Ok, it's time to buckle up
and hold on to your hat! I'm going to show you the do's and don'ts for
achieving a healthy lifestyle.
This section is looong and
it contains an amazing amount of tips, techniques and general information but
don't panic! I don't expect you to change things over night and become a
healthy lifestyle master just by reading this beginners guide.
It's been crafted to get you started on a healthy lifestyle.
Like the title says, it will provide a great starting point for someone who is
looking to explore what a healthy lifestyle really entails. Don't worry though
I won't leave you hanging! At the end of this guide, I will show you how you
can get more advanced training on the topics I'm about to cover now.
Here's what not
to do.
1
DON'T MAKE EXCUSES
Do you have
excuses for not having a healthy lifestyle? At the beginning of every year many
of you always set out to bring about big changes in your life. Often these
changes will include things like losing weight, getting into shape, improving
fitness. Alas often before even the end of January you fall off the wagon and
find all the excuses you can for why you just can't do it.
It's so common to make
excuses to just why you can't build a healthy lifestyle and as a former gym
owner I've heard them all.
•
It's just so difficult – yes it can be hard to put years of bad
habits behind you, but the results
will be worth every struggle.
•
I'm ok at the moment - Maybe you are, but don't wait till things
force you to change.
•
I've never had a day sick
in my life - Now then is the perfect
time to focus on embracing healthy
habits that will keep you feeling that way; do not wait until you're sick to
live a healthy lifestyle
•
My work schedule makes
living a healthy lifestyle impossible - You
can't put your work or your
to-do-list before your personal health all the time.
•
I'm not ready to make a
change – there's never a right time to
start, but surely its best to make
the changes needed before ill health sets in.
•
I find temptations are too
great - Staying in bed instead of going
to the gym can be tempting, as maybe
that bar of chocolate is asking you to eat it. Then sleep in or eat that bar of
chocolate. You've surely heard of the 80 -20 theory. Live that healthy
lifestyle 80% of the time and you'll be doing ok as far as I'm concerned.
•
What if it doesn't work
out? Creating a healthy lifestyle is
possible if you are committed and
stay focused, and your health is too important to fail with this.
•
I can eat, drink and live a
lazy sedentary life and don't put on weight or seem to suffer with bad health -
Not yet anyway. Doomsday may be just
round the corner, so stop it before it
does.
•
A healthy lifestyle costs
too much – I believe you'll find
takeaways aren't cheap, nor is
alcohol; chocolate and cakes aren't free and ill health can be incredibly
expensive in many ways.
•
I'm too old - It's never too late to take care of your
health. And before you start, no
matter how overweight, out of shape, inflexible, too flexible, old, young, or
ailing body you may have, a healthy lifestyle will help you get fitter,
healthier and happy with who you are.
I'm sure you
can think of other excuses that you've used for not having a healthy lifestyle,
but now this is the time where you're going to do it. No excuses will ever
stand in the way of someone totally committed. After all ultimately we are
talking about the difference between possibly life and death.
2
DON'T SMOKE
Smoking is the greatest single self-inflicted
risk to health of all.
It causes things such as
respiratory illness, coronary heart disease, cancer.
Your family's risks are increased two to three
times if you smoke.
If you are pregnant you can
damage your baby's chances of being healthy by smoking even before the baby is
born.
Research shows
that young children who have one or more parents who smoke are twice as likely
to suffer with chest problems in their first year of life. They will have more
chest, nose, ear and throat infections than children whose parents do not
smoke. They are also more likely to take up smoking themselves later in life.
Smoking kills
around 120,000 people prematurely in the UK every year - more than 13 people
every hour. It is also responsible for many diseases, including cancers, heart
disease and stroke.
The only thing I cannot
give you is a single benefit or good reason for smoking.
This is very simple,
smoking is incredibly bad for you.
You want a healthy lifestyle you can't smoke,
SIMPLE!
If you don't
smoke, then don't start. If you do smoke you can lower your health risks by
stopping. Talk to your doctor about medicines to help you quit or to find out
about Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
The health benefits will
start immediately once you quit smoking. Let's be clear here – To have a healthy lifestyle you can't
smoke!
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