4 Easy Health and Fitness Tips

How are you dealing with your health? Is it a top priority for you? Or are you too busy bringing home the pay check? You plan to get all those 65 years of exercise in during your retirement, which may not come. The way things are going the retirement age may shift from 65 to 70 or higher. So what is your physical condition these days? Are you fit as a fiddle, a little plump around the mid section, or as the medical community is calling many – obese?

 

The AMA is saying we are facing an obesity epidemic right now. To top that off we have every pharmaceutical out there selling every type of weight loss, quick weigh loss pill, powder, lotion, salve, you name it they are selling it. And you know what – people are buying it. People actually believe that if they pop a pill for 30 days they will lose all their fat and it will stay off forever. I wish it were that simple, but the truth is it is not. However these drug companies are making a fortune selling the quick, easy fix. While we have the drug companies selling the quick weight loss magic super pills there is the diet industry offering so many different diets it is hard to keep track of them at the rate they are coming out.

 

Both these industries are preying on the pain and angst of the consumer. They have truly found a hungry market, (sorry for the play on words), and are doing everything they can to make as much profit as they possibly can. What we really need is some good old fashioned common sense that really works.

 

People need to be told the truth. And they need to be given the tools to work with to get what they are looking for. So here it is in simple terms, no fluff, no hype, no sales pitch, just the plain honest facts.

 

1.    Drink more water. I don’t think it is possible to drink too much water. Get good quality water and drink as much as you possibly can every day. A gallon or two won’t hurt you. The water will help flush out the toxins in your body and will keep you hydrated.

 

 2.   Eat smaller but more frequent meals. It is true that to lose weight we need to eat less calories than what we burn. At the same time we need to get our metabolism revved up. Also remember that breakfast is really the most important meal of the day. So eat a good breakfast, and if you can’t then at least grab a piece of fruit, or food bar as you head out.

 

3.    Get your body moving. Exercise, make it a habit and start – NOW. If you won’t do that then do everything you can along the way to get your body moving. Walk up those stairs and never use the elevator, take your pet dog for a walk every day, find other fun ways to move, but in the end burn calories. The best way to lose weight is not just to eat less, or exercise more, but to do both at the same time.

 

 4.   Find your "Why". When you have a big enough WHY you will accomplish whatever you want. In high school I was a few pounds overweight. I got nicknamed the bottomless pit. The next year I dropped from 185 to 150. I had my WHY and I did it.