Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all. I hope your day has been blessed. It is wonderful to have so many things to be thankful for. I want to send a thanks out to all my followers and other viewers for a wonderful first year on my blog page. I also want to thank all of those who have served our country or is serving our country so that I could be free. I wish everyone out there a wonderful and safe holiday.

Best of Health

Did You Know?

Hello everyone. Welcome again to Healthy Lifestyle And Wellness. It is great to speak to all of you again. Everyday I learn new things and I am getting excited to be able to share some of my new found knowledge with you. It is amazing as to how much the things we eat affect the way we feel, look and how healthy we may really be. Did you know that the claims on labels aren't always what they appear? Did you know that a diet isn't really a diet, it's a change of lifestyle? Did you know that your blood type affects what you may or may not be able to eat? Did you know that your physical activity goes hand in hand with what you eat in losing or maintaining weight? Did you know that life itself can affect how you eat, which in turn affects your health and weight? These are some of the topics we are going to be delving into over the next few weeks. Please join us in these great discussions and bring your questions to the board so that others may learn things as well.

Wishing You the Best of Health

Changes to Healthy Lifestyle and Wellness

Hello everyone. New and exciting things are beginning to happen to Healthy Lifestyle and Wellness. As of November 15, 2010, I am the new Dietary and Fitness Counselor at the place where I work. This site will begin to be used by all my clients and I hope that you will find some exciting new discoveries. I wish for everyone to bring their questions to the site so that everyone can learn from each other. This is supposed to be fun as well as supportive. Do not be afraid to ask new questions or bring to the group fun new information. I wish the best for everyone and can't wait for the fun to get started.

Best of Health.

Welcome Back

Hello and Welcome back everyone to Healthy Lifestyle and Wellness. It's been a while and I am glad to be back with all of you. There are new things that I am learning everyday in my field of study and am looking forward to sharing with everyone.

I would like to invite everyone to take a look at my earlier postings and comment or ask questions to get the conversations in this site flowing. One very interesting discussion is the one on GMOs and I think that everyone will learn a lot from it. Eventually I would like to bring you some of the knowledge that I have to offer in the practice of Natural medicine so that you may have a better feel for what all may be offered in the Alternative medicine practice.

Since this our first week back in a while, I would like to give you the opportunity to ask questions that you may be interested in studying so that we can possibly delve into those areas. So please join me and learn a whole new range of information.

Until next time, I wish you all the best of health.

More about Fitness

Hello everyone and welcome back to Healthy Lifestyle and Wellness. Most of us don't realize how short we are on getting the exercise we need. It is recommended that we get at least 30 minutes a day of extensive exercise. While most of us have active days, few of us spend time really focusing on our bodies. I find it hard myself to do this. I want to challenge everyone this week to put exercise into your daily routine for this week and then tell me what you were able to do. Until next time, good luck.
Best of health.

Fitness

Hello again and welcome to Healthy Lifestyle and Wellness. This has been an interesting past few weeks as we have delved into several different topics. As you all know from my first post, I am a student at Kaplan University and I created this site for the class. However, I have decided that I will continue on with this well after my classes end next week. Please feel free to join me in discussion. Questions will help make this site go forward at a better pace.

Last week we started on the topic of fitness and activity. I asked if anyone had any ideas as to what you would considered as physical activity. There are many different activities that can be included in this list. Some examples of physical activities could include but are not limited to: hiking, swimming, walking, running, frisbee, and even housework. Many people do not realize that a physical activity could include normal everyday things such as gardening or cleaning house. These aren't what are included in extreme energy workouts though.

One of my other questions was about what you felt was the amount of high intensity physical activity that you should perform in a day. The answer to that question is 30 minutes a day. This type of activity would be in the form of swimming, running, jogging and even sports. There is a whole list of high intensity activity that you can perform a day.

Do you have any physical activity that you perform that would be considered high intensity? How often do you perform these activities? How long do you perform these? Do you feel that you are getting enough activity in your normal day? What do you think you can do to improve the total of your activity?

I look forward to hear what everyone has to say this week. Feel free to post and even ask questions. Have a healthy week and see you next time.

Lifestyle changes

Hello again. Last week we discussed a little more about GMO foods. I ended the session with a question as to what you would do to change your lifestyle. Lifestyle changes doesn't necessarily mean a change in diet. Although that may be the main point, it's not the only point. Another change may come in exercise. The more active you are the less likely you are going to deal with other health issues.

It is proven that lower activity can cause obesity, heart disease and other health issues. The recommendation for activity is no less than 30 minutes. If you had to start adding an activity in your daily routine, what kind of activity would that be? Can you give some suggestions as to what kind of activity would benefit your health? What would be a more aggressive activity and what would be a less aggressive activity? Do they all benefit your health in the same way?

I will delve into these question next week. Until then, I would love to hear what you have to say on this topic.