Thursday, January 1, 2009

How To Be Healthy And Slim Too

By Henry John

Its sometimes difficult to imagine that far too many of us dont realize that the we are the most important thing in our lives. We treat our bodies in such a casual, disinterested way as if they are something we can dispose of if they fail to work properly. Unfortunately, we cant trade our bodies in for a new model just when we feel like it.

Its very strange that we allow our bodies to be neglected. If we have any regard for them you would think that we would do everything we could to keep them in tip-top condition, but we treat them with a lot of disrespect.

We are a walking example of how important we consider our bodies to be. By being the way we are, we paint a very clear and immediate picture of what sort of person we are, and where our priorities lie.

There isnt one person who doesnt look after themselves who knows deep down that they are being very short-sighted about the way they treat their bodies. Yet, we dont do much to resolve the problem. Of course there are reasons why some people have a problem with their weight, but on the whole we pay scant attention to our general health.

There is one sure sign that somebody is not paying much attention to their body or to their general health. This is when they become overweight. Being overweight isnt that suddenly happens, the weight is built up over time.

One of your first priorities should be to identify the bad habits that have been the cause of you becoming overweight. If you dont know what these are you will find it very difficult to make change, so take time to think this through. The more time you spend on this the better. You need to increase your self-awareness.

Next you need to choose a program that will help you to make change and one that helps you to increase your fitness and gives you good, honest support as well. Making change is not as daunting as it sounds, in fact it is not difficult at all. Its all about learning new habits.

Having identified you bad habits you need to learn new ones. What you dont do is to try and change your bad habits. Successful behavior change is always best achieved by learning new habits. The only sure fire way to a slim, healthy life is to learn new habits " slim habits. Its also the key to permanent weight loss. - 16650

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