A Healthy Lifestyle Consists of What?

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:24:13 +0000

A Healthy lifestyle consists of what?

I hear this comment so often, I wanted to throw my 2 cents out on the table. I believe you can take that phrase 2 ways:

The person is genuinely wanting information about how they can lead a more healthy lifestyle. Or
The person thinks I am crazy when I suggest they exercise, eat right, get to bed earlier, drink less, visit the doctor more often, stop worrying, quite smoking, take your vitamins, drive slower, laugh more, go green, drink your green tea, take your omega III, get a less stressful job, and quit fighting with your spouse.

Does it really take all of that to live a healthier lifestyle? Living a more healthy lifestyle can mean a lot of different things, there isn't any one cut and dry answer. Just changing one unhealthy factor in your lifestyle is going to lead to better health.

For me, one of the worst things I do for my body right now, is not get enough sleep. We are on the run all the time, our kids generally have us going in different directions almost everyday of the week, and that's not to mention our busy schedules. Who has time to sleep, I have to watch Gray's Anatomy.

The best advice I can give, is to take inventory of your current lifestyle habits and go from there. Make small incremental changes every month that take you closer to your goals. We will never be perfect, so you are always going to have things you can do better, don't stress it and work the things you can.

A free resource I love to send people too is The Real Age Test. It is a series of questions that help identify weak areas in your lifestyle. The great thing about the test is, it not only gives you insight about the weak areas, it gives you realistic things you can do to help fix the problems. Give it a try and see if it can help get you going in the right direction.

Taking care of your health is the most important job you have. Without your health you are left with nothing. Not a very valuable asset to your company, family or friends.

Stay Motivated,

Karen

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What Are Your Habits?

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:30:36 +0000

I was at a meeting this week and happened to overhear a lady talking about how she wanted to lose some weight but did not want to exercise or diet. After telling her story she launched in to what she was trying. She gets all the latest fitness magazines and she bought a new book "How to Lose Weight Without Diet & Exercise".

I never did find a very good place to insert myself in that particular conversation, so I kept my mouth closed. Had I talked to her I probably would have addressed her current habits. Let me explain.

I recently read a book about our habits and how to change them. The book talked about how powerful our habits are. They really help to define our character because our habits are an accumulation of all the little things we do all day long consciously and unconsciously.

In my business I deal with the forming of new habits and lifestyles every day. I find that some people are so much more successful than others when it comes to changing their habits.

The book identified three things necessary to change or create a new habit. Knowledge, skill and desire. Let me give an example, I know what my workout is (knowledge), I know how to do the workout (skill) and I want to do the workout (desire).

As in the example, my lady up above, she was missing some critical pieces. Her weight is a product of her environment and habits. Her lifestyle habits need to change before she will ever be able to lose the weight.

Next time you want something changed start with your habits. Make sure you have all 3 critical areas covered and see if it doesn't work better.