The last post in the Live Lighter’s Health Made Easy Series revealed the secret to making healthy living easy . This post shares with you some suggestions which apply this secret approach to health. They will help you make your healthy choices a regular part of your new healthy lifestyle:

1. Take it easy on yourself! If your goal is to be healthy, then there’s no pressure. You don’t have to push yourself to lose weight or fit into that size 6 dress that’s been hanging in the closet for 3 years. Go at your own pace and don’t get discouraged. Keep trying and have faith that you will get where you want to in your own good time.
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Like many people, you probably believe that getting healthy is hard. This article is intended to challenge those beliefs, and will describe why your current beliefs about health may be the very thing holding you back from getting healthy. AND this article will explain why it is absolutely integral to your success that you MAKE being healthy easy.

To make this secret work for you, you have to know a little about learned (or habitual) behaviour and evolution. In the game of life, the goal is always survival. As living organisms, we instinctually (that is, without total awareness or thinking) seek out means of life support (offense maneuver) so that we can keep all our senses alert for danger (defense measure).

So, you see, nature has made it easy for us to behave without conscious thought . We are naturally attracted to substances and activities which promote survival and we react negatively to whatever threatens our survival.

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This is the first post in Live Lighter’s Health Made Easy Series and it’s meant to ease you into the idea that maybe healthy living can be easy.

If you’re like most people, say the words, “healthy living” and your brow furrows as you imagine the sweating, extra baggage, extra showers, time, money, lettuce-based meals, hunger, guilt, suffering…well, no wonder you don’t want anything to do with a healthy lifestyle!

It doesn’t have to be that way. Check back in two days to hear about the secret to making healthy living easy . To help prepare you for the mind-bending suggestions in the following posts, please watch this introductory, 2 minute video on quick and easy health tips:

There is a misconception out there that getting healthy needs to be difficult. While I’ve experienced difficulty in getting healthy, over the years I’ve learned how to make it work for me so I can enjoy living a healthy lifestyle …and all the benefits that come along with it.

In my experience , life is easier and more enjoyable when you have total health . If l could show you that healthy living was easy, would you try some of the suggestions out for yourself?

If you want to know how I made getting healthy easy, then you’ll want to read the next 5 posts. The following articles will make up the Live Lighter’s Health Made Easy Series :

1. Quick and Easy Healthy Living Tips Video – February 7^th
2. The Secret to Making Healthy Living Easy – February 9^th
3. 7 Tips to Make Healthy Living Easy – February 11^th
4. Easy Health Humour – February 13^th
5. 15 Practical Tips to Make Healthy Living Easy – February 15^th

This series is designed to convince you that it is possible to make healthy living easy. It will get you thinking and maybe even get you up off the couch!

You can subscribe to the Live Lighter feed or keep coming back to find out how easy health can be!

No matter how much you try to fool yourself, physical activity is a basic element of health. Is there anyone left that believes you can have health without physical activity? My own personal belief is that everyone has their own optimal levels of activity, but nevertheless, all the literature I’ve come across all agrees you need it to live a healthy lifestyle and get the full benefits of health.

The good news is that you don’t need a lot of physical activity in your lifestyle, as long as it is consistent (everyday) and for at least ½ hour. As you get more fit, you’re going to WANT more physical activity (it may be hard to believe, but it IS true). But for now, why not get the maximum benefits from a minimum amount of time? The following tips will help you put a little more ooomph! into your physical activity. Read the rest of this entry »

Can you imagine being in absolute chaos…grocery shopping on a Saturday, horns honking and people shouting in a traffic backup, being jostled by angry and impatient commuters on a crowed bus…and yet have none of it affect you as you bask in your own little paradise in your mind?

Meditation is literally regarded as a health tool by countless people across the globe, including health professionals. It’s thought of as an exercise used to strengthen the mind towards peace and quiet. Any moms out there?

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