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50 Ideas For A Healthy Lifestyle That Take 10 Minutes Or Less

October 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

11310737548_yoga.jpgWhat is a Healthy Lifestyle?
According to a study by Michigan State University, a healthy lifestyle is defined by four basic criteria:

Not smoking

Holding weight down

Eating right

Exercising

Of the 153,000 respondents, only 3% participated in all four of what are termed healthy lifestyle characteristics.
“We have millions of people now going through adult life leading unhealthy lifestyles and a medical system that can treat illnesses and keep you alive longer than ever before,” said Mathew Reeves, a Michigan State University epidemiologist. “If we don’t turn this around, the costs to society are going to be crippling.”
What can be done to help people change?
Everyone talks about achieving it, but most people have plenty of excuses as to why they can’t, won’t, or don’t want to change their current status. The most common excuse people make for not trying to have a healthy lifestyle is “a lack of time.” Have you ever said to yourself, “Oh, I’m tired, I don’t have time to exercise?” or “I don’t feel like cooking dinner tonight; let’s just get some fast food.”
Yes Dorothy, excuses are real and they are contagious.
Time and health always seem to be at odds with each other. We have time to work, time to commute, time for our business associates, but very little time to spend on ourselves, people we love, or even random people who deserve our attention.
What can you do in 10 minutes or less?
More than you think. In a brief 10 minute window you can release tension, prevent future frustrations, get your blood flowing, etc. In fact, here are 50 things you can do. With time out as an excuse, what are you going to begin doing differently tomorrow? I don’t care what it is, the point is, just do something!
Here are some ideas. If you have other thoughts, leave them in the comments!

Brush your teeth
 

Do 15 sit-ups
 
 

Read the health news headlines of the day
 
 

Straighten your posture
 
 

Eat an apple
 
 

Stand up and stretch
 
 

Send a friendly email to a friend
 
 

Resist the impulse purchase of a candy bar
 
 

Post an inspirational quote on Twitter
 
 

Do 10 lunges
 
 

Drink a glass of water
 
 

Smile
 
 

Put a package of oatmeal in your pocket or purse for a healthy breakfast or snack
 
 

Throw a bottle of water in there as well
 
 

Plug your cell phone into the charger
 
 

Pay a bill online
 
 

Ask to have your salad dressing on the side
 
 

Start a dollar jar to be added to once per day
 
 

Open a window
 
 

Say thank you to someone who deserves it
 
 

Take a deep breath
 
 

Put on your seat belt
 
 

Wake up 10 minutes earlier
 
 

Post a comment on a blog
 
 

Turn off the lights when you’re the last one out
 
 

Put on your make-up (this usually pertains to the ladies, but hey, whatever makes you happy)
 
 

Share a healthy recipe
 
 

Give your mother a call
 
 

Wash your hands
 
 

Put on hand lotion
 
 

Check your blood pressure
 
 

Jog in place for 9 minutes
 
 

Throw away that pen that doesn’t work
 
 

Take a canvas tote bag to the grocery store
 
 

Ask a friend to join you for a healthy dinner
 
 

Put down the remote control and get up to change the TV channel
 
 

Hug your kids
 
 

Replace your next cup of coffee with a cup of tea
 
 

Lay out your clothes for the next day
 
 

Put your car keys in the same place everyday
 
 

Take a 10 minute break
 
 

Suck on a breath mint
 
 

Add a little pepper to your salad
 
 

Load the dishwasher
 
 

Play FreeRice for 5 minutes
 
 

Take a quick walk
 
 

Prepare your coffee maker the night before
 
 

Skip your late evening grocery store run
 
 

While watching TV, do 5 push-ups during the commercial
 
 

Read this list over again and count how many things pertain to you

You can get more about healthy life style in you and your health http://www.yu-ms.com

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Healthy Living – How to Have a Healthy Lifestyle

