3 Steps To A Healthier You

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John in April 8th, 2008

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When I first began kicking around the idea of starting a blog, I came up with the theme of Family, Fitness & Finances. Sort of like food, folks and fun; only different! =) My premise was that these three key elements in peoples lives are interconnected. A recent comment to one of my posts “I love the idea of putting physical health and finance together. What’s the sense of having money if you can’t live healthy and long enough to enjoy it. :-))” just about sums it up. Right on, Ms. Cheapy! My thoughts exactly.

Armed with this idea I began blogging about life, family and getting fit; both physically and financially. As Web Goodies 411 put it, “Its a great mix of low fat recipes, health ideas, financial tips and devotion to family.” This is what I’m striving for. I try to pass on useful information, demonstrated through some personal experiences. And I aim to provide entertaining commentary about things that matter in our everyday lives. In exchange, I just ask for some of your time. =)

So here are my 3 Steps To A Healthier You.

1. Spend More Time With Family

I covered this one fairly thoroughly in Plan Your Next Family Get Together Now! and I covered the importance of family meals in A Family That Eats Together, Stays Together . The point here is to strengthen family relationships through planned activities and random get togethers. Your family will inevitably become closer and you will all get to know each other much better. Because our family practices this, my children got to know their great grandparents. That’s priceless.

2. Work on Becoming More Physically Fit

This is an area that I am personally struggling with as we speak. As I have mentioned previously, I have been struggling with my weight since I quit smoking some eleven years ago. I think this one is really important. If you are unhealthy, you may not be around to enjoy your family or any money you saved over your lifetime. So, I am working on my weight through diet and exercise. I have covered exercising in Hindu Squats: Rock Your Body! and 5 Reasons To Start Walking Today! . This is a work in progress, I’ll keep you up to date from time to time.

3. Get Your Personal Finances In Order

I covered Paying off debt, cutting unnecessary spending, and starting a savings plan in 8 Steps To Recession Proof Your Finances and in 5 Steps To Cut Your Grocery Bill Today! Doing any or all of these things will do a lot to reduce your stress levels, thus contributing to your good health. And finally, I wrote about how to help ensure that you keep your income stream alive in 5 Ways To Recession Proof Your Job. I think this last one is pretty important. Without any income, everything else becomes that much more difficult!

I hope you will take some time and go through this material. I wrote some of these posts shortly after starting out and many, I believe, have not been read by most of you. As always, I encourage you to post your thoughts and comments. Looking forward to some good discussions! And last but not least, I would like to thank everyone for your support and most of all taking the time to read and join our discussion!