Living healthy starts in your mind - 2

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You will never achieve something if you don't really want it. Fire your imagination and start living healthy in your mind first. Then you would find it easier to adapt to the changes you want to make.
Move your elliptical, treadmill or any other equipment you use closer to your desk. Have a reminder set on your laptop. Make sure that you spend at least 30 minutes each day doing some exercises.
Take the stairs. Walk to get your chores done. Cycle to office. Do something to keep you active at least for 30 minutes during the day.
Clean out your fridge. Pack it with healthy stuff that you can eat. I love to chew on thinly shredded carrots. That would mean more hours of work. I have devised a way to take care of this, I got myself a nice little shredder and now my veggies are done in the morning and stored in little boxes. I do not snack on anything unhealthy.
Eating out - cut it out. Cook your own food. You know what goes into each dish that you prepare.
Shift from unhealthy fats to healthy fats.
Shift from processed food to richer natural whole grains. Eat nuts that are unsalted or uncoated with sugar or chocolate.
Eat chocolate, yes, a concession I make for myself as I am a chocoholic. Ensure that you eat only dark chocolate. I didn't like it at first, but now I have learned to love it.
Commit yourself to health habits. Quit bad habits, develop at least one good habit.
Oh yes... I almost forgot to mention this, eat slowly. Relish what you eat. I used to gulp my food in two minutes and always ended up feeling hungry. Fifteen minutes at the table sends signals to your brain that you are satiated.
Popcorn is good for you if you must snack . Cut out the oil, butter etc .. eat it less salted with a sprinkling of pepper.
Hook up with your buddy or your spouse to have a fun workout or even a brisk walk everyday.

Living healthy starts in your mind

living healthy - sofspics

Living healthy starts in your mind. I had just written an article on reducing your cholesterol naturally and on positive thinking and I have emails that ask me if they could continue to live they way they are used to and yet change or become healthy human beings.
I believe you can only live healthy if you start thinking healthy. To start thinking healthy use your imagination. Imagine yourself in a healthy new body amidst lush greenery which you could associate with natural unrefined diet.
You could also associate this healthy looking body with exercise in natural environs. Imagine yourself being one with the goodness of nature in more ways than these. This will help you change the picture you have of yourself tied to your office chair or your computer.
Change the look on your face, visualize an active, younger looking and happy you.
Now, go ahead and plan your activity. I have a problem being an online writer I find myself tied to my chair, when I want to relax I am sprawled on the bed. This is my main activity for about 11- 12 hours in a day. I decided to make some changes. All the things that I need were around my comp table, now they are placed further. Which means that I have to get up and walk. I couple my walks with watering my plants, dusting, or even taking care of the laundry. Often this ends up with me doing more jobs. This is not only effective in getting household chores done but a healthy practice for my back which tends to suffer with longs hours at the workdesk.
Imagine the fulness and the richness of a healthy life and put yourself in the midst of that picture. You need to know that you have to motivate yourself to achieve that healthy life, so make it as attractive as you could ever imagine. Perhaps the picture of a fit body in some fancy beachwear could motivate you, then you should make it a point to visualize yourself in this picture, until it drives you to get there. You will never achieve something if you don't really want it.
Unless you change the way you live in your mind you cannot establish these changes for real in your life. The opposition from within could overwhelm you.
Fire your imagination and start living healthy in your mind first. Then you would find it easier to adapt to the changes you want to make.

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