Spring, the perfect season to implement your exercise and healthy

Spring, the perfect season to implement your exercise and healthy eating program

Now that the holiday season has passed, along with Valentine's Day and those tempting confections, most of us are looking to drop a few pounds and get in shape for the coming summer. It occurs to us that warm weather clothing sleeveless shirts, shorts and bathing suites won't look so becoming in our current condition. So, that's the answer? A rigorous exercise and healthy eating regimen will do the trick. Easier said then done, eh? Well, here we've got the secrets to get you on the road to success, easily and without undue suffering.

We all know that exercise is good for us but how many of us engage in daily exercise? It's easy to find excuses to put off exercising regularly. I'm too busy.. What's the use? I'm too overweight.. Well, you've got to start somewhere. Many people set out with some form of exercise they don't even enjoy. The result? You simply stop exercising at all. The key to the successful exercise and healthy eating program begins with the exercise part being something you enjoy doing. Walking, biking, bowling, swimming, tennis these are all good choices. Mix it up if you like it's the regularity that counts. As for the I'm too busy excuse, who can't make time for a fifteen minute walk in the morning and evening? Instead of watching a movie on TV one night, go for bowling with your spouse or a friend. Just thirty minutes a day is all the exercise you need to begin realizing the health benefits of regular exercise. There are so many ways to squeeze in the thirty minutes a day. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Walk to the corner store rather than drive.

So, now you have part one of your exercise and healthy eating regimen in place. Now, let's look at part two, healthy eating.

Even the term healthy eating conjures up images of health food, geeks, munching on tasteless, but indeed healthful 'energy bars' and such. Or, unimaginative, small portions of diet food, along with the attendant feeling of deprivation you must endure. This is not the reality of the well planned executed exercise and healthy eating program. A well balanced diet, light on the sugar and fat, but replete with protein, whole grains, dairy products and generous amounts of produce, is what you want to aim for when you plan your menus.

Healthful eating doesn't require that you eat 'diet' food. Make a list of food you enjoy from each category named above. For example, if a big, juicy steak, a dinner salad, and a piece of garlic bread is your idea of heaven on a plate, enjoy this meal once a week. Fill in the other days of the week with poultry, fish, seafood and salads. Dress up a chicken breast or fish fillet with a salsa or other spicy topping. Serve with a side dish of produce, garnished with an herbal mix instead of butter. The key to the healthy eating part of your personal exercise and healthy eating program is choosing foods you like eating it's as simple as that. To your best health!