April
Showers Bring May Flowers
As surely as Spring
follows Winter and Day follows Night, good radiant health
follows healthy living practices.
The
law of cause and effect is not magically suspended when
it comes to living well. This is a clear
case of what you’re willing to put in is what you’re
going to get out. In fact, it is an almost perfect scenario,
because it depends solely on you. Many times in
life our goals and aspirations are dependent on others,
or are sabotaged by those who should be the most supportive.
When
it comes to getting in shape and staying there, it really
is just up to us alone. We all have constraints
in our life that make it difficult to eat well and exercise
consistently. We also have
many opportunities that unfortunately many of us do not
optimize. Sometimes it is because we haven’t
really sat down to figure out when and how we can fit healthy
lifestyle choices in. Sometimes it is because we don’t
have the knowledge of how to go about it. Sometimes it just
doesn’t seem like a priority; we want the
effect without the work. You have to put in the time in
order to reap the benefits.
The benefits
of living healthily far outweigh the costs: More
energy, better sleep, more drive, looking good, feeling
younger, better memory, and quicker thought processes.
The list can go on and on.
The largest
obstacle to getting in great shape is getting started. Once
exercise and eating healthily become part of your everyday
routine, you actually SAVE
TIME AND ENERGY!! You are just more effective in everything
that you do.
No one
will ever convince me that it is more time efficient to
be scrounging around in the bottom of your purse looking
for spare change to get a snack from the candy and soda
machine than it is to have an apple or a banana already
in there. It also is not more effective to not have
a clue about what’s for dinner and settle for some
takeout or prepared “convenience” food,
rather than plan ahead and feed your body nourishing and
delicious food that will give you energy and help with your
weight management agenda.
The
exercise component also does not have to take an inordinate
amount of time. It shouldn’t, if it is effective.
Rain
brings the flowers as sure as consistent attention to your
health brings the benefits of living in a healthy and fit
body—one that you will be proud of
throughout the summer and beyond.
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Jane
Riley has worked in the health and fitness industry for nearly thirty
years, having received degrees in both kinesiology and psychology. Her
clients have ranged from the very fit, world-ranked athlete to the recuperating
accident victim, and from young women with self-esteem problems to the
elderly wanting to regain balance and strength. She is a nationally ranked
athlete in both women’s power lifting and women’s bodybuilding,
and for 20+ years has been a certified personal fitness trainer, an experienced
competitive bodybuilder and powerlifter.
