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Fit Together: Family Fit Lifestyle Month

January 27

Family Fit Together

Is Your Family Fit Together?

Is your family plagued with stress or health problems? Does your family proudly claim to be couch potatoes?

It is a new year and time to refocus. Two of the most common resolutions made at this time of the year are around fitness and spending more time with loved ones.

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Outdoor activities such as taking a nature walk together are a great way of keeping the family fit and spending quality time together. Beverly Beuermann-King Click to tweet

 

Family Fit Lifestyle

Although this is Family Fit Lifestyle Month, healthy habits should be a lifelong journey. I recently asked my sons what life lessons they have they learned from me (risky question but I wanted to know). I was proud to hear some of things that they said. Both of them said that one of the important lessons was around eating right and exercising often. They said that it has helped them to be good athletes and to feel good. (So all that harping around eating their lunch and working hard at practice has paid off after all).

Parents are role models and we must follow through on what we say is important. My sons laugh at me when I try and flex my muscles in the mirror like they do, but they know that I am trying to take good care of myself. They see me involved in fitness activities even when I am not naturally good at them. And they see me having fun anyways.

 

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Beverly’s Hot Tips For Celebrating Family Fit Lifestyle Month:

  • Outdoor activities such as taking a nature walk together are a great way of keeping the family fit and spending quality time together
  • Reward each other’s participation in fitness activities. Be each other’s cheerleader.
  • Start a fitness diary and record how far or long each family member participated in an activity
  • Be a positive fitness and healthy role model for your children. One disturbing study found that french fries were the most popular vegetable for 15-18 month old children. Children learn about nutrition from their parents. Set boundaries and limits so that it is easier for everyone in the family to make healthy food choices. (Appropriate portions for a typical dinner meal – plate 1/2 filled with fruits and veggies, 1/4 with protein and 1/4 whole grains.)
  • Drink more water and limit beverages that add needless calories such as pop and artificial fruit juices
  • Get more sleep. Children need between 9-11 hours and adults need on average 7-9 hours. Inadequate sleep leads to greater appetite, weight gain and lethargy
  • Have fun. Fitness shouldn’t be boring or feel like drudgery. If it does that you haven’t found the right activities. Some of us prefer activities that we can do alone. There is also some of us need the watchful eye of a coach. Others prefer team settings. Fitness activities should be something that we look forward to.

This year, set a few goals for creating a healthier family.

If you have some strategies to share – comment on this posting!

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Additional Resources:

National Handwashing Awareness Week

Finding Your Optimal Health

Quiet Day

Water: A Necessity

National Health and Fitness Month – May

WinterActive

National Recreation and Parks Month

National Camping Month

 
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Written By Beverly Beuermann-King

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  1. Rudi Kramp says

    October 23 at 8:39 am

    Maybe with it being winter time there, and thus spending much time indoors, all the more reason to take a walk outdoors. But, here in the Southern Hemisphere it would probably be best to have that on 20 July.

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