How to Take Care of Your Body

A Lifelong Plan - Regular physical activity and a healthy, balanced diet aren’t as glamorous as the quick fixes, but they do get better results.

There is a goal that I have been trying to achieve since for as long as I have been aware of my body. Sometimes I succeed, most of the time I don’t. I have many goals, they always grow and change along with me while I grow and change, but there is one goal that seems to stay consistent, and I have no doubt that it is one that I will continue to have late into womanhood. I, like many, always want to shed the pounds. Losing weight has been difficult for me, something I assumed would happen observing the women in my family. On the other hand, gaining weight seemed to happen every time I breathed around food.

3. Reduces Health Risks: Walking moderately for 30 minutes a day reduces risks for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. These conditions relate to heart disease and stroke.

You constantly need to challenge your body so you can increase its intensity. In case you are suffering from any body ailment, you can seek advice from your doctor. Consult your doctor not only before doing walking, you need to consult before doing any kind of exercise.

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to start walking to improve their mental and physical health.

Clinicians may also use it as an initial start before other treatments so patients could focus and have awareness of their own strengths and positive outlooks. Sherling found that “deep, slow conscious breathing has become a foundational part of the therapy for every patient, and often, it is the treatment that helps the most.”

Walking, arguably the most enjoy­­­­able of outdoor pastimes and undoubtedly one of the healthiest, can be tailored to meet the requirements of almost anyone.

Taking care of yourself building a self-care strategies, establishing professional and emotional boundaries, set aside enough time for self-care. Connect with other professionals who understand the experience of working with clients. Balance work and home life, utilize three things that help; is escape, rest, and play. By escaping get away from it all, mentally and physically, rest set no goal or time-line of doing things that help you relax; play do things that make you laugh and lighten your spirits (Headington Institute, 2008). The more I speak with other social work students and instructors; they recommend yoga and meditation. An exercise is a great tool to use when relaxing; a student doing practicum can use the meditation for de-stressing themselves after a day at the office.

Anything that raises your heart rate and gets your blood pumping is a workout for your heart and circulatory system. See? Walking is good for you and just about anyone can do

An interesting points I found while reading this article was that “at least in studies, pedometer users walk more that 2,000 additional steps each day than nonuser”. This is true, I started using a pedometer at work while participating on the GCC 100 Day Challenge and during those 100 days, my lowest day was around 8,000 steps. By using a pedometer and by being able to count your steps everyday, it gives you a sense on accountability an it motivates you to mover more often throughout the day. During the 100 days of the challenge my step count was lower during the weekend (Saturday and Sunday), possible because due to my busy work week, I was trying to catch up on my sleep and just hang around my family.

“The path to a healthy body, and happy soul is based upon self-study, mindfulness, love and awareness.

Walking is one of the simplest things we can do. We may take walking for guaranteed but it is one of the easiest way to get in shape and it has so many benefits. You can enjoy walking just in your everyday life instead of driving. Walking has been proven to help the human body function well.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is indeed a meaningful duty we owe ourselves. ‘If you do not have good health, you do not have wealth’. Healthy lifestyle means upholding a balanced and nutritious diet as well as involves in fitness activities. A healthy diet alone however isn’t sufficient to produce a healthy body as physical activity helps to keep one in shape and free of sickness and disease.

In the U.S. walking has decreased at a higher rate than in any other country which has led to a more sedentary lifestyle. Americans average only 5,117 steps which is only just above half of the recommended steps of 10,000. Australians are able to average 9,695 and the Japanese average 7,168. Children in the U.S will walk around only about 11,000 to 13,000 steps while children in Great Britain will walk 12,000 to 16,000 steps a day (Vanderbilt Para. 9).

Take time to savor, it is one of the healthiest way to enjoy your food . Moreover savoring your each and every bite of what you consume will make your food more delicious as sustenance it is. It may also help you feel completely satisfied with distinctly less quantity of food, which can help with weight loss because as you will be eating only fewer