Healthy Eating - Balanced Diet - Keeping Fit

Healthy Eating and Diet

Healthy eating is not about strict diet plans, slimming to be unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love.

Although weight loss may be your aim it is also important to choose a balanced diet that incorporates essential vitimins and minerals and combine this with sensible exercise to leave you feeling great and having more energy to enjoy life! 

Take a few moments to review the articles on food and drink, health and exercise to help you find a plan that works for you.  If you have time share your experiences and viewpoints in the forums section.

Keeping fit

There are many activities you could take part in to increase your stamina. Your ability to keep up a physical activity, such as jogging, racket sports, cycling or swimming, is related to your aerobic fitness or stamina.

Generally speaking, the greater your stamina, the greater are the health benefits.

If you want to improve your stamina, it's important to start gently, increasing the frequency of your activity before increasing your diet fitness and how hard you exercise.

Having fun

Not everyone sees exercise as fun!

Doing something you find boring, just because it's healthy is very difficult to sustain. You can take steps to make it more enjoyable.

Try out different sports or activities until you find something you like, such as a dance or aerobics class.
 
Join a team or club where you could meet new friends. This could be a local football team, or a sport you may not have tried before.
 
Activities that you can do as a family or with friends may help with motivation and help you lose weight. Check the exercise section for fitness tips and information
 
When you find an activity you like, exercise at a pace that still allows you to talk.
 
Try to go somewhere different and exercise outside such as a forest, a beach or a park.
 
Make sure you vary your activity a little so you don't get bored - remember, staying healthy should be enjoyable!