According to the book You: On a Diet these are the four things in life that are needed to be in balance for healthy living and weight loss. You need all four to live healthy? Where do I sign up?
Husbands you can now tell your wife that the doctor told you that in order to be healthy and be around for a long time (to enjoy retirement, the kids, and the grandkids), that you must get each of the four things: Food, Water, Sleep, and Sex! Sorry wives, the "put that thing away, I've got a head-ache" excuse is detrimental to both of your lives.
What else does the book say? The following 10 things is a list that I stole from the book and from Oprah (my wife made me watch):
1. Walking for 30 minutes every day.
2. Performing 30 minutes of weight training each week.
3. Doing 60 minutes of additional, higher intensity cardio each week.
4. Taking a stretch break for 5 minutes each day - preferably after your walk.
5. Eating more fiber and cutting out the saturated and trans fats and enriched flours and sugars (the "white stuff").
6. Eating 3 meals plus snacks daily, and eating one of the healthier desserts in the book only every other day.
7. Trying to eat basically the same thing for breakfast and lunch each day (this is so effective I have found - variety sometimes breeds indulgence).
8. Getting 7-8 hours of sleep each night.
9. Getting "some" on a regular basis, if you know what I mean.
10. Drinking lots of water
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