Look better naked: 90 days
Sheree DiBiase/Lake City Physical Therapy | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 3 months AGO
The alarm rings and its dark out and raining like crazy. The bed is cozy and warm, and who feels like making good choices today? Should I get up early and exercise and take the time to choose good food for the day, or roll over and sleep 30 more minutes? Oh choices, it's a challenge for the busy, over-committed people I know.
A healthy lifestyle takes time and commitment. You have to plan ahead and take time to set yourself up for success. The holidays are a particularly difficult time of year as you try to keep your lifestyle choices in check. Don't lament over yesterday's choices, just remember: every day is a new day, and you have a chance to start over with your choices and make better decisions.
So what kind of decisions should you be making for your health? What are the basics to having a healthy lifestyle? Is weight management the most important part? Is your emotional and mental health just as important? Should you have help with making a plan? Do you need someone to help you be accountable?
Healthy lifestyle choices include decisions about all of the above. It involves making decisions about what you eat, drink and inhale. You may need a jumpstart with our TR 90 program, which is our weight management component. It requires you to choose to exercise everyday for 30-60 minutes: Aerobic activities such as walking or biking for 30 minutes, and then another 30 minutes of stretching such as yoga and strengthening exercises are needed. It asks you to think about your emotional and mental health. So you will need to find a daily book to read to keep you directed and spiritually fed, or you may want to begin a mediation regime or begin to write down the challenges you are facing and develop a plan to deal with them. This mental health component is just as important and you can't ignore it, because it will help you stay moving forward as you make your decisions throughout the day.
At our office starting January 5, you can join us as we start the Look Better Naked healthy lifestyle program. It will last for three months. We will begin this program to address all these areas, and you can chose how you will step forward in the new year in each area. We will meet for a preview meeting Dec. 22 at 5:30 for an hour and you can learn about the program then. There are three parts to the program, and you can decide how you want to be involved to move forward with your health. January 5 is the official start date, and we will measure and weigh you in, and take your pictures for the before and after success stories. We will assess your health inventory scores using a variety of functional tools, and then on day 15, 30, 60 and 90, we will weigh and measure and take inventory again. You will meet and be in relationship with our staff and others in the program.
We hope you can join us as we make healthy lifestyle changes for the new year of 2015. Please call to reserve your space and get set-up to learn how to be a better you in the new year.
Sheree DiBiase, PT, is the owner of Lake City Physical Therapy, and she and her staff look forward to helping you in your healthy lifestyle choices. Please call to reserve a space and ask for Valerie our patient care coordinator to learn about our Look Better Naked program in our Coeur d'Alene office at (208) 667-1988.
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