15 Tips for Staying Fit Over Age 40

Are you over age 40 and struggling to remain fit? The following tips are easy to follow and truly work. Choose and handful from this list and put them into practice this week. Then, once you’ve mastered those steps, choose another handful of tips. You’ll notice the difference!

1. Eat Fresh!
Aim to eat something live at every meal. By “live” I mean something that was recently picked, like a piece of fruit or a vegetable.

2. Pretend Fast Food Restaurants Don’t Exist
Even the “healthy” items are laced with sugar or chemicals.

3. Pack a Snack Everywhere You Go
When you’re hungry, you’ll eat whatever is available, and too often that means you end up eating junk food. Protect yourself from bad food choices by packing fruit, veggies, and cheese sticks as snacks.

4. Learn to Love Water
No chemicals, no sodium (to retain water), no sugar, no calories… what’s not to love? It fills you up, cleanses your body of toxins and keeps everything working right. Drink up!

5. Get Some Shut Eye
Studies show you will be more likely to overeat if you are tired. Find out how much sleep you need each night and make it a priority to get enough sleep.

6. Sign Up for a Class or Hobby
Replace your television watching habit with a hobby – any hobby. You’ll snack less and get busy doing something that feeds your soul, which will fight off emotional eating linked to boredom or depression.

7. Eat a Salad Everyday
Fill up on raw, crunchy veggies. You’ll eat better all day long because of it.

8. Limit Alcohol Consumption to One Glass a Day
Drink red wine if you can (fewer calories) and keep to one glass. Switch to tea or seltzer water after your one glass is gone.

9. Find a Healthy Outlet for Stress
Instead of emotional overeating, try going for a run, taking a bath, making love, drawing a picture, reading a book… anything but getting a Big Mac and fries.

10. Buy One Serving of a Treat at a Time
Forget about saving money by buying in bulk. Buy one serving of whatever treat you are craving and enjoy it. Don’t keep more of it in the house or you’ll binge or turn having a treat into a daily routine.

11. Make Small Changes
Use milk instead of cream in your coffee; cut that pat of butter in half. Put fresh berries on your scoop of ice cream instead of hot fudge. Small changes add up without feeling burdensome.

12. Find a Form of Exercise You LOVE
You need to enjoy it to stick with it. Figure out what form of exercise you like the most and schedule it into your daily routine.

13. Don’t Do Fad Diets
They don’t work, they lead to yo-yo weight loss and gain, and they are frustrating. Just say no to anything extreme.

14. Commit to Moving Your Body Every Day
Even if you just run up and down the stairs in your house 20 times or do sit ups and push ups before bed, you’ll want to make sure you do some sort of exercise every single day.

15. Commit to Healthy Living, Not Short Term Dieting Goals
Instead of killing yourself to lose ten pounds in five weeks, commit to healthier living and lose the ten pounds over 20 weeks. You’ll be more likely to keep the weight off if you are focused on living healthfully instead of trying to do something drastic.

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