Maintaining a healthy lifestyle

Living a healthy lifestyle is just as much physical as it is mental for anyone, anywhere, no matter what age they are.

Being healthy is very important for the body itself.  Studies show that a healthier person is generally a happier person too.  There are only a few key steps to having and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.  It may not be as hard as people think. 

Working out is a key point to being healthy.  Someone who doesn’t know much about being healthy may think that in order to have your body be in the best shape ever, you will need to go to the gym countless hours everyday for months in order to see results.  Although that theory seems logical, it is simply not true.  From the experts at www.bodybuilding.com even say that long hours in the gym won’t get you results you want.  Experts say in order to be healthy, it is 90% diet and 10% working out.  Even though you should only be working out 10% of the time, and that’s a low number, it is still important not to skip working out. 

Some people may worry about the cost of gym memberships.  A gym membership can be anywhere 

 10$ a month at planet fitness, to 100$ a month for a three month membership to a higher end gym.  If you are the type of person who doesn’t like to go to the gym because the big body builders intimidate you, you don’t like people watching you work out, or if you simply don’t have enough time in the day to drive to the gym, there are alternatives.  There are many different reasons why people don’t go to the gym.  However, there are workout DVDs available for purchase online or even at any local vitamin shop, such as GNC or the Vitamin Shoppe.

Some of the most popular DVDs on the market now are P90x and Insanity.  These DVDs are perfect for people of all shapes ad sizes because they go from beginner to expert helping you make sure you have perfect form the whole way through.

90% diet may seem a bit aggressive but it is easier than one might think.  A lot of people who think about eating healthy think that the only way to eat healthy is to eat salad and greens for every meal.  That theory is also not true.  As far as eating healthy goes, the body does need things like fat and other nutrients that people might think are bad for them.  Too much fat however is bad.  The most important foods to stay away from when trying to diet are things like sugars, carbohydrates, sodium chloride, and processed food. 

Some of the best foods with the best nutrients that aren’t bad for you are things like eggs, chicken, salmon, walnuts and almonds, quinoa and any type of fruit or vegetable.  There are many other healthy

foods that are good for the heart and mind as well.  Being that there is such a variety of healthy food the 90% of the diet shouldn’t be as hard as people think.

The next step to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is being mentally fit as well.  What that means is having the discipline to actually eat healthy and go to the gym when you need to.  A lot of people who want to be healthy report finding it hard to have that self-motivation to eat right and go to the gym regularly.  There are many ways to find that motivation you need to do it right.  On way to do it is to find a friend who wants to be healthy as well.  It is also fun to workout together and to try new healthy foods with your workout partner.  The point of having a partner help you through this is to motivate to get one more rep in the gym and to also tell you to put the sweets down.

There are other alternatives as well.  On www.beachbody.com there is a section of comments from other people who have motivational comments for those trying to find the motivation they need.  One commenter said “Ah man, I am just starting my second day of my fourth week of doing P90x and it’s so hard! But I know I can do it.  You can too, put your mind to it and you can do anything.”  That is just one of many comments.

A more direct way to get motivated is to get a fitnesscoach.  One can do this by either going to their local gym and getting a workout plan, or even online.  Also on www.beachbody.com you can get a fitness coach to help you with your meal plan as well as workout plans.

Being healthy isn’t just something to do when you are bored, it is a way of living. It's about finding out who you are.  It's about being fully committed to being healthy If you don’t know if you want to be healthy or not, or you think the transition to the 90/10 rule, try it for 2 weeks and see how you feel.  Think of it this way, it wouldn’t hurt to give the healthy lifestyle a chance.  It has many benefits for you.