I recently introduced you to the idea of making 52 fitness changes. As a reminder, this isn’t something I suggest you do at one time.
Instead, you spread these changes out and make one change a week. Since there are 52 weeks in a year, by the end of the year you will have done some amazing things to improve your health.
I also suggested that you print these blogs, to use as a reference. You can follow the order I suggest or change things around. You can also tweak some of the changes I suggest to fit you better.
As a review, last week I introduced the first five changes: replace usual beverages at meal times with water, walk five days a week for 15 minutes, cook five healthy meals each week, get at least seven to eight hours of sleep and start eating a healthy breakfast.
Here are five more changes you can make (this means we have hit 10 weeks work of changes)…
The sixth change is to eliminate all soda and sugary drinks. This means not just at meal times but all times. Yes, I am talking cold turkey (but keep in mind there is nothing wrong with a little treat now and then).
The seventh change is to exercise five days a week for a minimum of 30 minutes. Incorporate a wide variety of physical activity from cardio to strength training. Mix things up and keep your workouts exciting.
The eighth change is to start eating a healthy lunch. While one week you focused on making better breakfast choices, now is the time to work on what you eat for lunch.
The ninth change is to replace your usual snacking of potato chips, ice cream, cookies and the like with healthier choices. Try yogurt, fruit, nuts and granola bars.
The tenth change is to cut down on your television viewing. You may decide to stop watching a particular program, to replace television viewing time with something more active or at least use the commercials to get in some weight lifting or jogging in place.
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