Health and Nutrition That Is AboveNBeyond

Adding an active life can be as simple or as advanced as you want. Start out small and grow from there. Just 20 minutes a day, 3 days a week is enough to get you started until you build yourself up. Get up 30 minutes earlier on the days you choose to “get active”. After a while, you’ll start to know the difference. Once you find your focus, you’ll open a door that will rock your world. As for me, you know, I’m a runner and cannot live without it! There is an activity out there for everyone, find it, do it and you’ll see the difference. For those who say “Well, Tim, I don’t have the time!” I say, “20 minutes, and a DVD player and you can have a workout. There are plenty of workout videos available on DVD out there now and that’s just for starters. If something is important to you, you’ll make the time for it. Don’t wait until you reach the point where you wish you did do something, do it now! Even if you have to do a series of exercises in the morning just to get started. What ever it takes for you to get started and explore the world of fitness. If you still feel you don’t have time, perhaps there are those things you are doing that you should replace with fitness? How much time do you spend just watching TV?

Check out our section called NEWU, it may be what can help you get started.

I had great success in using Herbalife with my weight loss efforts. The basic plan is to use 2 Meal Replacement Shakes a day, with taking supplements 3 times a day followed by one colorful meal for supper. Herbalife has quite a good variety of different flavors of meal replacement shakes. Herbalife works and tastes great too! For me, my problem wasn’t about the products, it was on portion control and I had to find ways to help me in this area. Herbalife does have a variety of different protein snacks available too. There are different Weight Loss programs available to help you depending upon your need and affordability. Following the directions with these products is key to it’s success in helping you with your goals.

For my experience you can check out My Testimony on my weight loss journey. Everybody’s situation is different and sometimes you have to make choices to get you to achieving your goals. By controlling your portions, following Herbalife’s weight loss program and getting active, you will loose weight.

You need to stay consistent with this when working on loosing weight. You can’t just have one shake one day and skip the next. This has to be a daily effort to make it work. Being consistent with it will get you to loose weight. In addition to the fact that Herbalife works, it is also very nutritious.

There is a video on Herbalife in our Video Vault for Weight Loss, check it out.

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One of the greatest benefits I get from running is the feeling of being refreshed after a good run. My favorite distance is 4 miles for the reason that after about a mile or so, I am warmed up and really starting to get into the run. Then not quite half way, I’m revved and really getting into it. With a good run, I’m burning calories, building endurance, combating stress, staying in shape, getting refreshed all at the same time. I love running, not only for the above reasons, but also, I can run anywhere at anytime even indoors and best of all it costs nothing to run. So, all my fitness efforts tend to gravitate toward running. I also have a Shwinn Letour Ten Speed bicycle that I have had since I was 19 and it is still pretty much in top notch shape. Unfortunately for it, my feet gets more of the pavement then it does. I may at some point get it back in action again. You see, if running isn’t up your alley, then something else could be right there waiting for you to focus on it. I have always had an interest in running even since high school. Though, back then, I really never pursued it an wished I did.

Having an active life is about 1/3rd part of the pie that helps with weight management to burn calories as well as to help with other areas such as stress and fitness. If you take the active slice out of the pie, and only concentrate nutrition and weight management, loosing weight an be more of a challenge. I know, who has time to be active right? Well, you make time for what is important to you. Believe me, if you want it, you’ll do it.

Let’s say that you are making a real hard effort in eating right including planning your meals accordingly, ensuring proper nutrition and striving to manage your weight for what ever your goals are. Wouldn’t you like to take advantage of anything at your disposal to achieve your goals? This is why if you add “getting active” to your agenda, it will help you in your efforts and you may just enjoy it like I do. If you are not sure what you want to do, then why not check out a new resource available right here on AboveNbeyond4u.com called NEWU. It’s a section to get you motivated into embracing the new you.

I wasn’t really planning on a part two here, but, it seems like I have to “run” with it. I am going to go back beyond 12 years ago (as of the date of this post) when I used to drink beer and follow other habits. I was in quite an up and down hill trend with my weight at that time. I joined a local gym and was meeting people and making good effort on my slowly evolving new lifestyle. At that time, I had no idea where it was leading. I was even making the usual or typical mistake of only focusing on my workouts and not on nutrition. Two years later, I found “running” and boy, did that put a new twist on my active fitness life. Nothing else for me even touched the tip of the iceberg as to the impact it had on me. Then, something happened, I saw my lifestyle slowly going in a different direction. I started going to a local church, continuing my membership at the gym, continuing with running and other workouts, and I was starting to make choices that was leading me into a completely different lifestyle. I gave up drinking beer and other habits / foods about 3 years later (1998). My weight issues started to improve a little bit, where some did come off. But, again, still was not fully focusing on nutrition yet.
However, some of the changes I’ve been making were having the right impact. I started to develop a much stronger immune system over the time with the choices that I was making. While things were improving, and unfortunately, it wasn’t until 2008, until the “light bulb” turned on for me. It was then, when I started to realize the whole picture. This is when I began my real weight loss & fitness journey. I lost slightly over 20 pounds and felt the best that I’ve been in years. This is also when I was applying nutrition to my program as well.

