Celebrate Health at Any Size

Preferred Care cares about helping you live a healthy life, which starts with the way you look at your food, your weight and your lifestyle. Here are some live-well ideas to keep in mind to help you enjoy a healthier life!

Enjoy Living Actively

• Be active your way, every day
• Move for the sheer joy of it, for time spent with family, friends, and nature
• Make physical activity a natural part of your life, because it makes you feel good
• Be creative - enjoy movement throughout the day 
• Enjoy the benefits - increase your energy, relieve stress, sleep better, strengthen bones, improve your health and resistance to illness
• Remember that fitness, not your weight, is the key to living well
• Share the benefits of living actively with family and friends. Have more fun!

Enjoy Healthy Eating 

• Take pleasure in eating - celebrate, enjoy, taste, savor
• Enjoy a balance of the 5 food groups: grains, fruits, vegetables, meat and proteins, milk and cheese
• Emphasize regular meals and include the foods you like
• Listen to your body - pay attention to when you're actually hungry, and when your body is full
• Learn to like new foods - enjoy variety
• Maintain a stable, diet-free lifestyle
• All foods can fit - there are no "bad" foods, but there are "once in a while" foods
• Enjoy more family meals and home cooking instead of eating out

• Take a look at our healthy Weight Loss Tips.
• For more about Healthy Eating, visit our Health Encyclopedia.

Posted: January 2005