally you should go to bed on an empty stomach.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Easy Fitness Tips
I really can't say enough about exercising, but it's one of those topics that either you got it in you to do it and stick with it, or you don't. Then there are those who talk about starting someday, and you even have those who sign a contract at a gym and never show up. Exercise is essential and an intense workout at least 3 times a week is needed.
One needs to find the motivation to exercise and to not let the flame go out. Some join gyms and some buy home exercising equipment, but without motivation, neither one will give you your moneys worth. One of the biggest problems with beginners that makes them quit is overtraining. This can also keep veterans away from exercising for months, because they overdo it. Overtraining can also be dangerous to your health.
If you want to burn calories, the intensity of the exercise is what matters. Here are 15 ways to burn 150 calories. If I plan on doing nothing else, I will take the stairs to the 15th floor to my apartment. How about a stretch and tone workout?
Keep in mind that you really don't need a gym to workout. The cost for equipment is affordable. Sometimes all it takes is a couple of dumbbells and 15 minutes to build muscle and strength. Although most people exercise for their outer appearance, we must not forget to exercise for our heart.
The ideal lifestyle is to exercise everyday but to lower the intensity. Three days a week should have weight training. Cardio should be done daily with maximum, moderate, and low intensity alternating days. Eventually our routine should be to maintain our muscles and organs. This comes as we age, where our body has peaked, and the main concern becomes to maintain ourselves.
One needs to find the motivation to exercise and to not let the flame go out. Some join gyms and some buy home exercising equipment, but without motivation, neither one will give you your moneys worth. One of the biggest problems with beginners that makes them quit is overtraining. This can also keep veterans away from exercising for months, because they overdo it. Overtraining can also be dangerous to your health.
If you want to burn calories, the intensity of the exercise is what matters. Here are 15 ways to burn 150 calories. If I plan on doing nothing else, I will take the stairs to the 15th floor to my apartment. How about a stretch and tone workout?
Keep in mind that you really don't need a gym to workout. The cost for equipment is affordable. Sometimes all it takes is a couple of dumbbells and 15 minutes to build muscle and strength. Although most people exercise for their outer appearance, we must not forget to exercise for our heart.
The ideal lifestyle is to exercise everyday but to lower the intensity. Three days a week should have weight training. Cardio should be done daily with maximum, moderate, and low intensity alternating days. Eventually our routine should be to maintain our muscles and organs. This comes as we age, where our body has peaked, and the main concern becomes to maintain ourselves.
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Health Journal 2
Welcome to Health Journal 2.
If you want to live a healthy lifestyle and maintain a healthy weight, have I got a couple of sites with tools you need. Consider these your texts and workbooks of a healthy lifestyle. I hope you joined My Well-Being and are waiting for, or downloaded, the Well-Being for Dummies book. It is loaded with useful information on My Well-Being's 4 stages of a healthy lifestyle.
Here is a site loaded with information and tools to live healthy. It has a BMI Calculator, a Food Exchange List, a Food and Activity Journal and I haven't even touched the surface. You're probably going to need a BMR Calculator to go with your other toys!
When it comes to the impact of exercise, long, slow workouts are better than short, intense ones. It's better to move all day rather than a couple of times a day.
You should learn to eat seasonal to help your body adjust to the changes. Get to know the seasonal healthy foods. You should find a way to eat healthy.
You can't say enough about boosting your mood. Here are six ways to boost it quick. It's the little things that help you find happiness. Of course there are foods and food preparation that can make you happy. And don't forget exercise or any activity as a mood booster.
Lets not forget the importance of our brains. Start by giving it the proper nutrition it needs to stay healthy. Saturated Fats, not only clog the arteries, but can also hurt the brain. Time to learn the good and bad when it comes to fats. Sounds repetitive but brain health is important. Your brain's best diet!
In health news, due to a computer glitch smokers will not be forced to pay higher insurance premiums. This means that we can expect insurance rates to skyrocket even higher for the rest, including the healthy.
People are living past 90 and their functions are improving. You can read more here.
The battle of the sexes has men as the winners when it comes to weight loss. Women don't despair and try these solutions.
Here are some strange but true health tips.
How far will you go to train? Are you so advance that you can go until you are exhausted? If done right, Crossfit may have extreme results as gymnastics meets Olympic weightlifting. But beware of the downfalls!
Finally, Don't be a Biggest Loser. It seems the show is sending a wrong message and can be dangerous.
If you want to live a healthy lifestyle and maintain a healthy weight, have I got a couple of sites with tools you need. Consider these your texts and workbooks of a healthy lifestyle. I hope you joined My Well-Being and are waiting for, or downloaded, the Well-Being for Dummies book. It is loaded with useful information on My Well-Being's 4 stages of a healthy lifestyle.