You don’t have to be a runner to achieve this. You just have to find the right activity that works for you. A simple equation could be ACTIVITY + NUTRITION = A Healthy New You! Activity is so important, and there is so much to choose from, whether it be running, biking, swimming, walking, weight lifting, aerobics, volley ball, basketball, etc, you should be able to find the right niche that works for you.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending upon how you look at it, a Couch Potato only sprouts roots and turns into mush after a while.

One way to look at this is that while Fitness is what the body needs, Nutrition is Fitness for the body underneath your skin. It’s great that people are getting more fitness minded, but, one needs to start getting concerned about what is going on “inside” the body. Some don’t think that supplements work and are a waist of money. Not so, just because you don’t always feel like superman after taking them, doesn’t mean they aren’t working. Supplements need to be taken daily and consistently to have the right impact, because they work over time.

See below for Healthy Meal Planning…

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For healthy meal planning, I found this very good article online:
How to Develop a Meal Plan This article is by:
Kaleena Lawless
Personal Training Specialist
http://www.kalisthenixfitnessblog.com

In a nutshell, you can’t or shouldn’t have one without the other when it comes to Fitness and Nutrition. There are those who are only focused on weight loss and are not even considering the nutrition factor. All they care about is the end result. One person I can think of wants to loose weight so bad, that he has actually said quite frequently that “I want to get swine flu so I can loose weight”. My reaction to that is “how crazy is that!” People have died because of Swine Flu, and this guy doesn’t seem to get the point.
Anyway, Nutrition is like having a sound and strong foundation for your health. You need the “right stuff” going on inside to help fortify your life. There is no exaggeration to the saying that “you are what you eat”. If all you are concerned with is fitness and/or loosing weight and you don’t consider the nutrition factor, then that would be like building a house on a weak foundation.

There are many ways to combine the two sides of this issue. Follow your fitness plans and goals and have a good meal plan. One way for a good meal plan is to consider Weight Watchers. They have a great point system that I too use. And, there are some soups (Progresso) and other Weight Watcher food products at your local grocery store that have the Weight Watchers points right on the package or can so you can gauge yourself accordingly.
Wow, what a great way to work on Portion Control.
Membership can have it’s privileges, if you join Weight Watchers, you can purchase some of their merchandise, some of which includes a special calculator to help calculate your daily points when assisting with portion control. You can also get other literature that provides the point breakdown for food items which can be very beneficial to your goals. No, this article is not an advertisement for Weight Watchers, even if it sounds like it is. I’m trying to point out one way to achieve good nutrition while loosing weight at the same time.

If you don’t venture down the road of fitness, you are missing out on a world that will blow your mind! So what if you are lazy. We all have those days, the secret is not to let every day be lazy. Not only that, you have the rest of the day to be lazy after your workout. A little bit of pain and lots to gain. Fitness if not taken advantage of is like a door that was never opened. You never know what awaits on the other side. It doesn’t matter if you are a teenager or past the age of 70, fitness rocks!

Having a life of fitness is a great way of lessening health issues as you get older. Granted, there are no guarantees, but, why ask for it. Having an active fitness life is another way of save guarding your health. Think of it this way, your computer has or should have anti-virus software to protect it from viruses. Well, having an active fitness life is like having your own anti-virus software for your life. Now, fitness is only one third of the dish, and one must not forget weight management and nutrition. For all 3 work together and does the body good!

By staying physically fit and getting proper nutrition, there can be those hidden values that add to your life. One benefit that I get is that I can walk really fast when I am in a hurry. Now, I know that that may not seem like much, but, while others take 5 minutes to walk from one side of Walmart to the other, it only takes me 2 minutes. Ok, laugh now, I am Before or after you start a new fitness endeavor, you may not always realize whats ahead or how things will be for you later on. In my case, I’m stronger, have an increased breathing capacity, can walk and run faster, and best of all, I hardly ever get sick. Not to mention that my weight is down. You see, there is a whole great package that comes along with fitness. The thing is, in order to benefit from it, you must first get started. It’s not all just about loosing weight or weight management. That is only one side of the dish. Consider the other side – nutrition and exercise. You see, you need all three to complete the puzzle of good health. If you are only concerned with weight loss or weight management, then you are missing the point. I do understand that for some, this can be a HUGE issue, but, in order to secure weight management, the other side of the dish must be considered as well. It’s a balancing act for all three peaces of the puzzle work together to accomplish a single objective called good health.