October 9, 2011 By 1 Comment

01310737874_yoga-for-health4.jpgToday is a year of wellness industry, many people are very curious regarding their health. For all we know health is wealth. Sickness is very rampant. It doesn’t matter how rich we are if we don’t have good health, richness is nothing.
Now a days we are facing a lot of problems such as employment, children and marriage, which lead us to stress. Stress will lead us to sickness and that is not good to our health. Stress is all around us. We should not let the stress overcome us but rather we should cope up with stress.
If we have problem, most of us do smoking and drinking even forget to eat our meal. This is not healthy. Problems are normal. We should not forget to maintain a healthy lifestyle even though we have problems. If we do, we are facing a big problem.
In order to have a healthy lifestyle, let’s quit smoking. Smoking and drinking too much alcohol is dangerous to our health. Let us change our diet whether we are fat or thin, we need to eat right food to our body. We should drink a lot of water 6 to 8 glasses a day, eat a lot of vegetables and fruits it make us healthy and protect us from diseases. What we eat determines how healthy we are. Let us monitor that our blood pressure and cholesterol level is acceptable. We should take good care of our teeth because it makes our body healthy. We should take a good rest and sleep well at a right time for it makes us look good. We should do walking as a sort of exercise if we don’t like to go to gym, it makes our body in good shape. Once we maintain our healthy life style we will look and feel great.
Taking up vitamins and other supplement s are also advisable. It helps our body to maintain the vitamins and nutrients we need. Don’t spend too much money for junk foods, meat and other foods that has high cholesterol content for that is not healthy to our body.
To maintain a healthy lifestyle, let us change our bad habits and eat more fruits and vegetables, and do exercise. Instead giving more time in playing PS3 and other computer games, why not try to play outdoor game such as basketball and badminton. It is a sort of exercise and aside from that we will meet new friends. We maintain a healthy lifestyle and healthy relationship to others.
 

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Kickstart a healthy lifestyle

October 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

11310737548_yoga.jpgTo kickstart a healthy lifestyle Your body needs a balance. It needs PROPER nutrients to function well… properly. Getting the right amount of the proper nutrients is key to a balanced nutrition which provides fuel for your daily activities. It also helps kick start your metabolism, aiding in weight loss, and helps keep you going through out the day. =) Here are some very simple ways to help Kickstart your healthy lifestyle and to help you start living better.
* ALWAYS EAT A HEALTHY BREAKFAST – Your body is crying for food in the morning which is why it is the most important meal of the day. It kick starts your metabolism and provides you energy to help start your day!
* EAT SMALLER MORE FREQUENT MEALS – Like so many others I am always on the go. So instead of starving all day then gorging in one meal I eat small snacks all through the day. This helps keep you from those nasty energy slumps and also helps keep the craving for sugary snacks away.
* HAVE HEALTHY SNACKS- Fruits, Veggies and small servings of protein such as unsalted nuts, yogurts or low fat cheeses are perfect for snacking on all day! This again will help prevent over eating at lunch or dinner.
* ACTIVELY SHIFT YOUR FOOD CHOICES – Aim to get your body a wide variety of nutrients, including protein, whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
* PROTEIN IS IMPORTANT – Protein is contained in every part of your body. It builds and maintains healthy body tissue,It provides an excellent source of good sustainable energy and controls many of the important processes related to metabolism which burns fat. You should aim to eat 2-3 servings of protein everyday
* FIBER IS IMPORTANT – A very important competent in a healthy diet. The is very important to your digestive system. It helps process and absorb nutrients. Fiber is only found in food that comes from plants. Fruits, vegetables, beans, oats, whole grain anything are all great sources of fiber.
* REDUCE LEVELS OF SUGAR, SATURATED FAT AND SALT – Checking the labels of the food you eat is a good way to limit the amount you consume.
* MOST IMPORTANTLY STAY HYDRATED WITH PROPER FLUIDS – These are just some simple steps to help get you on your way to a better fuller life. You would be so surprised at the difference even the smallest change in your diet will make in your over well being. All of us aspire to live a healthier, more active lifestyle. It is truly in your reach if you just to commit to some GRADUAL, long-term lifestyle changes.
Healthy diets as well as some regular physical activity are the biggest factors to everything good throughout your entire life cycle. Something as simple as taking a brisk walk and skipping dessert or eating fruit instead of pie is all you need to start this gradual process.
Having a friend or mentor or someone with the same goals in mind also help you stick to your goal as well as helping move from being gradual to long term to a habit you do everyday! The more you start doing the better you will start to feel then the easier it will be to keep going. Before you know it you will look forward to your daily activities. They’ll be more of a leisure not a chore and you will see that you won’t only start losing weight and feeling better but you have started your new healthy lifestyle and started gaining a new lease on life!
God Bless
Bradley D Gardner/Nutrition Advisor
www.wellnesscoachbrad.wordpress.com
Bradley D Gardner
Offering insight and tips for helping others achieve they’re goals while inspiring and motivating to help you reach your personal BEST!

