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    The road to fitness and better health can be the best journey you'll ever embark upon! Whatever your age and current condition is, chances are you can enjoy even better health. Losing weight and getting in shape fast are realistic goals almost anyone can reach . Start today on your journey to better health and a healthy lifestyle!

    Eat Healthy, exercise more and lose weight fast! Thousands of hard-working folks - just like you - have made the healthy choice. They are spending  30 minutes a day just four or  five  times per week exercising. Try these tips for  improving your health and level of fitness:

1. Start every day with a healthy breakfast.
   Breakfast fills your "empty tank" to get you going after a long night without food. And it can help you do better in school. Easy to prepare breakfasts include cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, yogurt with fruit, whole-grain waffles or even last night's pizza!
   
   
2. Get Up and Get Moving!
   It's easy to fit physical activities into your daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to see friends. Take a 10-minute activity break every hour while you read, do homework or watch TV. Climb stairs instead of taking an escalator or elevator. Try to do these things for a total of 30 minutes every day.
   
   
3. Enjoy Healthy Snacks.
   Snacks are a great way to refuel. Choose snacks from different food groups - a glass of low-fat milk and a few graham crackers, an apple or celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins, or some dry cereal. If you eat smart at other meals, cookies, chips and candy are OK for that occasional snack! Its OK to cheat once in a while!
   
   
4. Sweat!
   Vigorous work-outs - when you're breathing hard and sweating - help your heart pump better, give you more energy and help you look and feel best. Start with a warm-up that stretches your muscles. Include 20 minutes of aerobic activity, such as running, jogging, or dancing. Follow-up with activities that help make you stronger such as push-ups or lifting weights. Then cool-down with more stretching and deep breathing.
   
   
5. Balance your food choices - don't eat too much of any one thing.
   You don't have to give up foods like hamburgers, french fries and ice cream to eat healthy. You just have to be smart about how often and how much of them you eat. Your body needs nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, fat and many different vitamins and minerals such as vitamins C and A, iron and calcium from a variety of foods. Balancing food choices from the Food Guide Pyramid and checking out the Nutrition Facts Panel on food labels will help you get all these nutrients.
   
   
6. Get fit with friends or family.
   Exercise is more fun when you enjoy it with friends or family. Encourage others to join you and plan one special physical activity event, like a bike ride or hiking, with your family or friends each week.
   
   
7. Eat more whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
   These foods give you carbohydrates for energy, plus vitamins, minerals and fiber. Besides, they taste good! Try breads such as whole-wheat, bagels and pita. Spaghetti and oatmeal are also in the grain group. Bananas, strawberries and melons are great tasting fruits. Try vegetables raw, on a sandwich or in your salad.
   
   
8. Join in the fun at school or work.
   Whether you take a physical education class or do other physical activities at school, such as intramural sports, structures activities are a sure way to feel great, look good and stay physically fit. Try a new sport - join a basketball team or head out for some fun playing tennis!
   
   
9. Foods aren't always good or bad.
     Healthy eating can seem like a puzzle with many parts. Each part -- or food -- is different. Some foods may have more fat, sugar or salt while others may have more vitamins or fiber. There is a place for all these foods. What makes a diet good or bad is how foods fit together. Balancing your food choices is important to getting the nutrution you need for better fitness. Fit in a higher-fat food, like pepperoni pizza, at dinner by choosing lower-fat foods at other meals. Moderation is the key. If two pieces of pizza fill you up, pass on a third.
   
   
10. Make healthy eating and physical activities fun!
    Take advantage of physical activities you and your friends enjoy doing together and eat the foods you like. Be adventurous - try new sports, games and other activities as well as new foods. You'll grow stronger, play longer, and look and feel better! Set realistic goals - don't try changing too much at once.

    You can enjoy life more. You can have more energy for all life's fun pursuits.  If losing weight is one of your goals - the quickest way to lose weight is with exercise and healthy eating! Just twenty or thirty minutes, four or five days a week can help you lose weight and keep it off! You can have a sculpted, muscular body that others will admire. Are you ready to make the change and start building the kind of body you've been wanting?

   Start today - start getting in shape. Make time in your busy schedule for exercise.  Improve your diet - start eating healthy foods!