Healthy Forever Fitness Motivation

  The Benefits of a Healthy Lifestyle When we look after our physical health, exercise regularly, eat nutritious food and take care of our mental health we feel and look good and we are able to cope with life's challenges. Choosing a healthy lifestyle has to be attainable to you and scheduled into your daily living. Building good habits does not have to be time consuming if you lead a hectic life. By taking just one step at a time, you can build yourself a clean and wholesome way of living.  The Benefits of Healthy Living Feel better physically and mentally - regular exercise and meditation will help you to feel better and lift your mood. Try and schedule some time in your day to walk for 30 minutes or target your 10,000 steps per day as a goal. Take a 10 minute break to stretch your body and take 10 deep nourishing breaths to energize and calm the mind. Finances - Save your pennies by preparing your food. Buying snacks, fizzy drinks, sugar laden coffees and sweet treats all c...

  Leaving Your Comfort Zone Creating a new life for yourself, one that you crave, sounds like the perfect goal. So why do we all not do this? Sometimes life just gets in the way, for example the bills have to be paid or you have responsibilities that you cannot just leave behind. But what would you do if you could just up and leave? It is definitely something to think about and focus your attention on what you really want from life. I have been very lucky in my life. I have no children, or older parents/family that are dependent upon me, so my time now is to create that life! However, during my lifetime I have been lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. When I decided to move overseas in my mid thirties, I found a job in the local newspaper (no internet at that time) working for a package holiday company. I worked overseas for 8 years. I wanted to work onboard cruise ships and had bought a lot of books and magazines in the hope of finding a job. I wrote to a shipp...

  Facing your Fears Being afraid and fearful is not always a bad thing? Sometimes our body needs an alert system to be cautious when approaching danger. Fear will stop us from doing anything that is unsafe or harmful. But fear can actually rule our life if we do not face some of the less threatening and harmless occurrences.  We have to analyse our fears. Maybe the fear is a phobia where the fear is an active imagination. A phobia is an irrational fear triggered by an event, a past experience or even lack of knowledge and this makes the anxiety outweigh the threat it poses.  For example: You may want to see the world but you are afraid of flying You want to spend some time relaxing on a cruise ship sailing the Caribbean Sea but you are afraid of the water and you cannot swim You want to have adventures but afraid to do anything on your own You want to join a rambling group so you can walk with others and see some beautiful places but fear that no one will speak to you. Yo...

  Are Cats Good for Our Wellbeing International 'Cat Day' takes place annually on the 8th of August. It is a day to unite all cat lovers across the globe, sharing a passion and celebrating this fascinating creature. Cats are just great company. They are humorous, playful, fearless, intelligent, inquisitive and sometimes (when they choose to be).....very sociable and loving. Wherever you are living, however old you are, whatever you are doing in your life, a cat is the perfect pet. They are very independent and resourceful. Owning a cat can be very gratifying. You will not only enjoy their company but also the soothing and relaxing impact a cat will bring to your well-being.  Unlike dogs, cats do not need a daily walk. They like to roam on their own and seem to enjoy their own form of exercise. There is no need to set aside time to train a cat or even find play-time. A cat can entertain itself day and night. All you have to do is feed your cat and give it plenty of love and kin...

International Positive Thinking Day International Positive Thinking Day is on the 13th September. A day to promote the powerful effects of positive thoughts and the impact this will have on your life.  Make a note of this in your diary and give positive thinking a try on this day. Jot down in your journal or diary the differences you notice by allowing only positive thoughts to remain and negative thoughts to diminish. Just one day, give it a try. You may find that you prefer this line of thought and will continue to journal and notice more of the effects that each day of positivity adds to your life Sometimes being positive is not always easy if there is a lot of stress in your life or you are going through difficult times. This is where the practice of positivity will help you find the tools to manage negativity and challenging periods. Happiness and positivity are not always natural emotions, even if there appears to be no worry or anxiety presently in your life. You may even wo...

Paddle Boarding Fitness SUP (Stand Up Paddleboarding) has become increasingly popular over the past few years. If you travel regularly you will have noticed the amount of paddleboarding lessons advertised at local beaches or the many paddleboards heading towards the sunset of an evening. Enjoying paddleboarding means getting outside and connecting with friends (new and old), engaging in the pleasures of the ocean, absorbing your daily dose of vitamin D and increasing your core strength and fitness levels. There are so many health benefits associated with paddleboarding, including increased cardiovascular fitness leading to a healthier heart, decreasing your risk of type II diabetes and obesity, improving your core strength and balance and connecting with nature leading to a calmer and more relaxed mind and body.   The Overall Benefits of Paddleboarding SUP is a wonderful way to exercise outdoors, in the fresh air and with amazing health benefits. Perhaps more enjoyable than a lot o...

  What does Energy Givers and Energy Takers mean? We are human beings, dynamic and energetic souls. We feel energy all around us, in nature and with the people we meet and share our lives with.  We feel motivated, inspired and positive in some activities we do and feel happy and energised with some of the people we connect with. Energy is given to us through the things we love and enjoy. We do however, feel the opposite with activities we dislike or with people who seem to drain every ounce of vitality from our body. These are the energy givers and takers we allow into our lives. With everything in life there are activities and people we love and those we don't. There would be no challenge to our existence if every day was full of energy givers. As nice as that sounds, we do need to balance our daily activities and responsibilities. We have a duty of responsibility and care towards tasks and towards others and not all of these will be energising.  What we actually need to...