lifestyle
 | | If you want a healthy lifestyle then you need to get as much walking in your daily routine as you can. If you are taking 10,000 steps or more then you should not have a problem with your weight.Why not try out a pedometer which coun.ts how many steps you are taking. |
Out and about
- Always take stairs instead of lifts
- If shops are local try walking instead of taking the car
- Walk to work -- if this is not possible try getting off thebus/tube 1 or 2 stops earlier
- Park the car a distance away from work and walk
- Walk children to school
- With desk bound jobs, make sure lunch breaks are spent doingsomething active
- Handwash the car instead of taking it to the carwash
- If you are going out to lunch try to find a local restaurant that iswithin walking distance rather than driving somewhere
- An afternoon spent shopping is an excellent way of burningextra calories if you walk fast in between shops
- Each time you go for a walk try to walk at a pace that is 7 outof 10 and this will then become your natural pace
At home
- Gardening - weeding/raking leaves/mowing the lawn all burnoff excess calories.
- At the weekend take walks in the countryside or at the seasideactivate yourself during commercials or every time you get an email
- Housework - hoovering/dusting/washing up/drying up
- Take showers instead of baths
- Buy an exercise video or exercise equipment such as a fit ball
Nutrition:
- try to eat small portions of food
- try to eat every 2-3 hours to speed up your metabolism
- eat 5 portions of fruit and veg. a day
- drink 2 litres of water a day
- limit your intake of coffee, tea, energy drinks to stop dehydration
- make sure you are eating breakfast
- make your last meal the smallest of the day
- try to vary your diet and limit take-aways, junk food, pizzas,chips and especially alcohol.