8 Positive Lifestyle Changes You Can Start Making Today

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8 Positive Lifestyle Changes You Can Start Making Today

8 Positive Lifestyle Changes You Can Start Making Today
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A huge part of healthy living includes your everyday habits and lifestyle. This post tells the reader some minor changes you can make to your every day habits to make the rest of your life more enjoyable.

Is Weight Watchers Healthy?

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As many people know the beloved Oprah used to use and now owns part of weight watchers. But that doesn’t necessarily make it a healthy choice. This post is about the pros and cons of using weight watchers.

We’ll start with the pros:

– You are allowed to eat anything as long as you track it. This makes you more mindful of what is going into your body in return making you choose healthier options or smaller portions.

– Promotes healthy eating. Sure you can eat anything you want but healthier food choices contribute less to your overall points (which is a good thing).

– Teaches the users about proportion size and how to make better decisions. This ones more obvious as dieting is all bout proportions and the food you eat.

– Weekly meetings, these make the person dieting more accountable as they would not want to disappoint.

Next for the cons:

– Price, in the long term it can be very expensive with the entrance fee being $20 and monthly anywhere from $7-$13. This can total up to $178 a year.

– Weight Watchers provides no rigid structure or diet plan. If you are a person that needs a strict schedule then weight watchers is not for you.

– Smart points is how weight watchers has you keep track of what you eat. Many report that it is a very tedious and boring process to complete. So if you struggle with counting calories then counting smart points is just as if not more difficult.

– Weekly weigh ins, yes weekly meetings was on the pros list but this can also be a con as it can be discouraging if you are not seeing results. It may also be uncomfortable if you are self conscious.

In conclusion, the decision to join weight watchers is completely up to you. If you need a structure and don’t enjoy tedious mathematics then it’s probably not for you. Although if you have self control and don’t mind the smart points, then more power to you.

Prevention of Lifestyle Diseases

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Over 1 million Americans die each year due to preventable lifestyle diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and avoidable cancers. How can I prevent these things from happening to me, you may ask? It could be as simple as parking farther away from the grocery store or taking some bad choices out of your diet.

– Type 2 Diabetes Prevention: To start diabetes is caused by something called insulin resistance, where the body does not react to insulin as it should and blood sugar levels cannot be controlled. Some simple ways to prevent type 2 diabetes are to exercise regularly, cut out processed food and have a more balanced diet, and limit alcohol intake. Taking these steps can help you manage your weight which will lower your risk for type 2 diabetes.

– Heart Disease Prevention: Heart disease is caused by an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, being overweight, and smoking. To help cut down your risk of heart disease stay away from foods high in fat and cholesterol, exercise regularly, and quit smoking. Foods to stay away from include fast food, fried food, and buttery or fatty foods.

– Avoidable Cancers: Lung cancer is the most common avoidable cancer and causes the most cancer related deaths worldwide. Lung cancer is caused by smoking, even passive smoking can cause lung cancer. Exposure to asbestos is another cause of lung cancer as well as many other types. Non melanoma skin cancer is another common cancer that can be avoided simply by putting on sunscreen and protecting yourself from UV light. Also make sure to limit your time spent in tanning beds.

As proven above many lifestyle diseases can be prevented by a simple change in diet, exercise, or everyday habits. Just by taking smoking or fast food out of your life can dramatically lower your risk for these diseases.