Blue Zones® Home Checklist: Health and Wellness Blog

According to Blue Zones Projects, gadgets & gizmos designed to make our lives easier engineered much of the physical activity out of our lives. This translates into Americans burning 120-140 calories less each day or 12-15 fewer pounds each year! The original Blue Zones® environments are designed to encourage movement without them even thinking about it. Research shows that by moving naturally-standing, walking and talking-we can burn up to 350 more calories each day. The Blue Zones® Home Checklist will help you evaluate your current living environment and suggest some simple changes for a bigger impact on your health over time. To download Blue Zones Home Checklist: Log-in to www.bluezonesproject.com, click here, Choose Habitat, Scroll down to find the Home Checklist, Click Pledge To Do This, and download the Blue Zones Home Checklist as indicated by the arrows below. By Pledging, you're helping your community move closer to achieving Blue Zones Community™ certification.

I noticed that I disagreed with a handful of the suggestions based on my personality, my family, my physical abilities, etc. Fortunately, I also found some great, easy suggestions including one that I have already incorporated in my life: push mowing the lawn. I welcome most activities that allow me to exercise, complete a chore, pray, and get my vitamin D all at the same time :). I miss mowing this summer because of our drought so I looked for other ways to exercise outdoors – walks with friends, bike rides with my husband, planks on my patio. Since most outdoor movement this summer has resulted in a lot of sweat, my husband and I have made sure to rehydrate and replace those electrolytes we lost in a natural way – just like many of the RAGBRAI riders this week. Considering I may not have the chance to mow again for a while, I would love your suggestions for fun ways to move naturally outdoors.

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