Making
healthy eating,
physical activity a lifelong habit
By Kim Jacobs
To the Blue Mountain Eagle
I
t’s that time of year again when friends,
family members and coworkers start mak-
ing sudden, radical changes to eating hab-
its, such as eating nothing but cabbage soup.
These radical changes are neither healthy
nor a good idea, and won’t be successful in
the long run. Healthy eating is not about strict
dietary limitations, staying unrealistically
thin or depriving yourself of the foods you
love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having
more energy, improving your overall health
and stabilizing your mood.
Here are a few simple tips to make healthy
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Simple tips to
improve your
health
eating and physical activity a lifelong habit:
Accept the need for change
You must take responsibility for your
current state of health. No matter what may
be holding you back (no time to exercise,
depression, fatigue, cocktails after work or
poor eating habits), it’s up to you to make the
changes now that will positively affect your
health in the future. The only person that can
change your life is you.
You have to move it to lose it!
In today’s world of conveniences, we have
to go out of our way to burn calories. If you
do activities you enjoy, you’ll be more likely
to keep it as part of your lifestyle. Just like
brushing your teeth and combing your hair,
working out must be part of your daily hy-
giene, and you must make the time for it.
Block out some time on your schedule most
days of the week.
See HABIT, Page C19