When i have time, i do take time to browse through the newspaper.  It’s not the same thing reading articles online and really holding on to material and settled comfortably in your chair or couch.  Last April 7, i got interested with this health article by Tetta Matera on the benefits of Exercise.  She entitled her write-up “It Ain’t Enough to be sknny, you gotta be Healthy.  The article is long and i don’t have the plan of copying the whole article word for word because i need time to check on some home insurance quote for my cousin who really have to see the dentist today. She told me that since i will be in office with the internet connection so she asked me the favor to do it for her. I will print them out later.

I am on and off from the gym even though I have a lot of unwanted fats to lose – really lose if i want myself to be fit.  Been doing on and off gyms for less than a year already (i was into it before and stopped it for more than a year and i just gone back last December) because i fall to Ms. Matera’s thought – i lacked the focus. She said:

Exercise is a commitment, not a hobby. A lot of people exercise at one point in their lives, failed miserably and gave up eventually without any long-term benefit because they did not make exercise a regular part of their lives.

I think so she is right. If we made “eating” an integral part of our living life, then i guess we should make “exercise” as part of our daily life, too.   She gave out the following practical tips on how to be healthy fit:

• Have the right motivation and stay focused (i am slowly into this since December)
• Start slow but set goals ( i have lost 10 pounds from December to March and i hope to lost the same amount 3 months later)
• Wear the right shoes and clothes ( i bet i don’t have the right shoes but still am enjoying my gym time)
• Warm up, cool down.
• Drink and eat right (I am trying to do this right)
• Listen to your body
• Make exercise a regular component of your lifestyle (I vow to seriously do this from now on)

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