All about Lina Lifestyle

Some Guidelines

In guidelines for people of all ages released Wednesday, the WHO emphasized that “every type of movement counts” as people combat sedentary lifestyles, exacerbated by social distancing and the amount of time spent at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Ryan Miller, November 27 2020) https://news.yahoo.com/heres-much-exercise-week-even-163958319.html

Key Words

According to the Cambridge dictionary, the meaning of sedentary means involving little exercise or physical activity. Next, the meaning of exacerbated is to make something that is already bad even worse.

Home Exercise

I find that it is indeed timely that I started getting 7 minutes of home workout that can be done at the comforts of my room. Feeling motivated, I am already in the third season of my 10 day Challenge. The 7 minutes workout video can be conveniently accessed from Youtube anytime of the day that we want to exercise.

It consists of visual and spoken information with clear step by step instruction so anyone with a device from the handphone to the desktop can follow. This enables us to stay safe while understanding how to do lunges, crunches and star jumps within the 7 minutes without going out.

Technology

Through the use of technology, we can overcome the bad effects of the pandemic. Firstly, with the increased time spent at home, a good home workout can combat our sedentary lifestyles involving little exercise or physical activity. Secondly, through the use of social media we can prevent the bad effects exacerbated by social distancing. This is where the common perception is that our exercise and physical activity has to come to a standstill with the limits placed by social distancing.

Even though groups of more than 5 are not allowed to gather, we can stay connected online because technology places no limit on the number of people we can get in contact with. By having our fellow Herbalife members post daily pictures, we exchange health tips and information on our nutrition where the group gets even more social than usual.

Every Movement Counts

I see the use of technology reversing the situation of exacerbating our sedentary lifestyles and am glad to start the week right because “every movement counts” in my home exercise, daily nutritional shakes to supplement the workout and best of all a social group who are likeminded in getting off the couch and away from a sedentary lifestyle.

The World Health Organization

I just read a news article on how the World Health Organization warned that even before the crisis many were getting too little physical activity. In an update of its physical activity guidelines, the UN health agency stressed that exercise was vital to physical and mental health, while sedentary behaviour can have serious repercussions.

What is is worrying considering that even before the crisis, data shows the vast majority of young people and many adults were not active enough, with dire repercussions for global health. The WHO estimates that pushing more people to get off the sofa or office chair to move about more could avert up to five million deaths each year.

“Every move counts.”https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pandemic-not-people-must-stay-225909955.html (Nina Larson, 26 November 2020)

My Reflection on Health

I thought it is timely that I read this article as it confirmed my decision to take active steps to increase my physical activity. For a start, I don’t want to wait till serious repercussions happen .

In the Cambridge dictionary, the definition of repercussion is the effect that an action, event, or decision has on something, especially a bad effect.

Now that the year is coming to an end, I felt that it was vital to make good decisions in response to the serious repercussions brought on by the pandemic. This was by making a decision to have a plan for the next ten days to get off the sofa or bed myself. It was good to join a group who had been accountable to the success of my ten day plan to complete at least 7 minutes of exercise each day.

10 day challenge

By joining the 10 day challenge with my fellow Herbalife Nutrition members, it really got me intrinsically motivated to reverse the bad effect of little physical activity during the pandemic. It got me out of my comfort zone to take the uncomfortable step of beginning the first physical activity. I am one who definitely liked the habitual comforts of the couch more than doing the daily workout.

To take the beginner step, I am glad that all we have to do is post daily pictures of our nutritional shake and another photo of our exercise. These shakes serve to build up the energy level to sustain our exercise. As I took the beginner step, 1 day turned into 10 days forming a season of moving. A season turned into two seasons where every move counts.

Every Move Counts

I believe every move counts. I find that after 20 days I started to experience the good effects my earlier action or decision had in creating an event where I am rewarded with a total of 10 stars for completing a season. Best of all, I get extrinsically motivated to get out of the couch to create good consequences for a community of members who now know I achieved my health goals! The beneficial effects of reaching my health goals became inspirational to the members.

Young people and many adults

Before starting on my health plan and reaching my goals, I belong to the category from the World Health Organization where the “vast majority of young people and many adults were not active enough”. I am glad I was pushed to get off the sofa to avert a possible “dire repercussions for global health”.

Now, I hope to inspire more young people and many adults with my inspirational story with a blog that can have a global audience. I believe with my small action, I can have beneficial consequence for my exercise group which form a community that consist of members from Singapore to Australia.

Global Audience

In conclusion, my dream is to to have global reach for my blog to inspire more people around the world to prevent the dire consequence of lack of activity as stated in the World Health Organization.

Join me on an amazing health journey. You can read a recount of how I personally experienced the outcome of getting active from my November 28 2020 post.

Introduction

I am private tutor who needed to be constantly on the move. I needed all the energy I can get to function well shuttling from place to place on a hectic schedule. For many years I was tired and lethargic and often fall sick. After the coronavirus started to get serious in 2020, I decided to take charge of my health to build my immunity. I constantly go to the park for walks to build my stamina. However, I felt that exercise only helps to a certain extent and seek out a way to eat better.

Virtual Nutrition Club

With the help of a health coach, I understood that health is 80% nutrition and 20% exercise. I was interested in his virtual nutrition club as it is a virtual session to address certain health questions we have. By attending a short half hour Zoom meeting, I managed to glean more information on proteins, sugar and fat to better understand human nutrition. I was thinking of ways to improve my immunity to ward against the common cold and flu that I often get in the colder season of the year.

As I have a sweet tooth I often consume sweet, sugary food. Thus, I have this condition called skinny fat, where it is ironical that I am underweight but my body still consists of fats from all the sweet snacks that I took. I decided that I needed to cut down on food that contribute to these fats.

I started taking Herbalife shakes at the end of October and am pleasantly surprised they are tasty and satisfy my desire for sweet food. Not only are they low in glycemic index, they help build up my energy level as they contain essential proteins and vital micronutrients that are important building blocks for the body.

10 Day Challenge

In the month of November, I took part in 2 seasons of 10 day challenge where we do fitness workouts for at least 7 minutes each day to work out a sweat. On top of that I drank the tasty nutritious shake daily to supplement my exercise routine. I enjoyed their variety of flavors from cookies and cream, French vanilla and mint chocolate. By taking part in the challenge with other participants who posted their exercise goals and health tips, I experience constant positive and encouraging messages everyday. With positivity being a main feature of the challenge which cares for the growth for fellow members, it really inspired me to complete my exercise for all 20 days in total and I never missed a day of workout.

Good Professional Outcome

My energy level increased with a myriad of factors from good nutrition and an excellent community that improve my mood, emotions and mental fortitude. Hence, I stopped procrastinating in achieving my professional goal which is to upskill myself. As a result, I was able to complete my online courses anytime of the day as I felt mentally alert and energized. I managed to do something which I could not do for many years due to my low energy level. I eventually achieve my goals and received four diplomas during the period that I was on the Herbalife programme. I am happier too as I felt confident to have achieved good results ranging from 84 to 93% for my 4 diplomas in a short period of time.

Excellent Health Benefits

All in all , I am glad that I don’t have to visit the clinic again for the common cough and cold like I do every year end season and glad to stay in the pink of health with Herbalife Nutritional programme.