No doubt, we should feel good all the time all the places, but it is althemore important to be in high spirits and good health during this time when you have to study, study and study for your coming exams. So we took this fitness programme in order, starting with diet.
Make Rules
It is quite easy to eat properly if you follow a few rules. The first is to use a small plate to avoid over-eating. Then there is the question of cutting out the "nibbles"- often source of those unwanted extra calories.
It is now necessary to find out substitutes for these. The refrigerator is your ally. chop up bite-size portions of carrot, celery or onion and put them in little bowls. I add some salted peanuts to mine, for they are high in protein and the combination of vegetable and nut is nourishing and feeling snack. They go down a treat when you get that peckish feeling.
Another problem is when you have a sweet tooth, and are addicted to cream cakes and other toothsome food. Again a chance of overeating which often results in heaviness.
Healthy Breakfast
Start the day with a fibre and Vitamin breakfast. Go for whole-wheat bread which provides the necessary roughage to help get rid of all the unwanted materials from the body. The vitamins, proteins and if you carbohydrates at this time of day start the metabolism working - this is the process which provides you with the energy to study hard and thus burn up calories instead of piling them on in body fat.
Good Posture
Even the way you sit can be beneficial or otherwise. The slump is definitely out, and the straight back is in. Many students suffer with backache, and so much of it is there on fault. -- sitting without proper support is not health giving.
Exercise is only good when it is done regularly, 5 minutes of bending and stretching a day being much more worthwhile than one violent hour of playing squash a week. Rhythmic movements are good, that is why knitting or stroking the dog or doing some repetitious task is a stress-reducer. The regular rhythm of the movements soothes the body.
No excuses
There is no possible excuse and saying that you can't get to classes or can't do exercises. Classes in keep fit, aerobics. Yoga and all aspects of body and mental exercise are held at community centres, and parks all over the country, morning and evening. Being exercise conscious is the driving aim of children, adults and senior citizens.
General fitness brings satisfaction,too - through changing or improving your lifestyle so that literally, you are" happy with your work". There are so many professional beauty and exercise salons now that this might be a good way to start. Have you sampled the delights of Sauna, jacuzzi, Spa bath? All are available, and provide their own aid to well being of both body and mind.
It is wonderful to find yourself good at something -- or at least better than many other participants. We can't all the first in the race, but we can enjoy the running.
Test your fitness
If you want to know what kind of shape you are in, give yourself a couple of tests. Jog on the spot for 1 minute. If you are puffing heavily at the end of this time, your stamina needs building up.
Take a second opinion by trying a further test. stand straight, arms at your sides. Raise on foot, bending the knee and lift leg to knee height. Stand on tiptoe on the other foot, and try to hold still until a count of five.
If you teeter immediately or cannot hold the position without grabbing at something, your sense of balance is not good. You need the appropriate exercises.
You need also to note the answers to these questions:
Do your feet ache and swell at the end of the day? Then look for leg and foot exercises, and more help with the circulation. As you sit, keep feet raised, and circulate ankles at regular intervals.
Do you sit during the day much more than you stand or move around? Never sit in the same position for more than half an hour at a time. Get up, walk around your desk, Jog on the spot, do if you bend staches - get that circulation on the go.
Do you have trouble sleeping? This could be due to both mental and physical lack of agility. More fresh air, relaxation exercises, a careful look at your life style, cutting down on coffee and tea, and some regular " daily dozens" to improve your general fitness would help.
There are so many interesting ways of promoting health, fitness and eating the right foods. Involve yourself in some sport, football, tennis squash, badminton, swimming and golf etc.
As experts tell you, health, happiness and success depend on the ability of each individual to adapt to the stress and tension they meet in their daily lives. We are all creatures of habit - but it is just as easy to build up good habits as bad, because no habits are fixed.
Adopt good habits
Here are some general guidelines to good habits. You should walk for at least 2 hours every week. You should practice until you can bend down and touch your toes. You should not smoke, and you should make a point of going to bed when you feel tired, waking refreshed ( thus building up a healthy sleep pattern).
You should have one or more abiding leisure interest, say music, playing cricket, gardening or whatever. You should find it easy to laugh.
