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March brings hope and a sense of joy, for flowers will be blooming, warmer weather and longer days are quickly approaching. However, March is also known as National Nutrition Month, this month brings awarness in the foods we nourish our bodies for better everyday health. Yes, you might be thinking of eating certain foods for they will be back in seasos and you are definitely thinking on the right track. I am wanting to share some nutrition awarness to honor the month.
Though Valentine's Day is in February, it is also know as American Heart Health month. Basically, it is to bring light to cardiovascular disease, like hypertension, heart disease, and strokes. AMH brings hope to people to get checked by your primary doctor and if all is well, hopefully you will have a healthy everlasting life. Am going to share some tips that could benefit you and hope you will show some love to your heart.
Go visit your primary care physician and get checked up on your cholesterol levels or other heart related issues. Never hurts to know your HDL (high density lipoprotein good cholesterol) and your LDL (low density lipoprotein bad cholesterol). Ask your doctor about the report but to give the break down from the good to the bad. That way you have a better understanding of preventing some heart disease.
Monitor your blood pressure for a normal read out at or close to 120/80. You can purchase a blood pressure cuff at your local pharmacy and if your read out comes higher say for example at 140/90, it would be best to visit your doctor and discuss what you can do to lower your blood pressure.
Another tip, try to maintain and eat healthy nutritional foods that are rich fiber, vegetables, fruits, fish, drink water, and limit the sugar and sodium intake. Eating healthier is definitely a game changer and ask your doctor for a referral to a nutritionist for help if needed.
Avoid smoking, vaping, and tobacco products, this will damper your lungs but cases have shown to shorten a person's life span.
Be active with your lifestyle on a daily basis and will tremendously aid to your heart. Taking daily walks or just a simple stroll will greatly improve your overall endurance and strengthen your heart. So please, just take time out to walk and enjoy the outdoors.
Remember, show some love to your heart, visit your doctor before starting an exercise regiment and it is for your health. By doing this will show others you certainly care.
Carry on,
M🏋♂️❤️
Now since the holidays are over and you have enjoyed being with family, relatives, friends, and you might have even binged on some food, dessert, alcohol or sugary drinks. We come to the realization, that we need to make some sort of commitment or resolution to better ourselves in our health and fitness starting on January 1st or shortly after. We might ask ourselves, many questions about starting a fitness program from "where do we start?" to "what to eat?" This can be overwhelming in our minds and stressful. We might not even make the leap to begin a fitness commitment due to some fear. Well you are not alone, for I am going to pass over some fitness tips from my own experiences and give you some friendly advice for the new year and hope that this might aid you along your fitness journey.
Fitness tip one, you need to ask yourself "what are some goals you are trying to accomplish in the realm of fitness?" Examples might be, "I want to lose weight" or "I want to have a nice physique by summer." When setting a fitness goal or some resolutions, write down three things that you desire on a stickie note and place it in your bathroom. The reason, it's because you will be reminded of your goals on a daily basis and it will keep you focused. Keep in mind, having no more than three goals is more likely to be attainable to accomplish rather than ten different goals. You can add another goal or more, if you accomplish your first three. Also, have a start and an end date but be realistic and true to achieving your fitness goals.
Another fitness tip which has helped me through my years of training, is being consistent. Consistency brings the small wins in achieving your goal over the long haul. Take action each day, even if it's ten minutes of doing a workout and just eating one healthy meal for the day. Doing these small things will aid you in learning about being consistent. It will keep you focused and closer to reaching your goal and in time, it will bring out a more fulfilling outcome. We have all heard the saying, "Rome was not built in a day" and the human body cannot be built in day either. Take the time needed to getting into shape with exercises and nutrition and remember consistency is a valid factor.
Another fitness tip to jump start your new year, is attempt to creating healthy habits. Creating a healthy habit can be anything that our heart desires to reducing a bad habit. Examples would be like, drinking more water and weaning off the soda drinks. Or if you are wanting to lose body weight, reduce the amount of calories taken in and exercise to burn more calories. This might seem difficult as a challenge, but again in reality the idea would be to take small steps each day to create better healthier habits.
Another fitness tip and seems to be a forgotten factor in todays gyms and studios is just having fun. From what I have been seeing in the gyms and studios lately, are many people (no offense) look like crap, there pissed, angry, sad, and take things way to serious when working out. Years ago, when I first started training, will say I enjoyed my workout and had a blast in getting into shape and training for health. Literally, it became fun for me and I was hooked from that point on to this very day and, I still enjoy it as if I it is a night out to town. So, when you are at the gym or studio smile a little when you are training, cause your enthusiasm will be on a high and that will lead to more fun enjoyable workouts and and it won't feel like negative work. Arnold Schwarzenegger had a saying at times being in the gym, "C'mon guys, working out is not like working in a coal mine." Remember to smile during your workouts and have fun with it and will make your days more enjoyable and your journey a little easier. Hope these few fitness pointers will help you for the new year!
Onward! 🏋♂️🏋♂️
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