With all of the different choices in food, it is sometimes very difficult to make proper choices. Consistently making poor choices in this area of life is much more destructive to your overall health and well-being than you may have ever realized. …
Play is a key ingredient to success and happiness. Many people in society today have forgotten how good it feels to
play in a significant way. I’m not talking about the movement required to roll off the couch in search of a lost remote control. I’m talking about the type of play that makes life enjoyable and meaningful. I’m talking about turning the TV off, shutting down the computer and getting outside to enjoy everything and everyone around you. …
It seems silly to be discussing general movement, as a way to maintain health, but it really is not. Some of us have become so accustomed to minimizing our movement on a daily basis that when we finally embrace a program like this, where physical activity is encouraged, it may take some time to get used to. …
Exercise is of extreme importance to a well-rounded, successful life. It has been said, “Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”lxxxiv …
Plato definitely had it right when he said that, “lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save and preserve it.”lxxxiii …
I hope that I have convinced you of the importance of adopting a healthy lifestyle and that you should
begin now eating right and exercising every day. Just in case I haven’t, I am including the following list of benefits (hopefully something will get your attention): …
“If you grow a healthy tree, you’ll pick healthy fruit. If you grow a diseased tree, you’ll pick worm-eaten fruit. The fruit
tells you about the tree.”lxxxi These words can apply to many different areas of life. They are very true when applied to your health. You will get exactly what you put into your plan of health. There are so many benefits from living a healthy lifestyle that they are too numerous to mention. I will briefly touch on the main ones here: …
For now, let’s look at some possibly hard truths. If you are not taking care of your own physical health, then you are unable to care for or help other people. It is probably about time you put down the Big Mac and milkshake, bought yourself a nice pair of running or hiking shoes and just realize what you may be missing out on by ignoring your health for so long.
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There are two major forces that work together to shape your overall health and well-being. These forces, applied separately, will not have the same effect as when you get them both working in your life. They are the forces of diet and exercise. I will talk about each one individually later. For now, I need to stress the point that for optimum health, it is important to focus on both of these. …
It is your responsibility to take care of your health. No one else is going to do it; so don’t expect them to. Whether you just ran the Boston Marathon and only need a gentle reminder or you haven’t moved off the couch or eaten a green bean in years, let’s go through this principle together. When I was in the planning stages of this program, I struggled with including a section on physical health. There are many people out there who ignore health and instead, are focusing on so many less important things. Just taking a look at the state of many people today would tell you that we, as a society, do not place enough importance on health and physical well-being. I finally decided to include this principle because I believe that the state of your overall life is absolutely dependent on your physical health. …