Late 20's certainly are interesting years.
Not only are you finished university, but you're probably steaming ahead with your mind focused on career advancement. The body is still relatively young, so it works without any glitches; except!
There may be a few signals that your body is sending you that you can't afford to ignore. Perhaps it's something that seems insignificant, like a bit of weight gain that's evidenced by a newly acquired doughy midsection. Maybe you've developed this nagging pain between the shoulder blades that you just didn't seem to have before. Let me warn you now; you are in danger of becoming my 40+ clients that rant and rave about how fit they used to be! To which I always ask them, "So what happened to you?"
Even if you're convinced you can't lose weight, you owe it to yourself to be fit!
I've been told on occasion by individuals that are overweight, that they've tried to lose weight-to no avail- and they've given up on exercise.
Losing weight is no easy task, and it's certainly harder for some people; it's not your imagination. Some individuals are more prone to weight gain and are more resistant to weight loss. Quitting or not participating in exercise however, is one sure way to allow your health to deteriorate and guarantee additional weight gain.
The key to staying on track is to eliminate the popular fitness culture philosophy that would have you believe that you're not fit unless you're lean.
If only you could get beyond the pain!
There's nothing more frustrating than deciding you want to get fit, but recurring injuries seem to be preventing you from hitting your target.
When you first start, there're a few key elements that need to be present in your exercise routine. To ensure that you won't wakeup any aches and pains here're my top 5 pain prevention points to help you break through the start-up:
Did you ever wonder why your largest muscles are in your legs? Perhaps it's not the first question to come to your head, but maybe it should be; especially if you sit all day.
Despite what your actions display in your modern day living, you were designed to move. That's right, upright on both legs, walking and climbing great distances every day. If you don't use your legs for what they're there for, your body will begin to discard all the excess muscle that you apparently have no use for.
It's called pruning, and the purpose of it is that the body doesn't want to keep anything that you tell it that it doesn't need. This whole modern concept of sitting for hours, day in and day out, causes muscle wasting in your legs and lower back, since it has become evident to your body that sitting is all it really needs to do.
I met with my good friend Dan today. It's always a pleasure to see him, and his great words of wisdom always inspire me to write a post.
We talked a lot about sustainable life practices and the importance of feeling that you contribute to a greater cause.
As contributors, it's essential that we all feel our participation- in whatever we do- is recognized as a vital part of the nurturing of an ideal that is higher than personal gain. Without it, we risk feeling alienated and bored, seeing our work as nothing more than a mundane task with no actual purpose. This way of working can never be sustainable, because it is contrary to how the human mind works. We are designed to explore, learn, and be curious.
You'll need to cook a plantain for this meal so I'll walk you through the process of where to find them and how to cook them. They look like a giant banana, and you may find them unripe and green, but for this recipe you want them good and brown (really ripe).
