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Home > Weight Loss News > 10 Ways to Make Fall Fitness Colorful and Fun
10 Ways to Make Fall Fitness Colorful and Fun
St. Paul, MN, (PRWEB) September 26, 2005 -- Between the dog days of summer and the dark dead of winter, lies one of the best times of year to develop better health and fitness habits — autumn. A mother/daughter publishing team offers ten colorful ways you can tap into the energy of the changing seasons to begin changing your fitness lifestyle.
“First, change your notion of January 1 as the only time of year to make fitness resolutions,” say Jennifer and Alexis Luhrs, publishers of the Streaming Colors Fitness Journal, a calendar you color in with your positive fitness actions each day. “We suggest you set small, realistic new goals at the start of every month. You can make a lot of progress in the next few months and go into the holidays strong.”
Here are some of their fall fitness and health tips:
–Brisk days allow for brisk outdoor activities that burn more calories. So ratchet up the speed of your fall color walk or bike ride. Put some gusto into your leaf raking, fall planting, or garden clean-up. Get others outside for fresh air and a workout, too. Strike up a game of touch football, or take them to one of the many charity bike rides, fun runs/walks, or volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.
–Tackle the new Food Pyramid now while fresh vegetables and fruits are still in abundance. Add colorful grilled veggies to your meals. Take the whole family out to the orchard to pick those ripe, red apples—a great start to the “apple a day” habit.
–Want to take on more challenging and scenic fall color hikes, but concerned about safety? Join a walking club and you’ll never walk alone. Check the internet to find one in your community.
–Go back to school and learn a fun new fitness skill — like swing dancing, racquetball, rock climbing, healthy gourmet cooking. Check out your community education class schedule for new activities that add color to your healthier lifestyle.
–Get ready to stay active and fit during colder weather by stocking up on colorful new comfort clothes, not fattening comfort foods. Amazing new fabrics and sports apparel technology (fleece and microfibers are just the start) keep you comfy in any weather, so there’s no excuse to hibernate.
–Don’t wait for Thanksgiving to sit down with your family and dine on healthy home-cooked food. Setting regular days and times for sit-down meals helps you get out of the habit of eating on the run. Taking time to sit down and enjoy your food is fun for the family and an important step in weight management.
–Guilt-free TV. Brighten your indoor workouts with the new fall TV line-up. Be active in your TV viewing by lifting free weights, doing your sit-ups, leg lifts, push-ups, jumping jacks, etc. When the Amazing Race gets your adrenalin pumping, jump on the treadmill or stationery bike if you have one.
–Inspired by TV’s weight loss programming, like The Biggest Loser? Don’t lose the momentum. You can get started now on coloring in your positive fitness actions each day—e.g. a splash of yellow to show you exercised, a patch of orange to show you met your daily calorie goal, a swath of purple to celebrate a junk-food-free day. Seeing too many white days in a row reminds and motivates you to stay on track. You can be a big loser yourself by the time the holidays roll around!
The Luhrs publishing team offers one more important tip. “While our calendars encourage people to add color, there is a place where white is right. For safety, be sure to wear white and reflective gear when exercising outdoors during the darker dusk and dawns of fall/winter. Have fun, but be safe.”
Luhrs Media Company is a small, independent publishing firm located near St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded in response to the alarming rise in childhood obesity, it’s committed to developing fun, practical tools to help people avoid lifestyle-related diseases.
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