Here is a site loaded with information and tools to live healthy. It has a BMI Calculator, a Food Exchange List, a Food and Activity Journal and I haven't even touched the surface. You're probably going to need a BMR Calculator to go with your other toys!
When it comes to the impact of exercise, long, slow workouts are better than short, intense ones. It's better to move all day rather than a couple of times a day.
You should learn to eat seasonal to help your body adjust to the changes. Get to know the seasonal healthy foods. You should find a way to eat healthy.
You can't say enough about boosting your mood. Here are six ways to boost it quick. It's the little things that help you find happiness. Of course there are foods and food preparation that can make you happy. And don't forget exercise or any activity as a mood booster.
Lets not forget the importance of our brains. Start by giving it the proper nutrition it needs to stay healthy. Saturated Fats, not only clog the arteries, but can also hurt the brain. Time to learn the good and bad when it comes to fats. Sounds repetitive but brain health is important. Your brain's best diet!
In health news, due to a computer glitch smokers will not be forced to pay higher insurance premiums. This means that we can expect insurance rates to skyrocket even higher for the rest, including the healthy.
People are living past 90 and their functions are improving. You can read more here.
The battle of the sexes has men as the winners when it comes to weight loss. Women don't despair and try these solutions.
Here are some strange but true health tips.
How far will you go to train? Are you so advance that you can go until you are exhausted? If done right, Crossfit may have extreme results as gymnastics meets Olympic weightlifting. But beware of the downfalls!
Finally, Don't be a Biggest Loser. It seems the show is sending a wrong message and can be dangerous.
Friday, August 9, 2013
A Body In Motion
Remaining active and exercising is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. We tend to become obese when we take in fuel(food) and don't convert it to energy(exercise or movement). Sitting around doing nothing will guarantee extra weight.
Exercise gets hard during the hot, humid summer days, because you really don't feel like exercising and don't need the extra sweat. Well there are ways to stay active. The key is do something, even if you have to find air conditioning.
Maybe you want to find out how fit you really are. Take these tests. You will get an idea where your level of fitness is and what needs to be improved.
Many people are using personal trainers that can range from free with a gym membership to over a hundred dollars an hour. If you need one try My Home Personal Trainer. It's online and free. Here's how to become Fab with just 15 minutes a day.
If you are trying to build muscle, here are some tricks to use.
When it comes to exercise you need to find your niche. You do this through trial and error, and change the routine each month to keep challenging your muscles.
Exercise gets hard during the hot, humid summer days, because you really don't feel like exercising and don't need the extra sweat. Well there are ways to stay active. The key is do something, even if you have to find air conditioning.
Maybe you want to find out how fit you really are. Take these tests. You will get an idea where your level of fitness is and what needs to be improved.
Many people are using personal trainers that can range from free with a gym membership to over a hundred dollars an hour. If you need one try My Home Personal Trainer. It's online and free. Here's how to become Fab with just 15 minutes a day.
If you are trying to build muscle, here are some tricks to use.
When it comes to exercise you need to find your niche. You do this through trial and error, and change the routine each month to keep challenging your muscles.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
The Forgotten Essential
Although it is the foundation to living a healthy lifestyle, exercise and fitness are often put on the sidelines. The truth is that at least an hour of movement a day is required. At least 20 minutes should be an exercise. We need more verbs to occupy our life or all our health will go downhill quickly.
In our exercise routines, we are not created equal. Women won't get the benefits from men's workouts. Cut it any way you want or can, but movement is essential, especially in exercise. I usually wait until after Christmas to give my opinion on those about to be broken New Year's Resolution. As far as gyms, most are crowded until February!
Would you workout if you got paid? I believe people would dig a tunnel to China if you paid them. Well here's a chance to put your money where your mouth is. Don't workout you pay. Workout and get paid!
Need fitness programs? I have you covered, even without a gym. I also give you foods for your workouts.
The Bottom Line is that exercise is a requirement and procrastination is not an option. I move as much as I can. I try to go to the gym for weight training at least 3 times a week. I take the stairs most of the time. I try to walk at least 10000 steps a day.
Since exercise is a necessity, it will come up from time to time. I may blog about nutrition and even foods that burn calories, but we require exercise. We need muscle to keep us strong and prevent falls and broken bones as we age.
In our exercise routines, we are not created equal. Women won't get the benefits from men's workouts. Cut it any way you want or can, but movement is essential, especially in exercise. I usually wait until after Christmas to give my opinion on those about to be broken New Year's Resolution. As far as gyms, most are crowded until February!
