LINKS/CONTENTS IN THE PHYSICAL AREAS


Being organized and expanded                              Physical Health, Fitness, And Energy - Overview Map
                                                                          Plan For Health And Fitness

   Main Page 
   OVERALL OVERVIEW  

         WHAT TO READ AND IN WHAT ORDER 
                 
   Health Care In The US  (Long term strategy is just major medical insurance.)

   AIR QUALITY - One of our major systems so it is worth taking care of!
   CARING FOR THE BODY OVERALL - Back, ergonomics, headache, health generators,
       sinuses, sleep, teeth... See especially Abusing The Body Versus Keeping Homeostasis and
       The Costs Of Destabilization.
   CHEMICALS IN THE BODY - Managing these properly can create peace and better functioning,
        plus more energy.
   ENERGY Page - What is worth the payoff in energy, how to make it easier
   EXERCISE, STRETCHING - What to do, making it easier and more effective
   HARMFUL PRACTICES/HABITS
                     Smoking - Choose 
                     Smoking - Using Life Principles to Quit                             
   ILLNESSES - Treating them, simply. Colds. Pain.  Where to go for medical information!
   MONITORING AND TRACKING 
   NUTRITION - What's best and most practical?
       Efficient preparation - Saving time galore!  Yet eating well. 
       Eating Healthily & Inexpensively. It also fits with saving time.
   RELAXATION - This page has some excellent, easy methods that will increase your health and
       mental state.
       Breathing  Main Page 
       Meditation
       Sleep
            Insomnia
   STRESS - A psychological cause but a physical effect that is intolerable.
        Meditation
   WEIGHT - Using the principles that make it easier and more effective long term.  And why you're
       not losing weight - the physical factors that should be addressed first.


RESOURCES FOR HEALTH/FITNESS:  Where to look things up, weight, fitness, smoking cessation, great books to make sure to read...

Also, see Psych: Emotion Mgmt-Overall, Addictions (and also the section on Stress)
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IMMEDIATELY, GET THESE IN GEAR!

THE PHYSICAL GOALS WORKSHEET PACKET - Both short form and the long, more complete 
  form, assessing and setting goals in every area from body health measures to sleep to
  addictions to losing weight and more.  Includes Body Mass Index table, what you use food for.

MANAGING YOUR PHYSICAL RESOURCES - What practices are you doing and which should
  you commit to from diet, exercise, to deep relaxation and ergonomics and more.  Also, list your


                     Back Care - Options and Monitoring        
                     Ergonomics - Discussion Of Key Points   
                           Ergonomics - The Longer Checklist  
                           Ergonomic Work Station - Short Checklist  
                     Headache Handling - An interesting process where you can talk it down...   
                     HEALTH GENERATORS - Prioritized  
                     Health - Supporting Structures 
                     Physical Examination - Resources For A Complete Physical - Where and what a
                        complete exam says. 
                     Sinuses - Relief!  Don't try the wrong things... See Illnesses, colds.   
                     Sleep Less and Better - Use this to sleep better
                         Dreaming For Fun While Sleeping, Or Any Time - Great dream "plays" to
                             create to empower and/or just to feel good.
                     TEETH CARE SECTION - Learn this, as the bacteria are the second most
                          common, next to colds.


NUTRITION

      Read the "overall" pieces in the order numbered below, then clean out the kitchen!

                 CLEANING OUT THE KITCHEN (future write-up, see Shopping List below; throw
                       everything out that is not healthy, it'll pay off !!!!)

                     Blood Sugar Stability - See also the Energy section.  See The Costs Of Destabilization.

                     Alcohol - Calories - Beer vs. wine vs. hard drinks
                          Alcohol is net unhealthy
                     Beverages - Soft drinks, coffees, juices, milks - and a few surprises on what not to
                       drink.
                       Substitute drinks, especially those that are satisfying yet not unhealthy  
                     Cereals - A few surprises, which are the healthiest and best?
                     Crackers, chips, pretzels - what healthy ones can you eat?
Read 1st        DIET PRINCIPLES - Apply these for an easier time losing and maintaining.
                     Fast food - What strategies should be used? 
Read 3rd        GLYCEMIC INDEX - Which foods will spike your sugar the worst?
                     Grains, Breads, Popcorns   
                     Meals To Drink - One of the best ways to avoid harmful snacks
                     Nutrition Bars - Power, energy, etc., but only a few good ones are out there. 
                     Nuts - How they should be included in the diet   
                     Oil (and Fat) Change  
                     Proportion For The Food Types 
                     Serving Sizes  
                     SHOPPING LIST - A checklist to use (and sort however you wish) for healthy, low
                        fat, and low cal foods. 
                     Smoothies  
                           My "Super-Smoothie" - Complete, easy, fast, very nutritious.
                     SNACKS - Which are best, setting it up ahead of time so it is easy.  This can be
                        key to keeping weight down - if you have healthy, low cal snacks around, it is
                        simple...
                     Soft things in a cup - Yogurts, puddings, jellos - which to eat and not eat
                     Spreads - Peanut butters, cheeses, dips...
Read 2nd       SUPPLEMENTS - Dr. Oz for various ages.  Which should you take?  Economical,
                          quality source: Swanson.
                     Water - How much and what kind!
                           Should I Filter The Chlorine From My Drinking And Bathing Water? - You may
                               be surprised at the effects of the one you wouldn't have guessed would be
                               the most important!

   Link:           WWW.REALAGE.COM   
   Book:      ++REAL AGE MAKEOVER, Michael Roizen



WEIGHT, HEALTH, AND CONTROL


My Nutrition/Weight/Exercise Plan
Metabolic Syndrome
Addictions 
No Exceptions, 100% Commitment 
Commitment

LEARN THE PRINCIPLES 1ST!

LOSING WEIGHT: THE MOST DIRECT, PERMANENT WAY - If you want to lose it and be lean for life,
    it's simple - and you'll not be hungry. One page!
DIET PRINCIPLES - Apply these for an easier time losing and maintaining.  (Post on refrigerator.)
Losing Weight Is Easy - If you follow these, you'll lose weight.  A checklist on which you check off those
   you will do.   
LOSING WEIGHT; THE BEST METHOD - How to be the most successful - planning, partnering,
   committing, all the pieces.  Don't be a "gradually boiling frog", lulled into sure death (while living!).   
Commitment - My Commitment To Achieving My Desired Weight and Lifestyle   
       See the 100% Commitment page - It works! (It is one of the Power In Life pieces.)

MONITORING

(F)      Weight Monitoring Graph  - This process is proven to be effective and necessary.
               It worked for me, tremendously well! 

TOOLS, MEASURES

Proper weight calculation

Traditional height weight chart for frame   Calc 1   Calc2 
Body Mass Index - Calculating the weight goal, knowing what is unhealthy and will kill you,
weightwise.

Calories consumption

Calorie calculation - Right amount for me - How many calories should you consume a day? (Answer that one question, do pre-portions and you won't have to count calories or resist temptations.  See DIET PRINCIPLES.)
Calculating calories in foods, drinks:  Buy a small scale (Bed Bath And Beyond, Salter Electronic Scale)    
            www.Calorieking.com -   
            www.Caloriesperhour.com – Can have a whole day accumulated, takes awhile to
                  figure out.
            www.Realage.com – Calculate calories for any food item
            QuickCalc - By type of food group and "size", so simpler
Calories in exerciseTable1: A look up;  
                               Table 2: A calculator adjusting for weight and time for each type of exercise



























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PHYSICAL TIDBITS

Miscellaneous notes on health.