Ten Commandments for Healthy Living
Having read tons of books about nutrition, fitness and general psychology, I find they always boil down to a few core principles. Although I still recommend reading books and performing personal experiments to understand and evaluate the principles and reasoning behind them, I figured many people would appreciate a summary to save time and more easily remember. These are ten simple commandments which, if followed, will result in increased fitness and sustained motivation for practically anyone:
- You and you alone are the ruler of your body and your mind.
- You shall not let anyone or anything keep you from reaching your goals.
- You shall read these commandments and your personal goals every day.
- Remember to relax and enjoy Sundays as a bow too much bent is broken.
- You shall exercise vigorously at least three hours weekly, preferably more.
- You shall only eat sugar in the hour following resistance exercise.
- Fruit is a desert. Enjoy it as you would alcohol, in moderation.
- You shall eat vegetables daily. Seriously, buy more broccoli.
- You shall eat healthy fats daily, and avoid trans-fats at all costs.
- You shall eat five or six times daily, with protein being part of every meal.
Alternatively, for the more traditionally inclined people, perhaps it’d be easier to memorize the biblical version:
- Thou and thou alone art the ruler of thy body and thy mind.
- Thou shalt not let anyone or anything prevent thee from reaching thine goals.
- Thou shalt covet these commandments and thy personal goals every day.
- Remember to relax and enjoy Sundays as a bow too much bent is broken.
- Thou shalt exercise vigorously at least three hours weekly, if not more.
- Thou shalt only eat sugar in the hour following resistance exercise.
- Fruit is the Lord’s desert. Enjoy it as I meant thee to, in moderation.
- Thou shalt eat vegetables daily. Seriously, buy more broccoli.
- Thou shalt eat healthy fats daily, yet never trans-fats as they are of the devil.
- Thou shalt eat five or six times daily, with protein being part of every meal.
I recommend printing these out on a single page along with your personal goals and reading them every morning as you wake up or before you go to bed at night. It may seem like a silly exercise, but it will help you keep your goals in mind and stay motivated. Just try it for a single month and then discard the idea and scold me should you feel it hasn’t benefited you in any way. It only takes a minute of your time daily so it’s worth a try, no?
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