Would you workout if you got paid? I believe people would dig a tunnel to China if you paid them. Well here's a chance to put your money where your mouth is. Don't workout you pay. Workout and get paid!
Need fitness programs? I have you covered, even without a gym. I also give you foods for your workouts.
The Bottom Line is that exercise is a requirement and procrastination is not an option. I move as much as I can. I try to go to the gym for weight training at least 3 times a week. I take the stairs most of the time. I try to walk at least 10000 steps a day.
Since exercise is a necessity, it will come up from time to time. I may blog about nutrition and even foods that burn calories, but we require exercise. We need muscle to keep us strong and prevent falls and broken bones as we age.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
The Longevity Of Your Long Life
Is it possible to live to be 100? Your odds are better today than they ever were. The stopper is your diet and lifestyle for the most part. If you smoke, drink heavily, use recreational drugs, have unsafe sex, eat unhealthy, and well you get the message that there are lifestyles that shorten your life.
To look for longevity, one must go where people live long and how they get there. Lets go to Okinawa. We may as well give the statistics to Japan to which Okinawa is a part. Still there is proof that the diet and lifestyle really work. The key is the weight and BMI that comes from healthy eating.
I'm not crazy about tofu or soy so it is out. Although I will not drink cow milk, I have 4 oz. of yogurt daily and cheese occasionally. I also from time to time drink goat's milk.
We really can't change our genes and if our parents didn't give us longevity, we must live as healthy as we can until our death. And there are more than one way to beat the odds. Even Dr. Oz gives a prescription to longevity.
Don't confuse the Okinawa diet with a Calorie Restriction Diet which is more harmful than helpful. You want calories coming from the right foods. Case in point. Just be aware that a real longevity diet may not exist.
Keep in mind that genes and environment may play a role. If people live longest in Japan, it is possibly due to parents passing on their genes to their progeny. What they consume is possibly abundant and fresh in their country. What works for them, may or may not work for you, but that doesn't mean that there won't be benefits and it couldn't hurt. It is yet a step up in your healthy lifestyle goals.
To look for longevity, one must go where people live long and how they get there. Lets go to Okinawa. We may as well give the statistics to Japan to which Okinawa is a part. Still there is proof that the diet and lifestyle really work. The key is the weight and BMI that comes from healthy eating.
I'm not crazy about tofu or soy so it is out. Although I will not drink cow milk, I have 4 oz. of yogurt daily and cheese occasionally. I also from time to time drink goat's milk.
We really can't change our genes and if our parents didn't give us longevity, we must live as healthy as we can until our death. And there are more than one way to beat the odds. Even Dr. Oz gives a prescription to longevity.
Don't confuse the Okinawa diet with a Calorie Restriction Diet which is more harmful than helpful. You want calories coming from the right foods. Case in point. Just be aware that a real longevity diet may not exist.
Keep in mind that genes and environment may play a role. If people live longest in Japan, it is possibly due to parents passing on their genes to their progeny. What they consume is possibly abundant and fresh in their country. What works for them, may or may not work for you, but that doesn't mean that there won't be benefits and it couldn't hurt. It is yet a step up in your healthy lifestyle goals.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Savy Supermarket Health Shopper
Although we try to buy our fruits and vegetables from a farmers' market, the growing season is limited in some areas. Lets face it, we all buy our foods and produce at the supermarkets. If you've adopted a healthy lifestyle it will pay to know how to shop and what to avoid.
The first thing to remember is to shop the perimeter, among other things, because that's where the healthier foods are. That's where you have your produce, meats and dairy. The other aisles should be limited to a few items. Play the interactive Supermarket Game, and learn the importance of healthy eating and shopping.
The food label continues to be a mystery to most people. If your still confused then play the Food Label Game. I guess it wouldn't be complete unless you know your food portions.
The best thing to do when you go grocery shopping is to shop with a full stomach to avoid impulse buying. You should always have a shopping list that fits your needs. Try this one or this one or maybe this one and this one.
Now all you need are recipes.
The first thing to remember is to shop the perimeter, among other things, because that's where the healthier foods are. That's where you have your produce, meats and dairy. The other aisles should be limited to a few items. Play the interactive Supermarket Game, and learn the importance of healthy eating and shopping.
The food label continues to be a mystery to most people. If your still confused then play the Food Label Game. I guess it wouldn't be complete unless you know your food portions.
The best thing to do when you go grocery shopping is to shop with a full stomach to avoid impulse buying. You should always have a shopping list that fits your needs. Try this one or this one or maybe this one and this one.
Now all you need are recipes.
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