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21 Secrets of Fit People
1. Keep a water bottle with you at all times and drink from it
often. Water is the drink of choice, but if you don’t enjoy
it (I admit it… I don’t), drink Propel, Diet Ice, Reebok Water,
Vitamin Water or some other form of healthy fluid intake.
2. Think twice before deciding what to eat and why, making sure
that it is healthy and will provide you good nutrition.
3. Measure intake based on activity, not how you "feel.” Need
should mandate intake, not mood.
4. Eat well-balanced meals and remember that excessive calories,
even if they are fat-free and high protein will turn to excess
weight!
5. If your diet is unbalanced, try a daily vitamin and mineral
supplements for total health. 6. Limit caffeine and exposure to even
second hand smoke.
6. Focus on short-term fitness goals with an emphasis on
completing daily exercise.
7. Keep a daily log of what you’re actually eating… this includes
grabbing a handful of chips here, the crust of your kids sandwich,
and all your snacking.
8. Stick with eating plans you can maintain indefinitely.
Remember that no matter how hard you’re working out, if you’re
consuming too many calories, you’ll never see the muscles that lie
beneath layers of fatty tissue.
9. Enjoy an occasional (once a week) “unhealthy” treat, but never
an “unhealthy” week or “unhealthy” vacation.
10. Limit alcohol intake to special occasions.
11. See fitness and health as a privilege, not something to take
for granted.
12. Enjoy contributing to the health of others by having a
partner or friend to exercise with, as well as recruiting others who
desire to feel better and have more energy.
13. Avoid monotony by taking up new forms of exercising or using
things that keep you motivated and inspired like new shoes or great
music.
14. Work to take your exercise to new levels of intensity.
15. Subscribe to fitness magazines to keep focused on health as
an overall way of life.
16. Invest in the right tools, good shoes, a health club
membership, a portable MP3 player, fitness equipment, a personal
trainer, etc.
17. Don’t compare your body to others. Instead, work to be your
personal best.
18. Move beyond the boundaries of weight loss and into total
fitness. Measure success by the way your clothes fit, and not a
number on a scale.
19. Make it your goal to do some form of exercise 6-7 days a
week.
20. Create an exercise schedule the day before, instead of
leaving it to chance or waiting to “find” the time. If our last two
Presidents of the United States can find the time to work-out 5 days
a week, you can find the time too!
21. Get adequate amounts of sleep. Remember that people who
exercise regularly fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly.
Lana Holt is a fitness professional working for Powder Blue
Productions. Powder Blue Productions is a fitness minded company. We
train instructors to teach Turbo Kick™ and PiYo™, 2 programs that
put the fun back into exercise. In addition, we offer an in home
fitness program called Turbo Jam™. |