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50 Ideas For A Healthy Lifestyle That Take 10 Minutes Or Less

October 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

01310737549_yoga.jpgWhat is a Healthy Lifestyle?
According to a study by Michigan State University, a healthy lifestyle is defined by four basic criteria:

Not smoking

Holding weight down

Eating right

Exercising

Of the 153,000 respondents, only 3% participated in all four of what are termed healthy lifestyle characteristics.
“We have millions of people now going through adult life leading unhealthy lifestyles and a medical system that can treat illnesses and keep you alive longer than ever before,” said Mathew Reeves, a Michigan State University epidemiologist. “If we don’t turn this around, the costs to society are going to be crippling.”
What can be done to help people change?
Everyone talks about achieving it, but most people have plenty of excuses as to why they can’t, won’t, or don’t want to change their current status. The most common excuse people make for not trying to have a healthy lifestyle is “a lack of time.” Have you ever said to yourself, “Oh, I’m tired, I don’t have time to exercise?” or “I don’t feel like cooking dinner tonight; let’s just get some fast food.”
Yes Dorothy, excuses are real and they are contagious.
Time and health always seem to be at odds with each other. We have time to work, time to commute, time for our business associates, but very little time to spend on ourselves, people we love, or even random people who deserve our attention.
What can you do in 10 minutes or less?
More than you think. In a brief 10 minute window you can release tension, prevent future frustrations, get your blood flowing, etc. In fact, here are 50 things you can do. With time out as an excuse, what are you going to begin doing differently tomorrow? I don’t care what it is, the point is, just do something!
Here are some ideas. If you have other thoughts, leave them in the comments!

Brush your teeth
 

Do 15 sit-ups
 
 

Read the health news headlines of the day
 
 

Straighten your posture
 
 

Eat an apple
 
 

Stand up and stretch
 
 

Send a friendly email to a friend
 
 

Resist the impulse purchase of a candy bar
 
 

Post an inspirational quote on Twitter
 
 

Do 10 lunges
 
 

Drink a glass of water
 
 

Smile
 
 

Put a package of oatmeal in your pocket or purse for a healthy breakfast or snack
 
 

Throw a bottle of water in there as well
 
 

Plug your cell phone into the charger
 
 

Pay a bill online
 
 

Ask to have your salad dressing on the side
 
 

Start a dollar jar to be added to once per day
 
 

Open a window
 
 

Say thank you to someone who deserves it
 
 

Take a deep breath
 
 

Put on your seat belt
 
 

Wake up 10 minutes earlier
 
 

Post a comment on a blog
 
 

Turn off the lights when you’re the last one out
 
 

Put on your make-up (this usually pertains to the ladies, but hey, whatever makes you happy)
 
 

Share a healthy recipe
 
 

Give your mother a call
 
 

Wash your hands
 
 

Put on hand lotion
 
 

Check your blood pressure
 
 

Jog in place for 9 minutes
 
 

Throw away that pen that doesn’t work
 
 

Take a canvas tote bag to the grocery store
 
 

Ask a friend to join you for a healthy dinner
 
 

Put down the remote control and get up to change the TV channel
 
 

Hug your kids
 
 

Replace your next cup of coffee with a cup of tea
 
 

