In part one, we met Johanna, a slightly overweight, stressed and overwhelmed lady who was struggling to reclaim her energy. Through the advice I gave her ,she’d reached a point of success which motivated her to even further progress by aiming for these three goals:
- Johanna continued her work with continuously adding more minutes to her daily walks.
When she was comfortable with the walking and didn’t struggle anymore, we looked at other things to help her with daily movement which was:
- Finding odds and ends in her everyday life where she got to move her body; Like using the stairs instead of elevator or escalators.
- Parking the car as far away as possible in the parking lot instead of as close as possible.
- Get up to get the paper every time she printed something, instead of waiting until she’d worked for an hour.
These are examples of what she did. Iit might be different for you and YOUR specific situation.
- When she was comfortable with her first goal, she then visited a gym and had them help her set an easy to follow program to strengthen her muscles. It’s not about “body building” but to keep your muscles in shape because it’s important for the strength, the balance and also to avoid muscle pain.
- We looked to see if she was sitting still for long periods of time by the computer or on the sofa in the evenings. It’s been scientifically proven that long periods of sitting still is a big risk for cardiovascular disease even if you do big workouts each week. If all you do is sit all day, it’s as bad as smoking.
Johanna wasn’t so much affected by this since she was moving around a lot in her work. She was also getting home in the evenings spending time with her two youngsters. If you’re not fortunate to have this automatically, you can fix it by setting an alarm every hour that reminds you to stand up and stretch your body.
Move around for a couple of seconds. You can do it together in the office. Beside the great effect on your cardiovascular system, this will help your thinking. Like I said earlier, not only did Johanna get much more energy from this process, she also became happier in general which was a good side effect.
“A great side effect of more energy, is more happiness!”
So when you start using your muscles in these 3 ways:
– Walks and moving for your general physicality
— Basic workouts to strengthen your muscles
— Avoid sitting still too long to prevent cardiac disease
You’ll have less pain, have more energy, be able to think clearer and because of that, get more done. It’s such big win.
Now it’s time for you to start getting up and begin moving so you too can benefit the same way Johanna did!
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To your success and keep smiling!
