Posts tagged Yourself
Start To Take Care Of Yourself Before It’s Too Late
Jan 24th
Sometimes I get as fed up reading health articles as I do writing them, but write them I must! Why? Well, because someone has to take on the huge task of putting out and repeating the message that if we don’t take good care of ourselves we’ll most likely get sick when we shouldn’t get sick. We’ll also end up fat when we should be slim, and perhaps become depressed when we should be happy and content! A lot of mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing is within our control, but the way that so many off us stress out and pig out these days, it’s little wonder we’re a nation growing up with that silent of killers, High Blood Pressure!
I mean let’s face it! The eating habits that most of us have are appalling to say the least. Oh, we can lay to rest the term ‘junk food’ in favor for ‘convenience food’, but I think we all know what’s good and what’s not. It’s the ‘convenience’ that has so many of us stocking up with frozen boxes full of meals that drastically lack in vitamins, minerals, or anything that’s of real nutritional value to the human body.
How many of you have considered high blood pressure, heart disease, and your cholesterol levels? I wonder how many of you answer that with an ‘I do’? If you’re one of those that don’t, then I seriously suggest you do some research and re-evaluating.
I couldn’t believe it when I read a recent study which said the average American consumes fast food meals twice a day. TWICE A DAY! Can you believe that? Are you one of them? Just take a minute out here and reflect on your daily or weekly meals. Maybe you are just asking for high blood pressure, or perhaps you’re so sick and tired with life in general, that you don’t care what happens to you, although I doubt this is the case if you’re reading this article.
What writers like me try to do is install in the minds of the reader a ‘healthy fear’ in order to plant a seed which may start you thinking about making certain changes in your lifestyle. Call it mental obsessions or physical cravings, but eating all the wrong foods and slouching around in armchairs are nothing more than bad habits. A habit is simply an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary. But the good news is that habits can be broken so long as you find something to replace them with.
One of the problems with obesity and out-of-shape people is that these things don’t actually kill us! Well they do, but not directly. Our death certificates will read something like ‘Stroke induced by High Blood pressure’ or heart attack/disease, multiple organ failure and the like. No one has ‘died of fat’ or ‘Passed away due to Idleness’ etc. Just as a chain smoker may die of lung cancer, but it’s really the smoking that caused it in the first place.
So common folks get some love back into your lives and start to take care of yourselves before it’s too late. Ain’t none of us getting any younger you know, and the ole body can only take so much. Find a new way to eat healthily and get some regular exercise. If you stick with it, great times will follow and you will know a new freedom and a new happiness like you never thought possible. But it can only work if you work it so work it you’re worth it.
Gary Tooth is a proficient writer on ‘Health’ related issues. His latest articles on the use of Blood Pressure Herbs and ways to Increase Blood Circulation can be found on the site Blood Issues dot com.
How To Lose Weight And Stuff Yourself Doing It
Jan 23rd
How to lose weight by pigging out? Are you kidding? You see the mind set that comes into play here? Almost everyone will connect dieting with misery. Just the thought of going on a diet will illicit gastric misery in your minds eye, right?
Well, you need to stop associating diets with gloom, despare and agony on you! Nearly every dieting Guru out there will preach Hell and brimstone concerning your diet. NO fat. No carbs. No sugar. No calories…NO…NO…NO… Makes you just want to hide in the closet and eat a pack of doughnuts with a nice cold glass of chocolate milk.
Now add insult to injury. Go ahead. Start that “NO” diet. Give yourself a few days and tell me how you feel. Happy? Full of energy? Grinning from ear to ear and spending all day on the phone telling all your friends that dieting is more fun that Christmas? Didn’t think so.
These type of diets only mess up your mind and your body. Your body begins thinking you are in some sort of trouble. You’ve gotten yourself thrown in the slammer somewhere deep in the Russian Gulag and now your body will respond with “starvation mode” in order to preserve both fat and muscle. You metabolism makes the switch your body tells it to and you begin retaining fat even at the expense of muscle as the diet progresses. Now, come off that diet at any time and watch your weight shoot to the moon. Another great response to that wonderful diet plan you’ve been on.
There is a better way than deprivation and starvation and best of all you get to choose just how much weight you want to lose while enjoying some really great belly busters. The key is to fill that fuel tank of yours in the proper fashion…read on.
Begin your eating binge with foods containing lots of water. Namely, lots of veggies and sweet fruits. As an added bonus choose fruits and veggies that have lots of water and a high fiber content. One caveat here though. Watch your salt intake. Drinking and eating lots of water can become a problem when consuming lots of salt as water rentention because the culprit. Make sure your choices include potassium rich foods as well as this will help eliminate the salt and limit your salt intake anyway. Your body will thank you for years…no…the rest of your life.
Second, add lots of high fiber whole grains. Choose your breads and pasta made only from whole grains. Remember, high fiber fills you up so chow down.
Third, load up on nuts, beans and legumes. They fill you up and contain the protein and fiber your need to be successful on your diet. If you are not used to eating lots of beans in your diet not to worry. Your body will adjust after a couple of days. Think you will feel better by adding these to your daily diet? Darn tootin’.
Finally, choose meats that are lean and keep your portions small only eating them after filling up on the stuff I mentioned prior. Dark leafy veggies and lean meats provide a rich assortment of vitamins and iron your body needs.
Don’t forget to drink lots of water! It doesn’t have to be boring! Just make sure they are sugar free like iced teas and seltzers. Variety is the key here not only with your water but foods as well.
I have been very brief here but I think you get the idea. Further research will uncover tons of recipes containing way more than what I have mentioned and you will find that you can lose weight, keep it off and enjoy every minute of it.
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