Physical Health Is More Than Just a Number
Sumiko Chadwell • April 12, 2023
Keeping up with your physical health takes more than just monitoring your weight.
What is Physical Health?
How do you feel?
Think about how much energy you have throughout the day and how often you get any aches or pains. Also consider your mental health such as your mood and, more importantly, your focus and memory. According to healthline.com,
anemia can cause fatigue and anxiety. When you do your daily routine do you get pain in your joints or only during exercise? Identify and write down your trigger points to discuss with your physician.
How do you look?
Olay
stated that “the condition of our skin reflects what we eat”. Not only should we pay attention to our skin but also our hair, nails, and eyes. Feel if your hair is its usual thickness or if you’re losing much of it to the drain. Look at your eyes and if your skin is dark around them or if they are red or yellow. Yellow eyes can be a sign of jaundice, a condition caused from too much bilirubin. Beauty is much different than a healthy appearance because it is based solely off of perspective.
How do you act?
According to PubMD.com,
deficiencies in magnesium can cause irritability, anxiety, and agitation. Pay attention to what your friends and family say about your mood and if your attitude seems to feel out of your control. Contact your doctor right away if you have serious signs of confusion or delusions.
How are your numbers?
The above factors are important to our overall health but our numbers can also tell us about the signs we might not feel or see at all. Heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, and oxygen numbers are all valuable information about the functioning of our bodies. Also, eye sight, nerve, and hearing tests provide insight about our senses. The most talked about number is our weight. Talk to your physician about what weight, and other numbers, are healthy for you as these vary with each individual.
How Does Age Effect Our Health?
Children:
Our children need to start good habits that they can carry with them into adulthood. A healthy diet is important for energy and their ability to focus in school. Exercise is equally important because it will help shape their metabolism and reduces hyperactivity. Both their mental and physical health contributes to their development into mature young adults someday.
Young Adults:
At this age, we tend to start neglecting physical activity and replacing it with work. It’s important to continue getting adequate exercise and eating just as healthy as your parents once told you to! Additionally, young adults are prone to developing addictions and other life altering habits that effect physical health. If we neglect these factors as young adults, they will only roll into our older years and have much worse consequences. To get an idea of what priorities young adults have for physical health I asked 30 year old and skilled laborer River Richard what was important to him at this age:
“When I hit about 27 years old, I notice a difference in my joints. I started to feel stiff in the morning and my knees hurt after work. I realized that I needed to start stretching every day and eating foods that would benefit my joints. I also made a choice to stop drinking after I started to consider my heart health and how I look. I want to feel as young as I do today, in 30 years. “
Older Adults:
As we get older and closer to our retirement age, health becomes more important than ever. Instead of running to raise our heart rate, we have to closely monitor it and sometimes even resort to walking instead. We also need to keep our diet healthy not only for weight, but for nourishing the parts of our body that need it more than others. As an older adult, if you take care of your health, you can continue doing all the activities and adventures you did while young. Life coach and successful businessman Doug Hauptman let me in on how he stay fit and full of energy:
“We need to get back to the basics with our food. Eggs, meats, fruits, seeds, and vegetables need to be our focus and less of the processed and diet foods. I also regularly meditate and get a lot of physical activity through yoga, the gym, and running. Before I do any of these things, I always make it a priority to stretch, which has kept my joints in great shape. I take advantage of the technology we have access to and use apps to track my stress, heart activity, calories, steps, and so forth. Apps make it easy to fit my health into my schedule and for me to reflect on my habits. I love the rush I get when I keep up with the younger guys!”
The Couch, TV, and a Bag of Chips
Pay attention to how much you watch TV during your normal day. Also consider why you are watching TV. Are you fatigued or just bored? One way to be active and still watch our favorite shows is to use a treadmill or stability ball instead of the couch. The stability ball works for an office setting too! The habit of watching TV also takes away from our time outside. Outdoor activities, which I will get into next, are important not only for staying in shape, but also for getting enough sunlight. Even if you decide to fold laundry or dust your shelves, anything is better than sitting on the couch while watching TV. Replace the chips with some carrots and blue cheese, and you are no longer a couch potato at all!
One of my mottos is that I better not be going to the gym if my house is not cleaned. While gym equipment is a great way to stay in shape, cleaning your own house can also get you physically active and burning calories. Not only do you stay in shape, but you are also keeping your environment clean. A clean environment reduces stress and leaves more room open for activities and new projects! The same theory can be used for yard work.
Even if you can keep yourself off of the couch, it’s always important to identify why you became attached to this habit in the first place. Reflecting on our bad habits helps motivate us towards change and makes us grateful for our progress.The Benefits and Beauty of the Sun
Make the sun a priority in your life. The sun produces vitamin D which is crucial to our health because it effects multiple functions in our bodies. According to heathline.com,
Vitamin D fights disease, reduces depression, and boosts weight loss. Additionally, if you are outside trying to get vitamin D you are more likely to be doing something active. Getting sunlight is a great excuse to go on a hike, do some gardening, or simply walk around the block.
Using vitamin D as an excuse to be outside also brings us closer to nature and appreciating our surroundings. All of these factors benefit our overall health, which is why we should invite the sun into our daily lives. While vitamin D and outdoor activities are great benefits to our health, always be cautious of your exposure to sunlight and follow safety measures.
Apps to Keep You on Track
V Shred App:
This is a company with a great reputation for getting people healthy on the inside and out. The app provides you with fitness plans, nutritional guidance, and expert supplementation advice. Their mission relies on not requiring extensive will power or discipline to get health but focuses on variety of tactics to ensure “minimum effective” dose workouts.
Garmin Connect:
This app connects to a Garmin device and lets you track your steps, create your own work out, and monitor your numbers. What is especially fun about this app is that you can invite family and friends to compete or set goals with.
Calm App:
The Calm app is free and beneficial for relieving stress and anxiety. It provides you with calming music and scenarios to help calm your nerves or entice meditation. While many of us focus on getting our heart rate up, it’s equally important to be able to slow it down too.
MyFitnessPal App:
This app is among the most popular calorie counters on the market. The app can track your diet choices, daily exercise, and even allows you to scan barcodes at the grocery store!
Having a Life Coach Will Help You Focus On and Maintain Your Physical Health
It’s easy to understand why our physical health is important and how to keep it optimal but practicing habits that support these notions is where the rubber meets the ball. Eating and exercising are two things that people tend to abuse or neglect. Having a life coach will help you set boundaries and goals beneficial to your health. A life coach will also give you the mental support you need to stay motivated. Even when we have all the ideas, we still struggle with incorporating them into our daily lives and acquiring the skills needed to make them happen. A life coach will get you started and keep you on track through your journey to a healthy future.
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