“Do You Make Time to Enjoy Your Hobby”

“Do You Make Time to Enjoy Your Hobby”
hob∙by: something that a person likes to do or study in his spare time: favorite pastime or avocation

Everyone has a hobby. Some people just don’t recognize it. I like to crochet while watching TV in the evening with my husband. He likes to tinker, or as our Grandchildren say. “Poppy fix it”.
If you don’t recognize your hobby, you need to take time to reflect back on your routine. What is it that you actually enjoy doing to relax? Do you read, work with your hands, play with your children? Maybe you didn’t think of…let’s say reading as a hobby but by the definition above it is.
Our days are so full of “stuff” that we often forget how to slow down and relax with something soothing. Do you ever wonder when you lay down in bed at night, exhausted, just what you actually accomplished to make you so tired? Find what you enjoy doing, find a few minutes to do it and then when you go to bed you will actually find that you will fall asleep much faster, sleep harder and awake more refreshed the next day. Recognizing you hobby and learning to take the time to let your body relax and enjoy it as such will have amazing effects on your health. It relieves stress which has a long line of benefits starting with reducing high blood pressure.
If you find that your hobby involves the use of alcohol or other addictive substance; however, maybe you need some more self reflection to determine why you feel the need for mind altering substances. I’m not talking about a simple glass of wine or an occasional beer. I’m talking about not being able to enjoy doing something without them being involved. More on this can be found under “addition”.

Gloria Goeke
www.BetterChoicesforHealth.com

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Why do we wait until we suffer some devastating news from the doctor before we decide to make changes in our life style? You know what I mean. You know someone who was diagnosed with some ailment like heart disease. Suddenly they change the way they eat and add exercise to their daily routine.

When you wait until you have damaged your heart or body then try to “change” it, you are behind the proverbial 8 ball. Why not start today before you get the bad news from the doctor.

Start today…right now! Decide that you are going to make small, simple changes on a regular basis. Maybe you could park further away from your place of employment and walk just those few extra steps before and after work. Maybe you could drink one 8- ounce glass of water a day instead of reaching for another soda.

Change doesn’t happen over night. It takes time. You don’t have to decide today that you are going to run in a marathon next week and head out for a 5 mile run. Instead take baby steps.

Food for thought…don’t just look at the number of calories in a particular product you like, multiply that number by the number of times you eat/drink it in a weeks time. For example: 20-ounce sodas on average have around 300 calories. If you have just one a day, that adds up to 2100 calories a week. That is equivalent to 2/3 pound of fat.

“Oh, but I drink “diet soda” so there are no calories” you say? Well guess what, you might not get fat calories from it but you are trading it for significantly higher risk of cancer, heart disease, hypertension, the list goes on. Did you know that carbonated drinks are the number one cause of osteoporosis?

Again the point of this article is to start making small changes. Just cut back on one thing at a time or walk a few extra steps. You grab for that soda. Okay, but don’t drink all of it. Maybe just half today and throw the rest away. Grab water once in awhile instead of the soda. Suddenly it strikes you that you find yourself grabbing the water more often than you do soda.

Small steps equal BIG SUCCESS over time. Good luck on your new outlook on life through better choices for health.