How To Attain And Maintain Your Optimal Fitness Level

How To Attain And Maintain Your Optimal Fitness Level

We are today obsessed with having to lose weight, with getting rid of excess fat and with searching for those lost six-pack abs. Our ever changing diet and exercise programs have become yet another spectacular roller coastal ride! In the quest for good health we have forgotten all about fitness: feeling good about yourself, having enough energy to get through the day, and night, without undue fatigue, and being able to tie your shoelaces without assistance.

What we really need today is not more dieting and exercising to attain some magical physical physique of Hollywood's creation. Statistics tell us that even with these diet and weight loss programs by 2050 more than 60% of the USA population will be statistically obese. If you were to purchase just a small portion of what is sold over the counter to make you a perfect physical specimen two things will happen: the sellers of these products, manufacturers and retailers alike, will be smiling each day as they watch their bank accounts grow at your expense; and your medicine cabinets will remain filled with partially used potions which have failed to satisfy your craving for quick weight loss fixes.

This craving will not go away until you have attained a certain level of fitness. And surprisingly this is not difficult to do. Attaining and maintaining your optimal fitness level can be done at absolutely no cost. It does not even require prior consultation with your care giver although this is always a wise thing to do. Here are some everyday things that you should do. Their simplicity will surprise you but should also encourage you to take action.

*Eat Slowly

Pack your plate with as much food as it can hold if you so desire. Just eat slowly. Allow the digestive enzymes in your mouth do the work for which they were intended. Concentrate on enjoying the natural flavours of your food for once it passes your mouth a different process takes place which gives no pleasure and which often causes unnecessary discomfort when you overindulge. Within days you will notice that your desire for food is cut dramatically and that you are quite satisfied with the reduced amount.

*Drink Lots Of Water

You may continue to drink your sodas and your innumerable cups of coffee and tea. But start drinking much more water. It is fashionable today to have that ubiquitous bottle of water on full display. Water however should not be a fashion statement. It is a significant contributor to attaining and maintaining tour optimal fitness level. Taken frequently throughout the day it helps in flushing toxins and related waste from your body.

*Pay Attention To Intestinal Cleansing

You are already familiar with the statement that "Death begins in the colon". What is eliminated from your system on a daily basis is often not the total amount to be evacuated. What remains, accumulating day after day and year after year cannot be good for your system and hence your health and fitness level. It is not being recommended that you immediately stock your medicine cabinet with laxatives and dietary fibre supplements. The occasional cleansing program - remember what Grandma used to do - will suffice. Eating slowly and drinking lots of water will do the task of maintaining regularity naturally.

*Do Your Isometric Exercises

Exercising for most people can be quite boring unless done in a gym or some organized environment. Isometric exercises however can be done in your own space and at any time. Most sessions last no more than a minute or two - and the results over time are dramatic in terms of an increased feeling of wellbeing, a sense of having more vigour and a new lease on life as your fitness level returns.

*Stretching Exercises

Lastly there is the simple act of stretching along with deep breathing. This is best done for between five to ten minutes each morning just after awakening from a night's sleep. Stretching puts your muscles in a state of readiness for the day's activities. It literally awakens your entire system releasing energies that will carry you through the day. Surprisingly most people tend to stretch when they are fatigued. Done at the beginning of the day stretching at any time thereafter will be an affirmation of your returning fitness level. Just try it.

There you have it. Five simple everyday habits you can adopt without breaking a sweat but which, within a surprisingly short space of time, will see your fitness level dramatically improve. Your shoe laces will become reachable again; that walk to the grocery store or wherever will become a pleasant outing instead of a chore to be endured with bad grace; and above all you will begin to experience that feeling of wellbeing that accompanies renewed energy levels.

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