Healthy diets and regular, adequate physical activity are major factors in the promotion and maintenance of good health throughout your entire life. The "World Health Organization or WHO predict by the year 2015, 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and 700 million will be obese. One of the fundamentals of obesity and people being overweight is an energy imbalance between calories consumed and calories being expended. Here are some factors that attribute to this:

* Global shift in the intake of energy dense foods that are high in fat and sugars but low in vitamins and other micro nutrients
* A trend towards decreased physical activity due to the nature of peoples work, changing ways of transportation and increasing urbanization.

It really is easy to make the shift back towards gaining and maintaining a healthy way of life. Here are some simple things you can easily integrate into your day to day life.

* Keep hydrated by consuming at least 2 liters of water each day
* Keep physically active with at least 30 min of moderate-intensity activity, at least 5 times a week. If 30 min is too much start with what you can do and work your way up.
* Choose a simple form of exercise that will easily fit into your daily routine.
* Choose activities that you can do with your family or friends that will help you stay motivated.
* Rest and relaxation are essential. Stress makes your body more prone to illness. Take time to relax BY exercising or spending time with family/friends. 7 hours of good quality sleep is a must.
* LIMIT Alcohol intake.
* Quit Smoking

We have people in our group right now loosing an average of 2-5 lbs a week, finding increased levels of energy and just finding an overall better sense of well being through incorporating these examples with good nutrition. All of us deserve the best and the most this life has to offer and it's definitely within your reach if you commit to it. They say the road of 1,000 miles starts with just one step, it ends the same way. Every one of us has been in a situation we just did not know how we were going to do it.

It seemed impossible. But I can guarantee that first if you really see it in your head first you can achieve it on the outside. Find little ways to provide you with small result oriented goals. Myself I never battled weight loss but I did have addictions early in my life that exhausted me daily. I finally broke them one at a time, one minute at a time, and one second at a time. Once you get break one habit or conquer that first hill it's AMAZING how empowering it is. You will just want to keep going. Before you know it that road you once where struggling just to stand on you'll be running right down the middle jumping any obstacle that may be in your way! God Bless