Couch Potato Secrets

Were you an active person who turned into a couch potato? Sometimes, we’d like to do things we used to do but our body isn’t fit enough to do it. This makes us discouraged in engaging with the activity once more and worse if it affects our self-esteem. What we need is creativity and motivation to do what we want to do. Take this case as an example, and an inspiration as well:

Joan Denizot, avowed couch potato by heart and by history, knew she needed to do something to get her moving. Her good health was no longer a given. Severely overweight, she needed to find an exercise that she loved, so that she would do it. Bicycles came instantly to mind.

After losing over 100 pounds since 2005 by surgery and exercise, and still being a very large woman, she decided that she needed to get a bike that was built strong enough to hold her. She started looking around. Most U.S. bikes are not built to hold more than 200 lbs. After scouring the Internet, talking to bike experts, and visiting shops, she discovered that, yes, it is dangerous to ride a bike that is not built to hold your weight, and no, they weren’t available for extra big people. It was while doing this frustrating research that she realized that she was not the only fat person who wants to ride a bike–thus Super Sized Cycles was born.

source: www.prweb.com

If at first attempt you think you cannot do it anymore, think again. You just need to think of other possibilities. So, if you couldn’t fit on a bicycle, make the bicycle fit for you.

Walking is the simplest form of exercise.  It is healthy and it can actually increase your life span.

A moderate level of physical activity, such as walking 30 minutes a day, lengthened life by 1.3 years and added 1.1 more years without cardiovascular disease, compared with those with low activity levels. Those who chose a high physical activity level gained 3.7 years of life and added 3.3 more years without cardiovascular disease.

source:http://walking.about.com/

Don’t wait for the disease to develop before you start working out for your health.  Prevention is still better than cure.  You do not really need to spend a special time just to walk.  You can do it with your daily routine or habits.  Instead of taking the elevator, take the stairs.  There’s no need to ride a car in going to places where you can walk the distance.  There are a lot of ways on how you can get yourself walking.  All you need to do is to start putting it in your mind that you must take a walk more often.