| Most people do not live their lives feeling or | | | | muscles shrink, joints stiffen and even the |
| looking as great as they could! This might be | | | | lymphatic and digestive systems are seriously |
| because they believe it is necessary to | | | | disrupted. Your body will not function properly |
| compromise these goals to achieve other ones | | | | without minimum levels of regular activity. |
| (e.g. short term pleasure, wealth) or because they | | | | There are two types of regular activity needed. |
| only focus on one or two methods (e.g. joining a | | | | The first is carefully designed to achieve balance |
| gym and going on a diet) to achieve this. The | | | | in your musculo-skeletal system and the second is |
| facts are that if you feel and look fantastic any | | | | incorporating a variety of fun active activities into |
| goal will be easier to achieve and the only way to | | | | your lifestyle. Achieving balance is important for |
| guarantee results is with a holistic set of methods. | | | | your posture and avoiding injuries. Weight training |
| You need to build your transformation on a stool | | | | with a personal trainer is the most effective way |
| with four strong legs that support Drinking, Eating, | | | | to do this but there are other suitable methods |
| Acting and Living healthily. If you try to build it on | | | | such as yoga, martial arts and different forms of |
| any less, your foundation for transforming your | | | | group class training such as certified aerobics. |
| life will be unstable and likely to topple over, | | | | Integrating fun activities into your lifestyle is easy |
| together with your dreams of a new life! | | | | and the variety is endless. For example, you may |
| The quantity and quality of what you drink and | | | | like music and start dance classes or perhaps you |
| eat has a major affect on the chemical and | | | | would like to spend more time in the countryside |
| energy processes that your body uses to | | | | and could take up jogging or cycling. Maybe you |
| function properly. If these processes are not | | | | have a very busy schedule that does not allow |
| functioning normally you will feel unwell (e.g. | | | | you enough time to see your kids. Then make it |
| unclear thinking, no vitality) and left untreated | | | | a priority in your spare time to play games (e.g. |
| there is a higher risk of developing serious health | | | | football) with them! |
| conditions (e.g. obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, | | | | The final part of the DEAL system is living. Living |
| dementia). No matter how much you exercise, | | | | includes all the psychological aspects of |
| spend money on plastic surgery, apply makeup or | | | | transforming your life from your motivation, to |
| develop a positive attitude, you need to drink and | | | | your attitude and beliefs. This aspect is often |
| eat healthily as well, to feel and look fantastic. | | | | overlooked by other fitness systems even |
| It is important to eat a varied diet with a balanced | | | | though it is a primary cause of long term failure! It |
| proportion of protein, carbohydrates and | | | | is much more difficult to achieve lasting change if |
| vegetables. Specifically, more organic vegetables | | | | for example, you keep telling yourself "I always |
| and fruit, unsaturated fats, low Glycemic Index | | | | fail because I never stick to my lifestyle changes" |
| (GI) foods (these create slower and smaller | | | | or you are unsure about why you want to |
| variations in blood sugar levels), herbal teas, | | | | transform your life in the first place! |
| freshly made fruit juices and filtered/bottled | | | | Some key aspects of living include your |
| water. Consuming less sugar, alcohol, saturated | | | | motivation (the driving force to continue), |
| fats, take away foods, caffeine drinks and soft | | | | procrastination (a restraining force to delay |
| drinks (especially energy/sports drinks) will reduce | | | | action), a positive attitude, living in the now and |
| the quantity of toxins that you body must deal | | | | the law of attraction (a helpful belief system). If |
| with. | | | | you choose to focus on all the great things about |
| Eating and drinking enough food and drink to | | | | your life and are grateful for them you will |
| match the calorie requirements of your level of | | | | develop a positive attitude. Studies have proven |
| physical activity will enable you to control your | | | | that a positive attitude will improve your health |
| body weight. However, for the majority of | | | | and help you to feel and look great. |
| reasonably healthy people, just going on a calorie | | | | Living in the now means being fully present in |
| controlled or fad diet is an ineffective long term | | | | what is going on around you now, not worrying |
| strategy. In general, it is a much better strategy | | | | about next week or even tomorrow but enjoying |
| to focus on the quality of what you eat rather | | | | living right now! Since we are social beings, one |
| than the quantity. | | | | aspect of this is social support and interaction, |
| In a press release the UK Department of Health | | | | whether it is through acquaintances, friends or |
| said ".... a major cause of type 2 diabetes, high | | | | social groups (e.g. clubs and societies). |
| blood pressure, heart and vascular diseases, | | | | The law of attraction is a belief system that |
| osteoporosis and even some cancers and mental | | | | brings many of the other aspects together in an |
| health problems is inactivity". Action is a natural | | | | approach to living that helps you to achieve any |
| state for the human body and it is impossible to | | | | goal. In brief, if you focus on and strongly believe |
| be inactive and healthy. Anyone that has been | | | | that you will be able to transform your life, you |
| bed ridden for only a few weeks knows that | | | | will do. |
| inactivity causes many problems. For example, | | | | |