Living Healthily Ever After

To me being healthy is when both your body and mind are happy. Your fitness and health are directly related to the way you feel physically and mentally for a number of reasons. Everything you put in your body, you environment, your relationships with the people around you, all are factors that affect your overall well being.

For my last post I wanted to thank everyone for reading. I hope that my posts were helpful, insightful, and maybe even inspirational for some of you. I learned a lot by researching everything so thoroughly because I wanted to be able to present the most accurate and current information as possible, and I actually ended up learning a lot about myself as well.

My main motive to be healthy has always been and always will be to have the most possible fun I can. I think that’s the most important and most effective way to motivate yourself. Getting active and eating right its something you can enjoy and I promise it will make you fell good. Like I said before attitude is everything, so whatever it may be whether its cooking or burning some calories, have fun doing it.

I understand that most people don’t have a love for running like I do. Exercising on a regular basis and eating healthy seems like such a chore for some people.  But the way I look at is “run while you can.” Threes so many different ways to be active that can be fun! You have to find something that you like to do. Go run on the beach, or play basketball at the park, walk your dog! The benefits of being active are not only good for your body but they really impact your attitude as well.

Most people go out to eat to hangout and be social, but other activities can bring you closer, and add variety, not to mention the endorphins you get while you exercise are an awesome thing to experience with your friends. And contrary to popular beliefs eating healthy doesn’t mean eating anything that doesn’t taste good. Cooking is can also be fun. You get to make food taste however you want! I think it’s all about the way you approach things. After a fun workout with you friends, walk to the grocery store and pick out some fresh ingredients for dinner. Cook up something healthy and delicious for your friends and pair it with a nice glass of antioxidant rich red wine.  

Having fun, and running around and eating good food of course are things that I have always enjoyed. I have found that recently, especially in the past couple years as I have gotten older, I have taken these interests of mine to the next level. When it comes to sports I want to be able to do the best I can do, when it comes to sleep I want to get the deepest sleep I can so I can have the best possible day I can, and when I eat I want it to taste good and make me feel good. Learning about all these new recipes and remedies in various aspects of nutrition and health has made be realize how interconnected they all are. I am intrigued by anything nutrition and fitness and it has turned into somewhat of a hobby to learn about new exercises, healthy recipes, sleep remedies, vitamins, etc, which can hopefully lead me to a career in the health or fitness industry. I am working towards a career in sports medicine or even something along the lines of a nutritionist or health educator. I have seen in myself as well as others how much physical activity, sleep, and nutrition and taking care of you inside and out truly makes peoples lives happier and achieves overall wellness.