Zest for Life NYC

It’s my Birthday week and I have a big birthday coming up this year.

I lead a healthy active lifestyle and often get asked by my peers what’s the key or ‘secret’ to my energy and vitality.

I tell them: age is only a number!

Have you ever met someone who is 90 but still exudes youthfulness?

Don’t let your age define who you are.   Our energy levels and vitality are all about the daily choices we make.

Today I would like to focus on stress which is one of the top reasons people age quickly.

Stress is a major roadblock for having energy and feeling youthful.  Stress is a vicious cycle- the more stress you have the more tired you get and the more likely you are to turn to being lazy and eat bad foods.

Here’s 2 goals for you to manage your stress levels

1) Be conscious of what you are eating

When people are stressed they often turn to food as their comfort or guidance.  This throws off your blood sugar levels.  Instead of grabbing for that bag of chips or chocolate bar have a Shaklee shake which contains all beneficial vitamins and nutrients but taste like you are indulging!  The shakes are also low glycemic which won’t spike your blood sugar.  We all need to focus on balancing our blood sugar levels so we aren’t constantly on a physical and emotional roller coaster ride.

As I wrote about in my last post, Sugar is a Hidden danger, changing your sugar habit can affect every area of your life.  When our blood sugar is balanced our bodies are not in flight mode and we will have more energy.  Balancing your blood sugar helps decrease inflammation in our bodies and inflammation leads to aging and disease.

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2) Exercise!

When we get stressed our bodies get tired faster and we often choose to nap or rest instead of exercise.  Instead of helping us get better this creates a vicious cycle.  Sleep. Stress. Tired. Nap.  Stress. Tired

Break this cycle and set aside at least 30 minutes every day for yourself and your body to exercise.  Try a weight class with me!

Learning to choose the right foods to balance my blood sugar levels and exercising have been my key to staying healthy and having lots of energy!

You bet I’m going to be a hot 90 year old in my future still going to my chi gong and weight classes ; )

You can do it too

Start by taking my Vitality Score Test Below to see how you are doing.  Then incorporate my 2 suggestions above and you will start feeling like you are 25 (well maybe 35) again!

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