Lay out your clothes for the next day
 
 

Put your car keys in the same place everyday
 
 

Take a 10 minute break
 
 

Suck on a breath mint
 
 

Add a little pepper to your salad
 
 

Load the dishwasher
 
 

Play FreeRice for 5 minutes
 
 

Take a quick walk
 
 

Prepare your coffee maker the night before
 
 

Skip your late evening grocery store run
 
 

While watching TV, do 5 push-ups during the commercial
 
 

Read this list over again and count how many things pertain to you

You can get more about healthy life style in you and your health http://www.yu-ms.com

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The Road to a Healthy Lifestyle

October 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

21310737625_meditation.jpgA healthy lifestyle is a broad term covering several areas of life. Many people want to live healthily, but do not know where to start.
A healthy lifestyle pattern occurs primarily in mind and only then can move into action. In order to be mentally mature. Mentally mature, so we can properly weigh what is more worthwhile – now live unhealthy, damaging your body having a lot of severe chronic diseases in old age, or taking care of themselves and prolong life.
A healthy lifestyle begins with the exchange of attitude!   Healthy mind – healthy body start.
The first step – sit down and think about how you are living now and how would improve your life if you start to live healthy?
Do nothing, just think – you can imagine.
Think not only about the here-and-now surrounding routine, but also about the future – close and far,here-and-now and in old age, children, grandchildren, great-grandson. As all you may need a healthy in older age!
From thought to action !

When to start living healthy? From tomorrow, the next month,from Christmas, New Year, Easter? Major changes to the moral preparation is required, but is a distant date is right?
Time is running constantly, and each moment spent not returns! Why not to start a healthy lifestyle now-from this minute?
How to change your lifestyle?
Lifestyle should be changed slowly.
Imagine that you eat more fat this evening with a beer or a steak with wine, but tomorrow you will eat vegetables for breakfast, for lunch – cereal – for dinner vegetables again. Or, in the last year you was lying and watched TV, but tomorrow you will run 10 km or otherwise you will punish yourself  for overweight. Such a drastic change is the high stress to the body.
On the other hand many of these drastic changes never successful…

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Healthy Living – How to Have a Healthy Lifestyle

October 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

21310737625_meditation.jpgToday is a year of wellness industry, many people are very curious regarding their health. For all we know health is wealth. Sickness is very rampant. It doesn’t matter how rich we are if we don’t have good health, richness is nothing.
Now a days we are facing a lot of problems such as employment, children and marriage, which lead us to stress. Stress will lead us to sickness and that is not good to our health. Stress is all around us. We should not let the stress overcome us but rather we should cope up with stress.
If we have problem, most of us do smoking and drinking even forget to eat our meal. This is not healthy. Problems are normal. We should not forget to maintain a healthy lifestyle even though we have problems. If we do, we are facing a big problem.
In order to have a healthy lifestyle, let’s quit smoking. Smoking and drinking too much alcohol is dangerous to our health. Let us change our diet whether we are fat or thin, we need to eat right food to our body. We should drink a lot of water 6 to 8 glasses a day, eat a lot of vegetables and fruits it make us healthy and protect us from diseases. What we eat determines how healthy we are. Let us monitor that our blood pressure and cholesterol level is acceptable. We should take good care of our teeth because it makes our body healthy. We should take a good rest and sleep well at a right time for it makes us look good. We should do walking as a sort of exercise if we don’t like to go to gym, it makes our body in good shape. Once we maintain our healthy life style we will look and feel great.
Taking up vitamins and other supplement s are also advisable. It helps our body to maintain the vitamins and nutrients we need. Don’t spend too much money for junk foods, meat and other foods that has high cholesterol content for that is not healthy to our body.
To maintain a healthy lifestyle, let us change our bad habits and eat more fruits and vegetables, and do exercise. Instead giving more time in playing PS3 and other computer games, why not try to play outdoor game such as basketball and badminton. It is a sort of exercise and aside from that we will meet new friends. We maintain a healthy lifestyle and healthy relationship to others.
 

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