Activating Your Lifestyle

Here are some little ways to add short spurts of activity to your day: 

• Stand while talking on the phone; stretch during television commercials.
   
• If you have to wait for a delayed appointment, take a quick walk down the hall or up the stairs.
   
• I Put extra oomph into your chores. Use wide, sweeping motions when you mop the floor. Turn on the radio and dance as you fold laundry or dust.
   
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   Create opportunities for getting physical. Go dancing instead of to the movies. Shoot hoops with friends instead of sipping coffee. When unloading groceries, carry them into the house one bag at a time.
  
  
  

  Source: Based on Roizen, Michael. RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be? New York: HarperCollins, 2000 - Invitation to Fitness and Wellness - Dianne Hales & Charleen Zartman