We should build a community where health is top priority.If you are not healthy you are going to struggle whole your life. Medical science is good at curing diseases eg pneumonia - few pills and its sorted.
Medical science can honestly not do much about lifestyle diseases like Type 2 diabetes or Alzheimers. It can at best try to make your pain less. But if we care for ourselves everyday, we may not have these diseases.
When we talk of living a meaningful life, good health is an ingredient of that. Our relationships, stress, lifestyle are major contributor to our health. Medical science is downstream work. Honestly speaking you have more control on your health than you think of.
We have over complicated health. If you sleep one more hour instead of watching Netflix is better off than cutting those carbs and little sugar you eat. Your lifestyle plays a major role in your health. Food and exercise are small components of the bigger picture.
You can juggle 2,3,4 balls at a time. For some time. Everything will come crashing some point of time. Evaluate short term pleasure vs long term consequences. Stress and lack of sleep has more chances of getting your glucose level high than food.
ME time is the most important thing you can do for yourself. Meditation, Sleep ,Breathing and keeping toxic stress off will help you heal. Keep a 360 degree approach to your health. Don't try to be perfect. Let go things. Prioritise community.#LetsGetFitterTogether
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I see younger version of me in one of my mentee. Maybe working 100 hours a week, available 24 X 7 to his work. Being workaholic is celebrated in our society. Another mentee I advised to delete all mail apps on phone for better focused work and he was shocked.
Addiction to work has same effect on the brain like say cocaine or any other drug. I was in the same rat hole. And as with drugs a big crash is round the corner. I had written a blog on this few years back sandeepmall.com/why-exercising…
When I wanted to change my work schedule to spend more time with family or myself & would say that to customers. they would get offended and think that I don't care for their business anymore. I eventually resorted to saying, I have other engagements, which met little resistance
How to get back in shape - at any age. More so if you are 40+
Most of us will hit the gym or try to start eating healthy. In most cases, this will come to an abrupt end after 2 or 3 weeks, when you get tired of eating salad, and you’re so sore you can hardly move.
Step 1 - Get your mindset right. Essentially, you need to ask yourself an important question, which is “Why?”.If your answer is a flimsy one, like “Because I want to look good”, it will only keep you going for so long. Make a mission statement. Write it down. Pin it.
Firstly,think about what your current habits towards healthy eating &exercise are costing you. Think about the emotional,physical cost & the time cost.Then, visualize and imagine what the benefits will be if you change your habits and achieve your goals. Add these to your mission
Life experiences is one of the advantages that comes with age. Here are some truths about getting older 1) The stronger you get when you are younger, the easier the aging process will be. Satellite cells function starts to reduce with age and that makes muscle building difficult
2) If you are in your 20s and 30s, start getting strong now. The quality of your life later on will be much better if you start now. 3) Strength training is the fountain of youth. The benefits of strength training go far beyond physical strength. Please lift.
4) Your body needs adequate rest. Don’t over do. Growth happens when in rest. 5) Our minds can be one age, our bodies another. Embrace & respect them both. 6) As you age there are some exercises that you should let go. Choose bang for buck.
Eye sight and movement are the two most important blessings we have that not taken care of can make us dependent on others. Some of us have started doing things that will help in better movement but we are getting worse and worse towards eye care.
There is no replacement for spending most of our wake up time looking at screen now. But if we can do our visual behaviour right we can handle it properly. Taking care of eye is of utmost importance for anything we do. Here are some protocols that can help.
1. Spend 10 minutes outdoor in early part of the day when sun is still low in the sky. Don’t look directly in the sun. If you can’t see sunlight if there is a cloud cover spend some more time. If u can do it again during sunset that’s bonus.
How much Fat, Protein and carbohydrate to eat? This works for most of us and should be adjusted with physical activity level. May not work for someone who needs specific diet for health problems. Consult ur Nutrition coach or Dr
5g/kg body weight/day(1 gm =4 kCal) Range 2-7g/kg Females may /may not need 1-3 g/kg/d more.
<10% from added sugar. Less better.
Your training type also will matter. If u r doing for building muscles or endurance.
Came to know of an interesting unbelievable story of near blind person in Dads cousins family who restored eye sight back with the help of music. The boys Mom was visiting us yesterday from Mathura
So this 2 1/2 year old boy falls while playing and gets hurt in his head from the corner of the bed. After few days the family realised that he is not able to see literally anything and they go to best hospitals around the country for his treatment but no success
Then some retired old Dr in Ahmedabad suggested to teach him Raag Dhrupada. It took the boy 18 years to learn some high level of the Raga and his Mom learnt it first to teach the boy. He went on to do MA in music and slowly his eye sight returned practising music for hours