Okay, now that we’ve covered some important aspects of foundational health through forgiveness and giving, I’d like to start talking about some ways to build on that foundation. If you missed the last few posts, I encourage you to take a moment to read them.

Making your brain and body better for everyday life involves more than just walking on a treadmill for 30 minutes everyday or doing some other form of boring exercise.  Many people settle for boring exercises, because they think it’s helping them. But it may actually be hurting them. I stopped long-duration treadmill exercise sessions years ago and I don’t miss it at all.  I’ll talk more about this in future posts.

If you want to function better in your everyday life (and who doesn’t), you need to work on making your brain better with new learning experiences and proper eating that feeds your brain. You need to work on your core stability and strength, balance, and flexibility using exercises right for your fitness level.  Many people get discouraged and quit exercising simply because they are trying to exercise beyond their fitness level. This is a mistake that can be avoided by starting an exercise program that is right for you.

I know you’re probably thinking that it sounds like a lot of work and very time consuming. But it really isn’t. I’ll show you how to pick exercises that are right for your fitness level. Once you are exercising at the right level for your fitness, it then can become very enjoyable.  For me exercising is fun and I look forward to it.

Before going on, let me just tell you a little bit about myself…   

I recently retired at the early age of 47. Before retiring I spent nearly 28 years of my life working for a major health insurance company. Although, I was a Technology Manager/Consultant, and not directly involved in patient care issues, I saw indirectly the impact of an unhealthy lifestyle on rising healthcare costs as well as the implications of not dealing with the root causes of poor health and wellness. By the way, this experience is what drives me to help people become healthier.

While working in the corporate world in a demanding high stress position, I was challenged to find time to exercise and take care of myself, but I managed to because I value my health. When you consider your health as an asset and not just something that you deal with when you get sick, you have a whole new perspective on what you eat and how you exercise.  

Well I have to go for now, but please come back to visit tomorrow. I will be talking about why different forms of exercise are so important.  Many people think that aerobic exercise is the only form of exercise they need to do after age 40. This could not be further from the truth.

I am doing an informal survey of the types of exercises people over 40 do. For example, do you do aerobic exercises (treadmill, walking)? Do you play golf? Do you workout with weights or weight machines? And so on …

I’d love to hear from you, so post your answers via a comment to this blog. Your participation will make this blog more beneficial for everyone.

Be Organic God’s Way!

Edwin

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