Now the New Year is here, its time to buckle down and start hitting those resolutions.  One of the biggest for many people is to get more fit.  There are quite a few ways to do this, we will explore 3 of these.

1) Healthy Eating – This is one of both the easiest and most difficult at the same time.  Eating healthy isn’t something that can be taken lightly.  It involves changing your mind set.  Going from cookies and chips to vegetables and fruit can sound very difficult, but when you are the main grocery shopper it can be easier.  Instead of getting two packs of cookies, just grab one.  Start slowly and steadily working in more and more healthy snacks and less not so healthy ones.  Find out what you crave about those snacks.  Do you love the crunch of chips?  Grab some baby carrots.  Does your sweet tooth seem to be the only tooth you have?  Why not grab a hand full of berries?  Another trick is to fill up on water.  Before sitting down to a meal, have a big glass of water.  This will help trick your stomach into being full quicker, so when you do eat things you probably shouldn’t you’ll eat less of them.

2)Exercise more often – Exercising can be difficult to schedule into our busy days.  But who says it has to be scheduled?  Instead of taking the elevator at work, take the steps.  Take the long way when walking from one place to another, no more short cuts.  It may not seem like much, but these steps add up day by day and soon enough you’ll notice definition forming in your legs and some of those bulges will become leaner.  Spend an hour a half hour outside with your kids every day.  You’d be amazed how many calories can be burned chasing after a little squirt.  As an added bonus you are spending time with your kids AND teaching them how to be healthy.
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