How To Stick With Your Health & Fitness Resolutions In 2021
Keep It Simple
Making things overly complicated kills motivation and progress.
Don’t over think your diet, workout clothes or even your workout routine.
Have as few moving parts as possible.
Which is better?
- A complicated workout routine you struggle with and quit weeks later?
- Or one that’s simple and easy to stick with?
Same with your diet: don’t make it complicated.
Eat healthy most of the time but enjoy your favorite foods some of the time.
It’s about balance and enjoying the journey.
When it comes to fitness goals, the secret to success is consistency - not perfection.
Choose a workout and diet you can stick with.
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January ushers in a fresh start: out with old in with the new!
We dream about the things we want to:
* have
* be
* do
We vow that things will be different this year.
We create ambitious plans to make our dreams come true.
According to surveys, most people give up on their resolutions by the second or third week of January and resign themselves to the “realities” of life.
The fiery passion that ignited the New Year fades into a weak flicker that dies in days.
Leading the list of resolutions are health and fitness goals, for most people. Ads are everywhere for discounted gym memberships, waived fees and new diets that promise you will lose those holiday inches in just days.
But you know how it goes ... because you’ve seen it all before.
The gym is full in January - but empty weeks later.
But you CAN make your fitness goals come true!
YOU can be an exception to the statistics this year.
Here’s how: lifestyle.org/how-to-stick-with-your-health-fitness-resolutions-in-2021
The "CREATION" acronym stands for the 8 principles of living life to the fullest.
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Boredom is:
- dangerous because it drains time from your life
- a vampire that feasts on your joy
DAMAGING TO YOUR HEALTH:
1) Overweight Issues: Boredom often drives emotional eating.
Bored people tend to snack because it gives them something to do (and they usually don’t reach for the vegetable platter). Eating highly processed food loaded with sugar and fat triggers feelings of happiness.
2) Mental Health
We all know that grinding out long hours at a stressful job day in and day out can trigger depression - but being stuck in a BORING, unfulfilling, dead-end job triggers depression, too.
3) Chemical Addictions
It’s easy to reach for drugs and alcohol to cope with life’s extremes. When life gets too overwhelming or flat-out, dull and boring, many people use chemical substances or recreational drugs to escape from the pain or monotony.
4) Heart Disease
There’s more to boredom than just feeling bored. The brain releases an unhealthy mix of hormones into your bloodstream when boredom strikes you regularly - which can create issues with your heart.
To make the problem worse, people who battle boredom tend not to exercise regularly and adopt risky habits like smoking and drinking, etc.- all of which increase the risk of heart disease and premature death.
For help:
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5 Reasons Why a Whole Food Diet is the BEST way to FUEL your body with the NUTRIENTS it needs to function optimally.
1) Full Nutrition
Overly processed foods are detrimental because they lack nutrients. In order to lengthen shelf life and improve taste, valuable nutrients are stripped away.
Whole foods fuel your body with a multitude of vitamins and minerals you would otherwise be deprived of by opting for their processed alternatives.
2) Less Sugar
Many food products today contain a huge amount of added sugar and sweeteners. Different names are used for these sweeteners in the list of ingredients on the label. Food manufacturers know that the sweeter a food is, the faster it will fly off of the shelves.
While foods in their natural form can still contain sugar, the actual amount is much less, or the fiber in the food slows its release into the blood stream, avoiding an insulin spike.
3) More Fiber = Less Overeating
Processed foods have very little fiber, meaning you have to eat more to feel full, which leads to overeating and obesity. By sticking to whole foods, you will naturally reduce the number of calories you consume. Furthermore, consuming a fiber-rich diet is essential to digestive health.
4) Reduce Inflammation
Inflammation can be a confusing topic. Inflammation is the body’s natural response to heal damaged tissues and a defense against infectious agents. However, chronic inflammation damages health. Chronic inflammation is linked to an enormous number of diseases including diabetes, obesity and even cancer.
Research has shown that many of the artificial additives in today’s food, cause an exaggerated inflammatory response in the body. The body responds the only way it knows how, by triggering the inflammatory process as protection from these artificial additives. Eating whole foods reduces the inflammatory response.
5) Groceries Are Cheaper than the Doctor
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We hear a lot about “whole foods” these days. Eating less processed foods and more whole foods is healthier for us. A whole food is any food that remains in its natural form, free of any artificial additives, preservatives or other man-made ingredients. Examples include fruits and vegetables.
Processed foods are stripped of their natural nutrients and loaded with preservative and sweeteners. Plus, a whole foods diet has been shown to reduce risk of many of the disease that plague us today, such as obesity diabetes and high blood pressure.
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