An important topic from the people at Iowa Avenue:
There are so many beneficial reasons to staying active, which are important to your health, welfare, and well-being. Even if you consider yourself a healthy person, there are unhealthy aspects to not staying active. An active lifestyle can help everybody. You don't have to be as fit as a professional athlete to benefit from physical activity. If you think you're too busy with work, family, and all the other demands in your life, it is important to be aware of that if you don’t spend time staying active, you won’t reap the many benefits of staying active. In fact, 30 minutes of moderate physical activity (activity that increases your heart rate) is all you need to:
- Lower your risk of getting heart disease, stroke, colon cancer, and type 2 diabetes
- Lower or prevent high blood pressure
- Possibly help protect against breast cancer
- Help control joint swelling and pain from arthritis
- Reduce mild to moderate anxiety and depression
- Promote psychological well-being
- Help you handle stress
- Help control your weight
- Make you feel more energetic
- Help you sleep better
As automobiles, automation, computers, television, and other influences play greater roles in peoples lives around the world, people tend to become more sedentary.
Being sedentary is essentially--not being active. It affects, or can affect all ages, sexes, and plays a major role in how people function in all aspects of their lives, lifestyles, and their ability to function, prevent disease, and lead healthy lifestyles.
It eventually causes sickness, disease, and leads to increases in drug, alcohol, and tobacco usage. As it also manifests itself--in medical and other problems--it causes significant monetary costs to society
Some examples from scientific and educational studies, confirm this:
The External Costs of a Sedentary Life-style.
The data supporting the effects of being sedentary and the benefits from staying active are enormous.
Therefore, Iowa Avenue—a Weight Management Community-- recommends the following to get you “moving,” as a preventative measure/s that will mitigate your chances of becoming sick, disabled, or worse:
- Choose an activity that's fun.
- Vary your activities, so you don't get bored.
- Use different jogging, walking, or biking paths to vary your routine.
- If you can't set aside one block of time, do short activities throughout the day, such as three 10-minute walks.
- Create opportunities for activity, such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator.
- Don't let cold weather keep you on the couch! You can find activities to do in the winter, such as exercising to a workout video which are available free of charge at most public libraries.
- Exercise with a friend or family member.
- Turn activities into social occasions—for example, go to a movie after you and a friend work out.
- Share you successes with a friend.
- Build a community group to go on hikes, build walking trails, start exercise classes, and organize special events to promote physical activity.
- Set specific, short-term goals, and reward yourself (with something other than food!) when you achieve them.
- Don't expect to notice body changes right away.
- Make your activity a regular part of your day, so it becomes a habit.
Remember that feeling good on the inside and outside are just not about being thin, killing yourself exercising, or for that matter, not enjoying food or starving yourself.
Remember, it’s about a Healthy Lifestyle.
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