Healthy Living

Running your first 5k  Written by R. A. Stewart I recently saw a man on TV give his testimony on how he lost weight after starting on a journey of jogging. On his first day he jogged 500 metres and walked the rest of the way. As his fitness increased he increased the distance he jogged until gradually he was able to jog the entire 5k. This was all done with a sensible diet regime. Certainly, a bad diet will undermine attempts to get fit. Getting fit requires persistence and dedication. There is no point in just running a gut buster on a Saturday and not training on the other six days of the week because by the time the following Saturday comes around the benefit of the previous Saturday’s gut busting run will be lost. “It is hard to get fit but easy to lose it” is a quote I have heard. Inactivity is a sure way to lose your fitness. A horse trainer once said to a reporter, “If you walk up a mountain you will be stiff and sore the next day but if you walk up a mountain every day fo...

Starting your fitness journey Written by R. A. Stewart December is a month in which people sometimes reflect on the year which is almost gone. “How could I have done better?” and “What could I have done differently?” are two questions which come to mind. Did I achieve my goals which I set myself is a good question to ask and one which is personal to most people. Fitness and weight-loss goals will no doubt make their annual appearance on a lot of people’s New Years Resolutions, but sadly these usually fall by the wayside after a few weeks. There are keys to making goals stick and the first key is habit.  Fitness Key Number 1: Habit  Developing new habits and repeating the habit so that it becomes part of your lifestyle is crucial. It takes discipline to train daily. It has been said that it takes 21 days to form a new habit. That is a new habit is repeated everyday for 21 days. Perseverance is the key. Fitness Key Number 2: Passion Desire is the fuel which stokes passion. Yo...