Health &
Fitness What's Your New Year's
Resolution?
Ok, Ok, the
new year is here and we all know what that means. Time to start
living up to those New Year's resolutions that we vowed we wouldn't
break this year. And usually the oldest but unmistakably the
most familiar thing that is on the top of most resolution lists is the
vow to lose weight and get more healthy.
We sign up for gym memberships, purchase
exercise equipment, buy exercise videos, and swear off fried foods and
sweets. But how long can we last doing hour long workouts,
racing from work to the gym, skipping breakfast, drinking Slim Fast,
eating salads for lunch and listening to our stomachs growl at night?
Is this really what it takes to lose weight?
Too much at once is what causes us to
give up on our resolution to lose weight. The key is to take a
baby steps approach to such an enormous goal such as losing weight.
First start off by making small healthy changes. Think in terms
of one goal at a time, one pound at a time, one new healthy habit at a
time. to help get you started, below is a list of small changes that
you can start to incorporate in your daily life to help get you on the
road to achieving your weight loss dreams.
1. Get started trying to achieve
the goal of drinking 8 glasses of water a day. (This actually
helps in trying to lose weight.)
2. Every time you eat, aim to
have a serving of a fruit or vegetable along with whatever you
eat-even if it is a snack. This will help you get your five
servings of fruit and vegetables a day.
3. Aim for 30 minutes of physical
activity at least 5 days a week whether it is dancing, aerobics,
walking, or tae bo. Your heart and your waistline will thank you
for it. If you can't squeeze in 30 minutes at one time, try
doing three 10 minute exercise sessions a day.
4. Take a multivitamin to help
you in getting all of your vital nutrients.
5. Bring your lunch. Not
only will it save you money, but it will also help you to eat
healthier meals and avoid the lunchtime fast food dash.
A
BMI of 25-29 is considered overweight and a BMI of 30 or higher is
considered obese.
Find out what your
is to see if you're considered overweight.
Ok, Ok, the
new year is here and we all know what that means. Time to start
living up to those New Year's resolutions that we vowed we wouldn't
break this year. And usually the oldest but unmistakably the
most familiar thing that is on the top of most resolution lists is the
vow to lose weight and get more healthy.
