A One Week Wellness Program to Make Your Life Healthier Articles | Self Esteem

By: Bee Yourself

It is quite common to make resolutions about hitting the gym to cut out some of that ungainly flab, and then renege on the promise sooner than the sun makes its next appearance. Why do we do that? Mostly it is because we hate the very idea of exerting our bodies.

Resolutions

The best of us have made such resolutions and reneged on them. But that does not mean that we should give up the notions of becoming healthy altogether. In fact, we can stay fit and healthy by doing something as simple as staying on a healthy diet. Eating right is very important to create a permanent good health condition in our bodies. By a healthy diet, we can in fact try and prevent most of the conditions that impale us. We must understand how our bodies are made, and how, by eating well and following a regular exercise pattern, we can prolong our lives.

Dietary Patterns

When we follow good dietary patterns, we are helping the food to work at its best level for our body. If we supplement diet with exercise, we are helping the body to burn the food nicely and hence get its share of energy. As time goes by, and we grow fitter, we will find that we do not need to put as much effort in accomplishing tasks.

Exercise

An exercise is a recurrent message to the body that it has to improve its metabolic activities. In addition, the respiration system of the body improves, the muscles and tissues show marked improvement and there is an overall improvement in our health. The body is able to burn the calories better and thus keep fitter. The basic point is to keep the exercise regular in order to get the best effects.

The suggestion would be to occupy yourself with cardiovascular exercises on alternate days for a duration of about twenty to thirty minutes each day. Couple this with resistance training on alternate days (but not the same days) for the same duration. You can also think about aerobic exercises, such as punching in the air which helps oxygen to circulate in your body in a much better manner. This is a very good method of increasing the lean muscles of your body and making them grow stronger.

The following is a regimen that you might try to use:-

Warming Up – Do about five to six minutes of some light aerobic exercise. The aim here is to improve the flow of blood in the body and help to relax your muscles and joints.

Resistance Training – These are light exercises intended at improving the strength of your muscle groups. Do only about one or two sets for each muscle group. Take a rest of a minute between the sets.

Aerobic Exercise – There are many aerobic exercises you can perform. Select what you like. You may think about biking, rowing, jogging, skiing and even simply walking fast. Do this for at least fifteen minutes for each activity. Go slow as you are stopping; do not stop abruptly.

Stretching Exercise – At the end, do some stretching exercising. This helps pull out the muscles at their maximum capacities. Meditate as you stretch. You will find yourself relaxing.

Being Realistic

The most important thing is not to hope too much with your regimens. If you are in very bad shape, the results will not come so soon. This is what will mostly happen:

• You will feel generally better and more energetic in the first one to eight weeks.
• You will begin losing extra sizes and becoming trimmer in two to six months. You will find that your jeans are fitting looser on your waist. This indicates that your fat is going and muscle is building on.
• When you are six months into the program, you will start losing weight at commendable speed.

Dedication is the Key

The most important thing is to be committed and dedicated to your exercise regimen and perform it regularly. Do not break in between. Also, supplement your exercising routine with proper diet and lifestyle changes. Of course, it is not advisable to begin counting calories (that rarely helps), but you could follow some of the suggestions given below:

• Instead of two full meals a day, eat four small meals throughout the day.
• Always eat balanced meals. Make sure the proteins (lean meats, egg whites, milk, and fish), carbohydrates (whole wheat foods, pasta, rice, potatoes) and vegetables and fruits are in the right amounts.
• Use fats only for flavoring and seasoning the foods.
• Water is important. At least eight glasses of eight ounces each must be consumed in a day.
• Multivitamin tablets are also recommended.

These are the uppermost things in the mind of anyone who would want to recommend you a healthy lifestyle through diet and exercise. It is important to follow them, and bring the good feeling about our lives, which we crave for so much.