How to Stay Healthy in a World Designed to Make Us Fat and Lazy

Our World

• We’re becoming super-sized desk jockeys

The World Has Changed

• Reasonable Portions

• More Walking

Obesity Epidemic

• 2/3 of Americans are overweight or obese

Why?

Seats

Outsourcing

Science Projects

Lack of Knowledge is Not the Problem

Life is Crazy

How We Try to Get Healthy

We Get Overly Enthusiastic

We Go on a Diet

We Punish Ourselves

We Exercise Until We Drop

We Try to Become a Buddhist

Those Strategies are Doomed to Fail

• These are not lifestyles

• You will rebel against yourself

• Our bodies hate shocks

Ready to Try a New Approach?

7 Tips to Stay Healthy

#1 Exercise Portion Control

• Get to-go box with entrée in restaurants

• Trick your brain with smaller plates

#2 Create a Micro Environment • Don’t Let Junk Jump into Your Shopping Cart• Cook at Home

#3: Drink Water

• Don’t Drink Your Meals

• Avoid High Calorie Coffee Drinks, Juices or Energy Drinks

#4 Take Exer-Snacks

• 10-15 Minutes of Exercise is Effective

• Sneak it Into Your Schedule

#5 Make Friends with Vegetables

• ½ of plate should be fruits & vegetables

• Vegetable eating allows you to eat more food

#6 Get Adequate Sleep

• Lack of sleep is associated with weigh gain

• Establish a bedtime routine

#7 Manage Your Stress

• Take a Tech Break

• Schedule Your Relaxation

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