Friday, December 11, 2009

Success with Diet and Exercise – No change, no gain


Are you of the mindset that you are too old to start an exercise program? Too heavy to lose weight and get in shape? The odds are against you so why bother? Then the life you have now will never change or improve. If you repeat the same behavior, whether its sitting watching TV doing nothing in terms of exercise or overeating junk food, fatty food and high sugar food why would you think for one minute things would become different in your world? You do nothing to make positive changes in your life, so you get no positive changes in your life.

People today are taken with ‘reality’ TV where they take ordinary people and follow them in unique situations. Take two groups, one set of strangers put in a remote location for weeks on end with little to eat and exposure to the elements and another that is set on a farm with chefs providing healthy nutritious meals and a strict exercise routine. At the end of the challenges for both teams one is tired and gaunt looking, the other group are smiling and happy that they have made huge strides in changing their lives for the better. The second group learned the importance of nutrition and exercise and how to use those tools to continue on a path to good health. These are people from age 18 to age 70 and we all feel good to see those before and after pictures knowing it came from very hard work.

While you may not have access to a chef and trainer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week there is plenty of information available to you to assist in achieving similar goals. Discuss with a doctor, trainer, and nutritionist to get some expert advice when you are uncertain. Learn how to shop for food, prepare and portions when it comes to your diet plan. Learn to do exercises correctly so you don’t injure yourself. Gimmicks and fads don’t work for anything. The promises to make thousands a day online doing nothing – not true, there is always a catch and the same thing applies to losing 10 pounds in a week with one magic little pill. Hard work and being focused is how people get rich, in terms of wealth and in terms of a happy healthy lifestyle.

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