Tips for Life, Fitness, and Health
Posted on 18 June 2009
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I thought it would be cool to write a post with some general tips that have rung true with me in the last few months. Some life lessons in every aspect of living that are truly important to enriching your life!
- Ups and Downs are inevitable, we don’t have control over our feelings and emotions all we can do is feel them and get on with life. That is the only variable we have control over. Our Actions! Don’t let emotions like fear, anger, jealousy etc rule your life and don’t be scared of them they will always be there but will pass quickly when you keep yourself busy with purposeful tasks. You can’t run from feelings and emotions you just have to accept them and move on. You will find the word acceptance is something very important in all aspects of life.
- Fruit I hear a lot of people give caution to those eating too much fruit as you will get fat. From my experience most of us can get away with eating a god amount everyday. I will usually go through a batch of strawberries, blueberries and a few apples each day. I would say steer clear of fruit juice (The human body was has not evolved to handle a smoothie containing 10 apples,and a banana) and excess dried fruit but if your sticking to the fresh stuff the human body seems to stop craving it naturally when you’ve had a few pieces. Remember no one ever got fat eating fruit……
- Kindness and helping others is the only way to be happy. All misery and suffering is caused by excessive introverted focus. The happiest people will direct their attention outwards, whether it be maintaining something (garden, raising a family or taking care of a pet) or just doing kind acts for others. On the opposite end of the spectrum the most miserable people are excessively self focused trying to make themselves feel better or the world work in their favor. Whenever your feeling down try and think of how you could make someone else happy.
- Process not Outcome is always important and its where joy in anything lies. Human nature means we are always more pleased with the process rather than the outcome. Take for example projects I used to do as a kid; I was into building computers, getting all the components and building it from scratch. It would take me days to build and a week or two before hand waiting for the components. I would take great joy in the process of building it, the up’s and down’s and while the outcome was great it never beat the process.
The same goes for helping others and contributing. Never think ‘I will help this person and become happy’ the happiness will come naturally when your not in search of it. Look back at past projects or tasks you have completed and remember where you felt the best…….
- Keep Fit even in the hardest of times. Whether your stressed out or tired its important to keep to some kind of regular fitness plan, whether it be a few Body weight sessions and a few short runs a week. This will go a long way to flushing out stress hormones and toxins from the body and keep you functioning the way you were meant to. You will probably find the times in which your finding it hardest to exercise are the times you need it most.
- Cherish Time With Loved Ones this is time you will never get back and at the end of the day these will always be the most important people in your life. If you live far away from home make an effort to go see your parent’s when you can and if you live close see them more. Also spend time with siblings, other close family and friends who you feel comfortable with. This will go a long way to improving your well being and getting you through hard times.
- Read your library will be one of the most important things you ever have. In a years time the only thing that will have changed are “The Books you Read and the People you Meet” populate your library with books on living, business, finance, biography’s and good novels and your life will be enriched. Try to set aside time for reading each day, make it a habit….
Get recommendations from people you meet or close friends and family. I always find its best to read something that you have a strong interest it as you will never get through a book on a topic you find boring.
And remember Keep Busy!
Comment by Anne Siri
18 June 2009
Thanks for the great reminders! I believe the process versus outcome is really a key to become happy. I also think that it is important to be reminded to keep your attention directed outward – perhaps especially for those of us that are into self-development and self-investigation. We shouldn’t forget that making others better, making others happy, is a great way to be happy and content with our own lives.
@ Anne: Thanks for the tips I did some quick editing
I am really lazy with proof reading……Thanks for reading and glad you enjoyed the post!
Comment by Isaac
18 June 2009
awesome post
that part about kindness and happiness is so true. too bad most of us don’t see it. matter of fact that claim has been proven by science: they gave a group of people the task of performing 5 good deeds in one day every week. later, when comparing with the other groups taking part in the experiment, the kindness group had increased their overall happiness by 25 % !
Comment by Rafi Bar-Lev
18 June 2009
It’s nice to see a fitness blog talk about doing doing kindness to others;) It’s something that we often forget about and in fact, doing good to others is one of the best things we can do for ourselves.
-Rafi
Comment by Bryce
18 June 2009
A really great post, as usual! I have one qualm though.
Even though fruit may not make a person fat, eating a lot of fruit can interfere with weight loss. The research, and a great deal of anecdotal experience (my own included) definitely support this.
Fruit is awesome, and an important part of my diet to be sure, but eating as much fruit as you describe (several apples and handfuls of berries), could certainly serve as an obstacle to fat loss in someone with particularly poor insulin sensitivity or hyperinsulinemia. Even though the sugar shock is mitigated by the fleshiness and mass of the fruit, you are still eating a good amount of sugar.
Additionally, people with high triglycerides should moderate their fruit intake, as fructose isn’t metabolized like glucose, but instead is transformed directly into triglycerides in the liver.
Again, fruit is a delicious and healthy part of our diet, but you CAN over do it.
@ Bryce: Great post. moderation is the key with fruit but too many people fear the stuff. I find it goes down much better in the morning as well. I steer clear of fruit after dinner except sometimes strawberries and a few grapes.
Comment by Nate - Fit-Life
19 June 2009
Chris, I couldn’t agree with you more about fruit! It seems like there is some sort of fruit phobia in the primal community. I eat just as much fruit as you, and look at a guys like Craig Ballentyne who eat a ton of fruit and are absolutely ripped.
Comment by Liam | gyms stevenage
26 June 2009
Thanks for these! As the other guy said, it makes a refreshing change to hear health advice that doesn’t involve food or exercise!
Comment by Danny
4 July 2009
When I looked at this article I was hoping it is related to physical exerecise only. But now when I went through it found more than that…. Nice article.