BE YOU
So Why Be Healthy?
22 REASONS WHY.
1. Vitality
2. An abundance of energy
to do everything you want to do
3. Happiness
4. Love and closeness with others
5. Satisfaction and fufillment in life
6. Healing symptoms and disease
7. Symptoms and disease going way
8. Relief from the suffering that goes with the symptoms of disease.
9. Inner Peace
10. Being symptom and disease free
11. Mental focus, memory, and clarity (no brain fog)
12. Being awake and fully alive everyday (not dragging through stuff and surviving)
13. Being present and having the ability to be with people.
14. No worry or fear.
15. Being confident in yourself
16. Being complete and happy
17. The ability to deal with issues that arise simply and with ease
18. Having better health now, for security for yourself and your family later.
19. More time to do what you want
20. Simpler choices
21. Looking great, feeling good, reducing fat, and having tons of energy
22. Being satisfied, and not being hungry all of the time.
My list comes from something called “ How to Have a Healthy Lifestyle with a Busy Schedule ” by Sabrina Ryan and Anne Kowlaski, OCPA, Spring 2009
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I’m not sure where I got the following. I hand-wrote it once in my notebook for exercise motivation and didn’t write the source-> It helps me. I hope it does good things for you too. (:
Physical Benefits of Exercise
STRENGTHENS THE HEART
IMPROVES LUNG CAPACITY
INCREASES METABOLIC RATE
IMPROVES CHOLESTEROL LEVELS
LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE
FACILITATES DIGESTION
INCREASES FLEXIBILITY AND ENDURANCE
INCREASES BONE DENSITY
HELPS CONTROL BLOOD SUGAR
HELPS CONTROL WEIGHT
ENHANCES IMMUNITY
Mental & Emotional Benefits of Exercise
ENHANCES SELF ESTEEM
IMPROVES CONCENTRATION
REDUCES STRESS
PROMOTES POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE
PROMOTES EMOTIONAL STABILITY
INCREASES MENTAL ENERGY
IMPROVES SLEEP PATTERNS
INCREASES SENSE OF WELL BEING
REDUCES NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
RELIEVES ANXIETY AND TENSION
RELIEVES DEPRESSION AND FATIGUE
IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE
BE YOU