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I’ve been a lifelong fitness fan… fortunately. That said my eating habits have, over the years, been more ‘miss’ than ‘hit’. I had a mindset that said ‘as long as I work out I can eat anything’. And that made perfectly good sense to me. I looked fit and healthy, so all must be well, right? Wrong!
I didn’t stop to think about the internal damage I might be causing by eating poor quality food. And in reality, I didn’t appreciate just how poor the quality of the food I was eating had become over the years.
Like a lot of health conscious people, I am now fully engaged in learning what it means to have a balanced diet, how to make better food choices and fuel my body for daily living as well as my fitness pastimes.
But what about the percentage of the population not yet on board with respecting and looking after their bodies from the inside out? Week after week there are headlines screaming out about the poor health of our nation. This is the latest one that caught my eye:
Britain – the fat man (and woman) of Europe: UK will be fattest nation on continent by 2025, with 40% of adults classed as obese
New stats are part of world’s biggest obesity study comprising 20m adults
- Reveals there are currently 640 million obese people around the globe
- Currently, UK obesity rates are 28.4% for women – the second highest in Europe behind Malta – and 26.2% for men, the worst in the continent
- Public health officials warn many adults will go on to suffer ‘life-changing consequences’ including cancer, strokes, type 2 diabetes and heart attacks
We all have a responsibility to look after our health (and that of our children) but I also believe we can play a part in the battle for healthier lifestyles by sharing nutrition knowledge, personal stories and tips with others; helping those who want and are ready to make changes to do so one step at a time.
It’s time. I, for one, do not want to see these poor health predictions become our reality. What do you think we should be doing to help people make better health choices? Your thoughts & opinions matter…
Let Your Health Be Your Wealth!
Live Blissfully
YvonneB
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As an Interpersonal Skills Facilitator, Author & Health Advocate, YvonneB:
1. Designs and delivers effective workshops in everyday interpersonal skills, helping staff maximise their potential, enabling them to fulfil their job roles effectively
2. Engages with global training organisations as a skilled associate offering interpersonal skills facilitation, collaborating to achieve more together, reaching a wider audience
3. Coaches and trains women over 50 on how to live healthier authentic lives, unravelling the many masks they wear, to reveal their true beautiful being
Author of the best-selling book “Suck It Up Or Change – If you want a better life you create it” YvonneB lives life applying the 7F Principles she uncovers in her book and shares elements of them in her work delivery:
1. Being Fit & healthy – putting your health first, becoming mentally, physically & emotionally strong to maximise daily living
2. Being Fearless – building confidence to break-through fears, enabling you to do the things you truly desire
3. Creating Freedom – taking control of what you can, so that you can experience freedom as defined by you
4. Paying it Forward – serving, supporting and sharing; locally, globally, to make a difference
5. Enjoying Friends, Family & Network – building a network of positive supportive people to collaborate with and to give & receive help
6. Having Fun – setting aside time to enjoy life doing the things that bring you joy
7. Having Faith – developing belief, be it in self or in a higher being, that inspires you to go for your dreams
Favourite Quote: Go to the edge and get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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YvonneB
E-Mentor at Women's WorldWide Web: https://www.w4.org/en/e-mentoring/
Teacher on Transformation TV: http://www.transformation.tv/
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