That Ilk Bearsden and Milngavie

Perhaps we can help motivate you by
reminding you of the health benefits of
physical activity. There are so many of them.
If you are physically active your overall risk of
dying goes down, your risk of heart disease
and type 2 diabetes reduces. Your risk of
various cancers including breast and bowel
cancer goes down. For the elderly population
there is less chance of breaking a hip or of
developing dementia. In terms of mental
health, you are less likely to develop
depression.
find a friend to
work out with for
motivation
And if despite knowing all the benefits of
being physically active you are still struggling
to get going, consider other strategies that
might help.
Find a friend who also wants to increase their
activity level and agree to encourage and be
accountable to each other. Even better, do an
activity together.
Alternatively, there’s good evidence that
writing down your intention increases the
chance that you’ll do it – so work out when’s a
good time for you to be active and put it on
your calendar or in your diary. Leave
whatever kit you need lying out in
preparation, so there’s less risk of changing
your mind while you search for it.
You don’t even need to leave the house –
there’s an infinite number of potential activity
ideas available to you for free on Youtube –
everything from yoga to HIIT, much of it
requiring little in the way of equipment. So
start 2019 the way you mean to continue. Get
yourself moving towards a healthier you. Take
a look at our website for more ideas about
small, manageable changes you can make to
improve your health, or follow us on
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
A Year of Small Changes is a project founded
by a local group of medical doctors, a
dietician and a personal trainer who each
have a keen interest in promoting lifestyle
medicine as an evidence based means of
preventing, improving, managing and
treating lifestyle related diseases.
P A G E F O U R | J O U R N E Y P A G E F I F T E E N | T H A T I L K .