by fredericknoronha
With the new year approaching, the first resolution most people think about going for is a gym membership. Year after year the same thing happens. They really want to get into shape, and they know for sure that this year will be different. They sign up for a year membership and start their new goal with clear focus and determination.
Most people never make it past the first week. Why? Mostly because they quit when they realize how much work goes into getting back into the shape they once had. The fact of the matter is that it really is not as difficult as they think. They are just focusing on one aspect of overall wellness and burning themselves out on it.
In order to lose weight and keep it off for good, a person must develop the mindset necessary for living a healthy lifestyle. There is much more to being healthy than showing up to the gym every day. In fact, exercise is only one-eighth of the total equation. If you really want to achieve personal wellness in 2009, forget the gym and focus instead on improving the following 8 categories of health.
Health Tips #1: Diet & Nutrition
You already know the main reason you gained weight. Too many trips through the McDonalds drive-thru, late night snacking on junk food and poor dinner choices. You do not have to eat a diet of bland salads and yogurt, but you do need to limit the amount of trigger foods that you caused your weight gain. Replace your current American diet of high sugar, high-fat processed foods with those found in the produce and lean meat department as often as you can.
Health Tips #2: Nutritional Supplements
Now that our soils are more depleted of minerals than ever, and our farm animals are not fed properly, living a healthy lifestyle requires nutritional supplementation. I lost 70 pounds in 4 months and kept it off for over 15 years simply by drinking a soy-based protein shake for breakfast every morning and taking a few targeted vitamins. Why does this work? Because greasy bacon and runny eggs do not provide proper nutrition.
Health Tips #3: Fun & Recreation
What makes you happy? Going to the movies? Ice Skating? Playing the guitar? Whatever it is, you must find time for it on a weekly basis (if not daily) in order to maintain good mental stability. Your activities and hobbies should not include junk food or alcohol. Going to the movies is watching the movie, not eating a tub of fatty buttered popcorn. Be happy with what you are doing without the unnecessary evils.
Health Tips #4: Hydration
Drinking enough water throughout the day is the part of the equation that gets overlooked. People do not consider drinking as important as eating and it is! You should not be drinking soda or processed juices every day. Why? Because they deplete your body of vitamins and minerals while loading you up on sugar. Alcohol is even worse. Do yourself a favor and keep a water bottle with you at all times. Drink, drink, drink. I cannot stress this enough.
Health Tips #5: Stress
And speaking of stress, this is what happens when you do not allow yourself to have any fun in your life. This is just as important to living a healthy lifestyle as eating and drinking properly. Too much stress can cause major problems for your body. You only live once, so do not allow other people and events to get you so bothered and worried that you cannot live the lifestyle you deserve for yourself.
Health Tips #6: Unhealthy Habits
Not eating the wrong foods is just as important as eating the right foods. But unhealthy habits are not just about food, are they? Smoking and the use of other drugs, prescription or not, is probably the worst thing a person can do to their body. This is the only one you have! Take care of it. Alcohol is OK on occasion but not recommended on a daily basis to anyone interested in living a healthy lifestyle.
Health Tips #7: Weight Management
Have you ever noticed that weight loss really is not the issue that people struggle with? Most everyone has lost weight at one point in their life. Keeping that weight off is the obstacle that most people can not overcome. Think about it logically. If you gained weight by eating twinkies, then lost weight when you stopped eating twinkies, do not go back to eating twinkies. The person who eats twinkies on occasion (not every day) does not struggle with weight fluctuation.
Health Tips #8: Exercise
You knew this one was coming! It is totally possible to lose weight without exercising. I am living proof because my severe asthma prohibited me from doing it. The reason I can exercise now is because I got my body healthy through focusing on the other 7 categories. Once I began exercising, it only accelerated my weight loss and now helps to keep me lean. The key to exercise is not quantity but quality. A little bit every day will give you the best health benefits overall.
So there you have it! The 8 health tips to kick off the new year for a new you. Focus on improving each of these simultaneously as your one and only New Years Resolution and you will be on a successful path to overall wellness. Weight loss and poor health can be things of the past if you are just willing to make small changes on a daily basis.
The Three Basic Health Tips for Wellness by Better Body Nutrition Austin In this video Joseph summates all nutrition and wellness practices into three simple tips. These three tips are the secret to living a health long and happy life. This may seem very simple but its not doing these three things that cause illness, disease, discomfort and early death. Be My Friend www.myspace.com Better Body Clinical Nutrition www.nutritionaustin.com Joseph E. Strickland, ACN Applied Clinical Nutritionist This video was produced by Psychetruth http www.youtube.com psychetruth.blogspot.com Psychetruth is empowered by TubeMogul. www.tubemogul.com Music by Jimmy Gelhaar www.jimmyg.us © Copyright 2010 Target Public Media LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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you`re very fat
He’s got good ideas, but many people won’t give a damn, because at least Natalie LOOKED like she followed her own advice.
oh for fuck sake
if joseph here will eat right, his face will shrink a bit and he won’t have such puffy cheeks. he appears to be somewhat overweight, like most americans.
If you are not on a vegan diet/strictly plant based diet, then you are not eating right.
It’s that simple.
Become a vegan.
Get fresh produce at the grocery and prepare the meal yourself in your kitchen. Put some love into it and eat. That’s how you do it and if you’re like me you’ll add the Martial Arts in the equation. Now that’s healthy living.
right on! good vid
thx a lot!
@Ali2m I wonder who else from milwaukee subscribes to this channel?
Thank you for this information it is priceless!
@studentoflife01
I live in Milwaukee too.
Great advice:)
I agree.
Thanks for sharing.
Happy healthy living!
Eat right?
You look like you got the Chicken Wings and Oreos diet down pat…
Thanks Dr. Pepper…
Yeah. Don´t go to sleep too late but I often do that and many people sleep too little so they have to drink coffee or something to stay awake. I should go to bed earlier but most of my trainings like karate, boxing and MMA are pretty late. The MMA training is to 10.30 PM and I can´t sleep right after.
Ok. I have read that stress is bad for your skin and your overall health like if you stress too much. So it´s not so bad with stress if you eat the right food?
Sir, you must sleep right too.
2 q’s! who has 8 minutes for “3 basic tips”?!! why dont people talk way faster?
I don’t care, Obama will take care of me now..!!
5 stars. Great points. Thinking right, good one. Folks need to turn off the media and go check out what the “experts” are telling them. Who funds the experts? Who funds the research? Do rabbits cook their vegetables? Do elephants have big strong bones? Cheers
No, he’s in Teletubby land
Eat real whole fresh, unadulterated, unprocessed foods, MOSTLY PLANTS. Basically, if it didn’t exist 10,000 years ago, DONT EAT IT!!!
Eat well
Train well
Live well
Be well
Stop eating dairy and limit gluten intake. Make sure the bulk of your diet derives from raw vegetables and incorporate lean proteins, nuts, fruit and legumes!
stickland lol propane
good job joseph!!
is like quite some time they upload vid about nutrition
thks