It is possible to improve the body's functional efficiency in 6 weeks of steady exercise - but if you don't continue with these exercises, you can lose all the value again within the next 6 weeks and be back where you started!
Make Rules
It is quite easy to eat properly if you follow a few rules. The first is to use a small plate to avoid over-eating. Then there is the question of cutting out the "nibbles"- often source of those unwanted extra calories.
It is now necessary to find out substitutes for these. The refrigerator is your ally. chop up bite-size portions of carrot, celery or onion and put them in little bowls. I add some salted peanuts to mine, for they are high in protein and the combination of vegetable and nut is nourishing and feeling snack. They go down a treat when you get that peckish feeling.
Another problem is when you have a sweet tooth, and are addicted to cream cakes and other toothsome food. Again a chance of overeating which often results in heaviness.
Healthy Breakfast
Start the day with a fibre and Vitamin breakfast. Go for whole-wheat bread which provides the necessary roughage to help get rid of all the unwanted materials from the body. The vitamins, proteins and if you carbohydrates at this time of day start the metabolism working - this is the process which provides you with the energy to study hard and thus burn up calories instead of piling them on in body fat.
Good Posture
Even the way you sit can be beneficial or otherwise. The slump is definitely out, and the straight back is in. Many students suffer with backache, and so much of it is there on fault. -- sitting without proper support is not health giving.
Exercise is only good when it is done regularly, 5 minutes of bending and stretching a day being much more worthwhile than one violent hour of playing squash a week. Rhythmic movements are good, that is why knitting or stroking the dog or doing some repetitious task is a stress-reducer. The regular rhythm of the movements soothes the body.
No excuses
There is no possible excuse and saying that you can't get to classes or can't do exercises. Classes in keep fit, aerobics. Yoga and all aspects of body and mental exercise are held at community centres, and parks all over the country, morning and evening. Being exercise conscious is the driving aim of children, adults and senior citizens.
General fitness brings satisfaction,too - through changing or improving your lifestyle so that literally, you are" happy with your work". There are so many professional beauty and exercise salons now that this might be a good way to start. Have you sampled the delights of Sauna, jacuzzi, Spa bath? All are available, and provide their own aid to well being of both body and mind.
It is wonderful to find yourself good at something -- or at least better than many other participants. We can't all the first in the race, but we can enjoy the running.
Test your fitness
If you want to know what kind of shape you are in, give yourself a couple of tests. Jog on the spot for 1 minute. If you are puffing heavily at the end of this time, your stamina needs building up.
Take a second opinion by trying a further test. stand straight, arms at your sides. Raise on foot, bending the knee and lift leg to knee height. Stand on tiptoe on the other foot, and try to hold still until a count of five.
If you teeter immediately or cannot hold the position without grabbing at something, your sense of balance is not good. You need the appropriate exercises.
You need also to note the answers to these questions:
Do your feet ache and swell at the end of the day? Then look for leg and foot exercises, and more help with the circulation. As you sit, keep feet raised, and circulate ankles at regular intervals.
Do you sit during the day much more than you stand or move around? Never sit in the same position for more than half an hour at a time. Get up, walk around your desk, Jog on the spot, do if you bend staches - get that circulation on the go.
Do you have trouble sleeping? This could be due to both mental and physical lack of agility. More fresh air, relaxation exercises, a careful look at your life style, cutting down on coffee and tea, and some regular " daily dozens" to improve your general fitness would help.
There are so many interesting ways of promoting health, fitness and eating the right foods. Involve yourself in some sport, football, tennis squash, badminton, swimming and golf etc.
As experts tell you, health, happiness and success depend on the ability of each individual to adapt to the stress and tension they meet in their daily lives. We are all creatures of habit - but it is just as easy to build up good habits as bad, because no habits are fixed.
Adopt good habits
Here are some general guidelines to good habits. You should walk for at least 2 hours every week. You should practice until you can bend down and touch your toes. You should not smoke, and you should make a point of going to bed when you feel tired, waking refreshed ( thus building up a healthy sleep pattern).
You should have one or more abiding leisure interest, say music, playing cricket, gardening or whatever. You should find it easy to laugh.
It is possible to improve the body's functional efficiency in 6 weeks of steady exercise - but if you don't continue with these exercises, you can lose all the value again within the next 6 weeks and be back where you started!