Wednesday 25 April 2012

Importance of Staying Fit



Most people tend to forget about the need to have good health through staying fit and that is why we suffer a lot. I was personally a victim of this because I used to eat a lot of snacks and would ignore advise from those who knew better. When you are still slim and the snacks that you eat taste so good, you are never really aware of the dangers that you put yourself through. It always feels like you will never get into any kind of trouble with  regard to your health.

Recently while we were out on vacation with my family, we actually decided to go hiking and the whole thing was really fun until I noticed that my breath was getting irregular. For some reason I couldn't breathe as usual but I thought it was because of the uphill climb. After a short while I could only gasp some air and fainted. I woke up in a hospital and was advised to check my diet and also engage in some exercise because I was developing heart complications.

Fun ways to be healthy


Proper diet

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Hiking

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Exercise

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After this incident I decided to look for a fitness program that would help me get back into shape. The search was not very difficult because there are many gyms in my local area which by the way I had never paid much attention to. After six months of steady attendance in the fitness program I went back to the Doctor for an examination and there was no danger to my heart. I am certainly never losing my health to junk and lack of exercise again.