A Healthy Body is a Healthy Mind

Some topics in my blogs are going to be a bit long, so bear with me. It is for your own good.

This has been said again and again; a Healthy Mind is derived from a Healthy Body. There are no two ways around it. Amongst the topics spoken in my blog, you hear multiple time me repeating, Positive Attitude. The first word is ‘Positive’.

Your body must also be in a Positive Mode. Lack of exercise normally leads by procrastination. Lots of people plan to start the year with new goals. They will write down so much and hardly any is actually achieved most of the time. Generally, one item remains on top of the list of most people I have spoken to is the goal to exercise.

They either realize one or more of these factors. The weighing scale seems to show added load to their body in the form of fats. The belly seems to be visible, the clothes do not fit and need to get one size bigger. Waking up feeling exhausted or unreasonably tired even if they did not break their back doing heavy labor the day before, and many more unfavorable reasons of course.

Look yourself in the mirror. If you come from a family of people with big body frame, that’s fine, but having excess fats is not. No, I do not want to be politically correct and I am not body shaming. People who flip these cards just want to find an excuse to tell others that they are contended with how they look until and when they end up seriously ill, and the doctor tells them that they are overweight!

Your body is designed within a certain format. You can be tall or short. Some practically look very thin and unhealthy that the doctor advises them to put on a bit more weight. It is generally not possible because they have a metabolic rate like a volcanic lava in their body, literally speaking. Then comes people who just quickly add on weight under normal daily meals and find it just too difficult to manage their weight increment. Your metabolic rate in very much lower and becoming detrimental to you.

In both comparisons, it does not mean, if you are lean and thin that you need not exercise whilst if you have added weight, you need to. Both forms of bodies need exercise because your internal organs need signals sent to say that they are actively functioning. Only then, they will in return send signals back to your brain saying the body is finding its equilibrium to remain as healthy as possible.

These are the recommended exercise routines that I suggest you to follow.

Morning:
Stretch out on your bed. Have you seen cats stretching once they wake up? That’s the visual lesson. Stretching your body and muscles release endorphins that help to increase blood circulation, reduce pain, relieves muscular tensions from your toss and turns at night, improves your posture and generates good mental energy as well.

Midday:
If you are in the office or even at home, you need to periodically do your quick 5-mins stretches. Don’t sit too long on your chair. You want to avoid Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and other medical issues highlighted by medical professionals that was related to poor mobility. You need to move, let your body relax and feel well maintained.

Evening:
Do 15 to 25 minutes of cardio related exercises. You can find many cardio exercises like High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on YouTube to help you start a proper momentum leading to a healthy lifestyle.

Night:
Meditate 10 to 15 minutes before you go to sleep. It is another form of exercise that helps you to achieve balance to your body and mind.

If you prefer the option of going to the gym, or setting up in your house so that you are able to do weight lifting and body building related exercises, that is another form of keeping yourself healthy and fit. It is a personal achievement indeed when you look at yourself in the mirror reflecting the results of your hard work in maintaining a good physique.

A note of advice. I am not advocating for you to buff up your body and look like some very popular actors or wrestling superstars. I am asking you to have a healthy natural body. You may need to balance out your fat-carbohydrate-protein intakes which means you need to be more sensitive to what you are eating. You can have your favorite food time to time, but moderately.

Instead of eating large meals three times a day, you may progress to five to six small portions per day. On the weekend, when you are spending some leisure time with friends and families, you may take an extra piece of meat, a dollop of lovely mashed potatoes or extra fries. You know, the next day, you are going to wake up and exercise, because you want to, not forced to.

Although Body Mass Index (BMI) is a reasonable basic indicator of body fats, it is not the most accurate as it still does not take into account many other variables that influences the indicator. However, when you take a reference to BMI as a general guide and compare it to yourself, it will be able to provide you a starting indicator.

You can purchase a BMI weighing scale to measure your excess fat, visceral fat and subcutaneous fat. It also calculates your recommended weight based on your height, current weight and age. Don’t get too bogged into this. What you need to do is to see your physical body looking good and fit, complementing your body frame. You can see this reality.

Changes take place in your body when loosing you are loosing weight. When you constantly exercise, managing your weight becomes effortless. You need the consistency and not giving excuses that you can exercise another day as you are feeling tired, or not in the mood. Push yourself to successes that are attainable and with Positive Attitude, you will harness all its rewards.