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Activities Promoting Healthy Aging

Lack of activities can prevent you from living healthy. When you do not enjoy    activities, you may feel fatigue or find it difficult to sleep at night. When    you awake in the morning, you may feel tired until you finally fall asleep. As weage our body change and we have to make changes to accommodate our lives.

Having a good night sleep makes the mind think more clearly. A good night sleep  also boosts your energy while controlling your weight. You can also make         decisions with less stress. Sleeping well at night makes our immune system       stronger to keep us healthier.  Researchers have proved that a good nights sleep is necessary for our health.  Researchers have found that lack of sleep reduces  the growth hormones in our bodies, since it changes muscles to fat. Sleep overall is most important, yet it stands behind activities. To improve your health, try walking each day. 

Walking will help to loosen our muscles, reduces stress and depression along with anxiety. By reliving these things, it will help us to sleep for a longer and    deeper period.  So, when we wake up in the morning we feel happier and more      rested.

When you exercise, you get a good night sleep, which promotes metabolism. Without the right amount of sleep, our bodies crave energy. Our body will release       insulin or glucose into the bloodstream, which slows down metabolism. This action causes the body to gain weight, rather than control weight.  

When a person feels exhausted, they will feel weak and repressed from enjoying   activities. This leads to additional problems. Sleeping right balances out our   bodies giving us, more energy leading to more activities that will satisfy our   sleep needs.

What to avoid: 
To rest proper and feel active you must reduce your intake of caffeine, nicotine, harmful chemicals, such as over-the-counter meds that keep you awake, alcohol   and so on. The chemicals and substances will keep you awake. Try to avoid        drinking anything after 8 p.m. in the evening. Nicotine should be avoid if       possible, yet if you must smoke try to avoid smoking after 8 p.m. 

Start a walking program in the morning to help wake you up, while boosting your  energy. You will feel better since the joints will feel flexible enough to move  freely. In addition, walking will help you burn fat and calories. You’ll notice a big change in how you feel the rest of the day.  Start out walking at a slow    steady pace for as far as your comfortable.  Each day pick up the pace a bit and walk further. Just remember when walking that you want to work up to a steady    brisk walk to make you sweat but not out of breath. Take a short walk before and after meals to calm your nerves, and burn calories too, it will give you energy, relieve that stress from the long day and help you sleep.

If you start a walking program for yourself, it is a lot more fun if you have    someone to go with you. Talk to that neighbor you don’t know and maybe they’ll   walk with you. Just think about it; you’ll be acquainted with someone new, talk  about new things will relieve stress and get in you exercise as well. This might help that neighbor too who maybe hasn’t seen or talked to anyone in a couple of  days and than they can sleep better at night. 

After walking that brisk walk your doing be sure to cool down. When walking at a vigorous pace your heart rate will go up and it needs to be back to normal. Just walk a bit slow and relaxing until you’ve cooled down. 
If you can’t go to sleep at night instead of getting up and turning on the TV try pacing around the house. Do some stretching and shake your arms and legs. Even  walking around the house can relax you especially when everyone else is in bed   and you can relax more.

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