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4 - Get 30 minutes of exercise every day.
Regular physical activity decreases the risk of death from heart disease, lowers the risk of developing diabetes, and is associated with a decreased risk of colon cancer. It also helps prevent high blood pressure and helps you lose weight and keep it off.
~ Think of yourself as an active person.
~ Make physical activity a part of your everyday routine. Go for brisk walks. Ride a bike. Dance. Do chores around the house and in the yard. take the stairs instead of the elevator. Rake leaves.
~ Get 30 minutes of activity that makes you breathe harder, on most or all days of the week. If you can't be active for 30 minutes all at once, get at least 10 minutes of endurance activity at a time.
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Yeah, I suck at this one. I have tried, and sadly, have failed. So every day I try again. For a while the boys were talking walks every night, where my husband was walking and my son was on his scooter. I joined them one night, and discovered that my husband would walk faster to pass the Boy, who would then race ahead of my husband. It was like those sprints where the person in the back speeds up to become the person in the front. And I got winded doing it.
The winding worried me. So I'm committing to more walks with my family.
What do you do to incorporate exercise into your day?
Regular physical activity decreases the risk of death from heart disease, lowers the risk of developing diabetes, and is associated with a decreased risk of colon cancer. It also helps prevent high blood pressure and helps you lose weight and keep it off.
~ Think of yourself as an active person.
~ Make physical activity a part of your everyday routine. Go for brisk walks. Ride a bike. Dance. Do chores around the house and in the yard. take the stairs instead of the elevator. Rake leaves.
~ Get 30 minutes of activity that makes you breathe harder, on most or all days of the week. If you can't be active for 30 minutes all at once, get at least 10 minutes of endurance activity at a time.
***
Yeah, I suck at this one. I have tried, and sadly, have failed. So every day I try again. For a while the boys were talking walks every night, where my husband was walking and my son was on his scooter. I joined them one night, and discovered that my husband would walk faster to pass the Boy, who would then race ahead of my husband. It was like those sprints where the person in the back speeds up to become the person in the front. And I got winded doing it.
The winding worried me. So I'm committing to more walks with my family.
What do you do to incorporate exercise into your day?
