Reminder to Move!

While focusing my January blogs on processed foods, I want to take a timeout to remind you - physical activity is a key component of your healthy lifestyle, and moving every day is critical. Benefits of exercising are physical (healthier heart, bones and lungs) as well as emotional (stress management)!

Do you like to exercise? If so, schedule in exercise appointments for the gym, a fitness class, a swim, or any other workout that makes you break a sweat for at least 30 minutes, 5 days a week.

​Don’t like to exercise? Think physical activity instead – things that get you up and moving but don’t pressure or frustrate you. You’ve got to enjoy this for the long haul! Try making a morning walking date with a friend, taking a lunchtime dance class with a colleague,  or finding an online yoga class that you appreciate as “me time” – also aiming for at least 30 minutes, 5 days a week.

Just One Thing to do: Get moving!

P.S. Sledding, throwing snowballs, ice skating, building snowmen, playing in the snow with your dog, even shoveling - all great ways to get exercise in the winter if you like getting outside!