Enjoy
your Age and Age healthy
Isn’t
it funny how a 5 or 10 year old very specifically tell you that they are 5,5
years old or 10,5 years old, but if you tell a 49 year old that they are 50 you
are walking on thin ice. The 5 and 10 year olds are proud of their age and
really looking forward to the next year.
Can
anyone tell me when this changes?
If I’m
honest I’m really enjoying my age, I’ll not tell you how old I am but I’m not 5
and not 70, but I feel confident and I’m looking forward to feeling fit and
healthy as the years adds on.
I also
know that I have to actively work on aging healthy and there is plenty we can
do to stay youthful. I don’t mean that we should aim for a 20 year old body and
face, that’s not what healthy aging is about. It’s about being independent,
move freely, be illness free, keep a healthy brain and be social.
Here
are some tips for healthy aging:
1. Remember
that your best year are not behind you.
2. Veggies—and
green veggies in particular—can be your fountain of youth. Full of vitamins,
minerals, and life-giving chlorophyll, raw green veggies should be the basis of
your diet.
3. Being
physical active is very important for healthy ageing – Move it or Lose it -.
4.
Studies show that inactivity is the worst thing you can do (or
not do) as you age. Inactivity has been shown to be a contributing factor to
heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, and colon cancer. You don’t have to run
a marathon or pump tons of iron either. A vigorous walk 3-4 times a week is
better than nothing.
5.
Be kind to the people that care about you. You may have been
hurt in the past, or may be scared that you’ll be too vulnerable, but
truthfully, the more you withhold LOVE, the unhappier you’ll be. Start with
yourself.
6.
We know that being physically active is very important, but it
is also very important to be socially active. Meet up with your friends for
lunch or dinners, go on holidays, go to concerts, theater, there is plenty to
do just make sure you get out of the house.
7. Surround
yourself with positive people and life is so much easier.
8.
Laughter really is the best medicine.
Get the kid back into your
soul and stand up tall and be proud of your age. The worst thing you can do is
look at ageing as something negative then you have very very many years of
struggling and feeling miserable, and guess what – you’ll probably died earlier
due to that.
Consider what Oscar Wilde
said: Aging is not so bad considering the alternative!
Yours in Health & Fitness,
Birgitta
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