On Healthy Living

A year ago, I was diagnosed with high cholesterol. I was a tech support agent, who sat behind a computer, a phone, and desk for most of the hours in my week. I also ate a lot of junk food and didn’t get enough exercise, mainly because my job involved too many hours and too much stress. After a painful kidney stone, I decided “office work” was no longer for me, and I entered the wilderness and manual labor as an archaeologist. I never did check to see if my cholesterol is high, but I could almost guarantee you its at a safe place now. I plan to get checked again on my next break. I now hike about 10 miles a day when at work, eat healthier and live much more stress free.

Much of what I have to thank is Reader Digest’s “Live it down plan,” which pushes more fish in the diet, fish oil supplements, multi-vitamins, cognitive healthier eating and more exercise. I’ve lost a lot of weight as well. I couldn’t suggest a better plan, especially one that doesn’t require you to give up things like alcohol, chocolate and meat.

leafworks wrote this on November 11th, 2005 and filed it under Healthy Living, Diet & Exercise, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Eating, Women's Health, Men's Health |