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Category: Lifelong Health

How Your Friends Make It Easy to Be Healthy & Stress Free

Me kayaking

This is a diary of the healthy lifestyle goals that my son, Chris, and I are making together each month.  Since it takes 21-30 days to develop a new habit, making a goal for the month ahead is an effective strategy.

The buddy system is one of the main ways to get motivated. I’ve always found that if I say out loud to someone what I plan on doing, I’m more likely to do it.  Because if I say I will, I feel responsible to follow through.  

Age doesn’t matter.  It’s never too late.  You can always make progress and even reverse the signs of aging!

In an attempt to alleviate stress, Chris’s goal last month was to start taking Olly Goodbye Stress supplements, exercise as much as possible, add yoga to his exercise routine, and get away for mini vacations on weekends.

My goal last month was to use my pedometer to measure my walks.  I also wanted to experiment with Health for iPhone by carrying my phone in my purse, a hip pouch or maybe even an armband…and still finish up the summer with weekly outdoor swimming.

Here’s how we did:

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Why Would You Want to Be 35 for 200 Years?

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I was at my sister’s swimming pool yesterday talking to her neighbor, Sara, and Sara’s mother, Elizabeth.  I just met Elizabeth last year, and only saw her once.  So when I saw her at the pool, I thought, “Oh, that must be Sara’s mother…no, wait, she’s too young to be Sara’s mother.  Maybe it’s her sister.”

Then Sara came over to say hello to me and pointed to her mother.  I said, “She looks too young to be your mother!”

And then Sara told me she was 60.  I said, “Oh, she’s younger than me.”  And Sara nodded with a smile, probably because she was thinking how we were both members of the Younger Than 60 look.

Later, I asked Elizabeth how she keeps her youthfulness.  She said she believes it’s all in the mind.  I agreed.  Age doesn’t matter…

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How to Easily Track Walks and Relieve Stress

This is a diary of the healthy lifestyle goals that my son, Chris, and I are making together each month.  Since it takes 21-30 days to develop a new habit, making a goal for the month ahead is an effective strategy.

The buddy system is one of the main ways to get motivated. I’ve always found that if I say out loud to someone what I plan on doing, I’m more likely to do it.  Because if I say I will, I feel responsible to follow through.  

Age doesn’t matter.  It’s never too late.  You can always make progress and even reverse the signs of aging!

Last month, Chris’s goal was to try to meditate.  My goal was to try out the Map My Walk app by Under Armour in conjunction with My Fitness Pal app.  Here’s how we did: Continue Reading

How Your Friends Make It Easy to be Healthy: Sleep & Swim

This is a diary of the healthy lifestyle goals that my son, Chris, and I are making together each month.  Since it takes 21-30 days to develop a new habit, making a goal for the month ahead is an effective strategy.

The buddy system is one of the main ways to get motivated. I’ve always found that if I say out loud to someone what I plan on doing, I’m more likely to do it.  Because if I say I will, I feel responsible to follow through.  

Age doesn’t matter.  It’s never too late.  You can always make progress and even reverse the signs of aging!

Last month, Chris’s goal was to catch up on sleep and take a vacation to a sunny place.  My goal was to swim once a week, and if the weather got in the way, I was to swim indoors or on an extra day when it was sunny again.  Here’s how we did: Continue Reading

This is What Happens When You Practice Yoga

Today I have a guest post for you.  Let me introduce Steve Davis of Ekam Yogashala, a yoga teacher training institute in India and Nepal.  Ekam also offers yoga retreats and daily drop-in yoga classes.  Their offerings are available for everyone and all levels of yoga practitioners are welcome.  Age doesn’t matter.  If you want to improve your body and it is able, you can even slow the aging process by practicing yoga.  Read how: Continue Reading