Picking up from the previous post – Secrets about getting active – It’s a good addiction. Along the way, you see yourself changing with the new activities you are getting involved with. You are getting out, getting active, quitting certain behaviors, and lessening the consumption of certain foods and drinks. Weight is coming off, you are feeling better and the tide of change is happening.
Sounds good doesn’t it? But, the truth is that nothing happens until you do 2 things. The first is the decision to be committed and get started. The second thing is to start getting active and making choices.
It won’t always be easy along the way. Some choices won’t happen overnight. It can take months before you see results and find yourself making additional choices.

I started blogging about Health and Fitness, not because I have learned a lot, but, it’s my passion. With my experiences, both as a runner, and also as one who works out and have had weight loss issues, I decided to be a source of inspiration to others.

You will find that while getting started isn’t an easy decision, it’s the first of many decisions to be made down this road. It doesn’t matter if it’s about weight loss, fitness, getting better nutrition, you’ll find a lot of different choices along the way.

Don’t put off until tomorrow, what you can get started today! Life Doesn’t Stand Still, Why Should You?

Always remember, it is best that you should see a doctor before starting any health regiment. You never know what could be happening beneath the skin?

Remember, first, you should never starve yourself regardless of what your health and fitness goals are. Activity should also be increased to burn off those calories. With that said, it seems at times that it is forgotten that loosing weight (weight management) is only part of the puzzle. You don’t want to just loose the weight and get on with life. In a perfect world, that would be great.

The other side of the dish is the nutrition factor. You also want to focus on how good your nutrition is. You’ve heard it before, and there is something to be said that “You are what you eat”! Getting proper nutrition can be accomplished in a number of ways. Eating right and taking dietary supplements will help you along the way. There are those who feel that supplements don’t work and are a waste of money. That is not true! Just because one doesn’t always feel some sort of super change by taking supplements doesn’t mean they are not doing there job. It’s the consistent use of them that makes the difference. When I was selling Herbalife, my favorite supplement was their Total Control. This supplement helps build energy, promotes weight loss and boosts metabolism all at the same time. But, again, consistent usage of supplements are where the results come from.

So, by eating right, and taking supplements, you will start laying a foundation of good health which will develop and strengthen your immune system. Not to long ago, my wife was having a conversation with a friend and she said during the time we’ve been married, my husband has only been really sick twice. This is because, of my being active, and taking supplements and eating right.

As stated in other posts, you should also consider changing your habits. I don’t smoke, drink, or do anything else that would be detrimental to my health. I am an avid runner and I work out on a regular basis. Despite your interests, sometimes an overhaul of what you are doing could be the answer.
Who knows, you may end up meeting the new you some day like I did.

So, in concluding, never starve yourself, get active, eat right and take supplements and you’ll start finding yourself going down a better path to a whole new you.

See also:
Do I Eat Today? (D.I.E.T) Part #1 ,
Avoid The Gimics, Change Habits

Those in need, all want to loose weight, look and feel good about themselves. This reality is true for most people regardless of age. Unfortunately, there are those who go the route of starving themselves to accomplish their goals. The body needs food for a number of things, including weight loss. By starving yourself, eventually the body will start to re bell and you’ll eventually fail anyway. If you think you feel miserable now, think how you will feel by starving yourself. During my efforts, I never once attempted to starve myself and I achieved my goals. So the answer to the question in the title of this post is and always should be YES.

Yes, I understand and see that there are those who really want the weight off yesterday or even 2 months ago and just want the process over with. One has to stop and realize that it took a while to get the weight on. It will take a while to get it off. But, to stop the tide and keep the weight off, one has to change habits. Otherwise, the tide will not stop and you’ll end up being a boomerang and find yourself returning back to where you started from.

In a number of articles, I’ve stressed the importance of “Portion Control”. This is a key component in weight loss. You don’t starve yourself, you control your intake of food and drink to help with your goals. In addition, you also need to increase your activity to burn off those calories. These two factors offer a powerful combination that brings about weight loss. No one said it would be easy, but your commitment will determine your success.