Freedom Through Health!
“My weight concern gets me down, i can barely make it up and down the stairs, and especially after a long day my feet are so swollen i can hardly move.” The voice of one of my last clients last December on their first appointment with me.
Does this not sound all too familier though for the majority of us? and I am not just talking about the un-privilidged few, I am talking about the majority of our species!
Reading thousands of articles, books and listning to hundreds of hours worth of health and wellbeing seminars, I absolutely know that the information for health, happiness and most importantly of all FREEDOM is out there for each and every single one of us. However, it is like the more we fight against obesity, diabetes, cancer’s, stress, heart disease “just to name a few,” the more the problem’s increase and the more each of us suffers. It is just absolutely crazy!
So this is what I have done, I have taken every piece of reading material I have ever read on health, every seminar I have been priviliged to of heard on health, happiness etc and to be quite honest every piece of information that has been passed through me at somepoint, and I have simplified what all of it means. I mean every single piece of it. And it comes down to 2 things.
1) Make health and complete must in your life
2) Believe in yourself
That is it! Plain and simple. Yes there is information out there on just about every way you can get your body, mind and soul into complete shape and you can spend your entire lifetime’s earnings paying some expert to fix you. But without prioritising health and then believing in yourself there is absolutely no point.
Some people say “you can’t have it all.” Well I say that “you can have it all!”
One of my clients approached me in 2005 and said that their doctor said if he didn’t do something about his weight very soon, he would most certainly die. He said that being over 300 lbs was scaring his arteries, placing pressure on all of his organs, his colon would certainly develop cancer within 10 years. What type of life is that? Worse still, he had no self belief that he could do anything about changing it around. He knew full well health had to be a priority but didn’t have the self belief to follow it through.
This is exactly why you must have both in your life! And it is never too late “as every moment that passes by is a chance to turn it all around.” (Vanilla Sky.) You are not too old or too fat or even too dead “until you are dead,” to make the change of a lifetime.
So my message for you today is to take control of your health your wellbeing and set yourself the inner game of ultimate self belief. As it is such a beautiful journey. Life is for living and for no less than 100%
This is what I call FREEDOM.
Peter Scott
Copyright (Peter Scott 2006)
Tags: be more free, Detox, exercise advice, happiness, nutrition, prioritise your health, successShould I Detox
Well the festive season has passed, and here we are in the New Year, contemplating our lives and our navels. The question being is your navel in the same place as it was before the season of over indulgence? If you have emerged from 2005 fighting fit and still fitting snugly into your cycling shorts, then very well done. If however 2006 finds you languishing in your emergency joggers(the huge ones at the bottom of the drawer) and still miserably picking over the last of the novelty-shaped cheese snackos, then YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Help is at hand; at this time of the year the papers and magazines are crammed full of new diets, and the buzz word is DETOX. So should we detox?
There are so many expensive products and plans on offer; 7 Day Detox diets, nutritional supplements, scientific-looking kits containing herbs and exotic ingredients. They claim to eliminate toxins that have built up within our bodies and many contain ‘diuretic’ herbs to encourage urination, and get rid of them. This all seems like a good idea, especially if we feel sluggish or guilty about overindulging. Thank goodness there is a wealth of products to get us back into tip-top condition ASAP.
The problem is that there is little scientific evidence that these things really work, other than making us think that we are doing something healthy. The massive diet and nutrition industries have created yet another myth, the Detox Myth, encouraging us to spend money on pills, treatments, spa breaks, books etc, but the benefits of the products are questionable, and the claims are not supported by science.
Each day, normal bodily processes (even stressful situations) produce ‘toxic’ chemical products which the body then uses, breaks down or excretes. If you eat plenty of whole foods and fruit and vegetables, stay hydrated, and exercise regularly, your body will work efficiently to metabolize and deal with bodily and environmental chemicals, but this needs to be worked at every day of your life; and that is the naked truth of the matter. Most people just don’t want to hear it; it seems like too much hard work and that it why the quick-fix industries exist. They are selling us the belief that we can behave exactly how we wish, and then spend money to make it better quickly and without sustained effort.
So my New Year message is to reject the Detox mentality! How much difference can a 7 day plan really make? Our body has many different rhythms and processes some taking hours, some taking months, and changing your life drastically for a short time will never confer a lasting benefit. Be kinder to yourself, and take some time to consider how you can be more healthy, then set yourself an achievable goal each week, for example; week 1- drink 1.5 liters of water each day, week 2: snack on fruit, week 3: find a walking partner. Healthy living is about making gentle and sustainable changes to our diet and lifestyle, allowing our body to acclimatize, and our tastes to adjust slowly, until eating well and exercising becomes a habitual and normal part of every-day life. This is the true path to a long, productive and quality life, something that you cannot buy in a box, however much money you spend.
Until next time, take care and stay healthy!
Vikki.
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Vikki Scovell BA(hons) PG DIP is a fully qualified Personal Trainer and Fitness Coach. She is a qualified Nutrition Adviser and runs successful Community Exercise classes. Vikki is a consultant in Healthy Eating and Exercise initiatives to schools in the independent sector and publishes School and General Healthy Living newsletters.
Tags: Detox, exercise, healthy eating, healthy living, new year resolutions, nutrition, weight lossObesity and Children
Obesity often gets its start in childhood. Obesity becomes a problem for children and this problem often continues as the child becomes older.
There are some things you can do to prevent obesity in children. Childhood and adolescence is difficult enough without adding obesity to the mix.
Some parents think it is cute when a young child will eat anything and lots of it. It may be cute for awhile but this
can lead to obesity. Other times parents use food as a reward and this can also be a problem. Find other ways to reward a child.
If parents insist that a child finishes everything on his plate, obesity can become a situation that is difficult to
contend with. Many children get into the habit of eating many meals a week at fast-food restaurants. Look at the fat and calories present in these foods. This can certainly lead to obesity in children.
As children get older they may spend after-school time eating snack foods that are not healthy. If obesity is becoming
a problem for your child or if you want to avoid the situation before it happens keep healthy snacks around the house. Read the labels before you buy the snacks your children will be eating. Have fresh fruit available and keep veggies washed and cut up in the fridge. There are all kinds of snack foods that are lower in fat and calories.
Is your child getting enough exercise? Millions of children come home after school and spend the majority of their
summer vacations in front of the television or video game with a bag of chips and a can of pop. Schedule time outside for riding bikes and playing games.
Obesity does not need to become a problem for children.
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