★The Body's Balance & Surpassing Expectations

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Motivation from older threads coming soon….
On Exercise Overall Attitude & Motives for Being Healthy
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The first quote below is from Sonia from 2009, a bmindful member who had posted her view on being healthy,
“For me being healthy is loving yourself. If I dont love myself enough to have a healthy attitude, body, surroundings, occupation…. then I dont love anyone else also in this world. For a person nothing can be more precious than self and the loved ones. If I am not healthy then how can I take care of others and spread happiness? If I have an unhealthy attitude or opinion about myself and others then that is what I am doing to the world— spreading unhealthiness thru mind or body.Lets be more loving/cautious and spread good healthy in all possible ways.Enjoy good health.”~Sonia
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Accidental Note from 2009

MeditatingMama from 2009

Recent thread from tangwystal -Mindful Walking-self-imposed peer pressure
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• FOR THE HEALTH OF IT – AFFIRMATIONS
  ►•I listen to my body and heed its needs.
  ►•I thank my body for my continued well-being.
  ►•I send love and appreciation to all the cells of my body.
  ►•My body maintains itself in perfect health.
  ►•My whole body vibrates with optimum health and energy.
  ►•My body thanks me for looking after it.
  

• ** 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

In response to SelfcareEnthusiast’s post:
I have just copied and pasted this and printed it to put in a journal ,thank you for not one but 22 reasons to be healthy ,
love flowergirl

In response to flowergirl’s post:
In response to AppreciationView’s post:

moved the 22 reasons why be healthy list to intro post(:

I found this on an old thread so brought it over here

1)go for a walk ——————— 2)bounce on trampoline —————————— 3)eat healthy food ———————— 4)meditate ———— 5)write in journal ———————— 6)do something creative ——————————- 7)be grateful —————-

i decided its action time and started doodling a chart, i have the idea to draw in pencil a rainbow ,added be gtatefull to mylist so i have seven points ,one is each colour of the rainbow ,im dividing the rainbow into 7 sections and each day i color in the things i have achieved ,also putting pictures and quotes so it will be my excersise vision board and i get to make a new one each week .

“I have fun getting fit “

Cool idea flower girl. I love drawing with my mobile phone app, so this would be like “empowering” doodling wouldn’t it?! I love colour, so a colour-oriented gratitude list sounds like it would really touch one’s soul, rather than be an intellectual only exercise.

I’m copying and pasting your lists too, SelfcareEnthusiast. I love the way you make lists that are so direct and easy to understand. Thanks!

Physical exercise certainly lifts my spirits, and keeps me in a positive mood. I walk frequently and am going to increase my gym workouts. When I was having a bad time emotionally because of a little crisis, I think going to the gym every day during that time was my saving grace (along with my friends’ support!).