Weekly Wellness Tips 10.4

Author: Marc, February 8th, 2010

Marc Mason Wellness – Weekly Wellness Tips (10.4)

Marc Mason (aka. Mr. Fitness)

Eating, exercising and evaluating are the three major components of your wellness plan.  This week we talk about the five things you can do to eat your healthiest, the rewards of regular exercise and ask you to do some evaluating and share your responses.  Read on and enjoy!

Eating:

5 Rules for Healthy Eating:

1. Stay away from the whites (sugar, saturated fats, white bread, white flour, white pastry, white pasta, and white rice .
2. Stick with whole grains.
3. Eat lots of a variety of fresh vegetables and fruit.
4. Get enough essential fats every day.
5. Avoid processed food (canned, boxed and preprepared foods including meats and vegetables)

Exercising:

 Individuals who exercise regularly are less likely to develop:

• Heart disease

• Diabetes

• High blood pressure

• High cholesterol

• Certain forms of cancer

• Osteoporosis

Individuals who exercise regularly are more likely to:

• Maintain a healthy body weight

• Effectively control the pain and joint swelling that accompany arthritis

• Maintain lean muscle, which is often lost with increasing age

• Have higher levels of self-esteem and self-confidence

• Continue to perform activities of daily living as they grow older

• Experience overall feelings of wellbeing and good health

See the full article on the rewards of exercise by clicking here.

Evaluating:

This week instead of me telling you I’d like you to tell me:

1. How do you define success?
2. What is your number one goal?

Drop me a line with your answers for a chance to win a gift certiicate! 

(Reply confidentially by email to marc@m2workout.com or comment publicly on this page.)

Hope you enjoy these weekly posts and please feel free to share them with others! 

LiveFit!

Marc Mason

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