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hi this is Anita from Reluctant Low Carb
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Life you know one of the things that we
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talk about in Reluctant Low Carb Life is
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what we call the trifecta of health
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which is basically about eating food
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that is fresh eating foods that help you
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feel full longer so you're not hungry
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and then also fitness and so the
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question we want to answer today is you
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know how can you um exercise without
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going to the gym and this is the
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question that a lot of people ask like
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what let's say I don't want to go to the
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gym i don't have time to go to the
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gym some people just don't like the gym
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they consider it a bother other people
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really love going to the gym so what are
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some things you can do without going to
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the gym well you can start you know at
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home you can start with walking you can
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you know start to build a habit walk
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around the block do um stair sessions at
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home this is really a big one you can go
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up and down stairs you know at home even
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if you have a two-story house you maybe
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a basement and a tops floor you know
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that could be um three flights you can
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go up and down those you know five six
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seven eight times and to be able to get
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lots of stairs in you can dance it out
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you can do a dance workout i just saw a
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dance company that came here and and
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really they you know it was great
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watching them dance you could you could
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have see a dance you know you could
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dance it out if you like to dance you
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can do your body weight routine you can
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have some weights at home where you can
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do some weight lifting at home like 10
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squats 10 wall um um 10 wall push-ups
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you know 20 marches in place you know 10
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standing on each leg and raising your
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leg uh then you can walk again you can
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look at um YouTube there's some great uh
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things that you can find now on YouTube
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where you can basically just follow
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along with a teacher or class if
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you're interested in that because you
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don't have to go to a gym you can just
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follow along with them on YouTube you
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can continue with this you know for each
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each week you can just add on a little
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bit more to each of it you can um do
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yoga at home i do a lot of yoga at home
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get yourself a mat and do some yoga at
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home you could um you know you could get
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up march in place each time there's a TV
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commercial you could do 10 squats every
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time you use the restroom every time you
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brush your teeth you could decide to
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stand on one leg throughout your
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toothbrushing you can clean the house at
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high speed like do like vacuum cardio uh
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you can do wall sits even while brushing
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your teeth you can stretch before going
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to bed you can walk your dog to a
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neighbor's house you can park further
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away from the store entrance so you have
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to walk more you can do walking errands
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instead of driving or you can ride your
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bicycle instead of driving if the
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weather's good enough you can take the
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stairs and skip the elevator wherever
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you can and you could try yard work and
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gardening some of your tips for staying
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motivated without a gym for you a lot of
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times you know gyms help people to stay
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motivated if you're with a group maybe
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you feel a little bit more motivated if
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you if you go to the same place and you
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see the same people maybe it helps you
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feel a little bit more motivated each
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time you go you you could start small
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sometimes 10 minutes is enough to form a
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habit track it use a notebook or an app
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or some kind of wall calendar track it
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down so you know what you're doing um
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use music have a personal playlist or
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listen to a podcast or or do something
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that you enjoy doing and say instead of
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just you know lying down and doing this
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I'm going to actually do this while I'm
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moving invite someone else make it be
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accountable to somebody else to make it
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easier uh be flexible if you miss a day
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don't be guilty just get back to it you
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know different things can count as
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exercise things like walking dancing
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cleaning gardening stretching playing
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with the kids or pets and doing home
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workouts they can all count as different
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forms of exercise but the main thing is
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to be able to get moving if you can make
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it part of your day then it really helps
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there's a lot of health benefits for it
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is you know exercise has been shown to
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improve your mood it can support weight
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loss it uh boasts your um heart health
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it strengthens your muscles and your
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bones it improves your sleep it can
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lower stress it builds energy and
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confidence so you don't need to really
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break records you don't need to decide
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you're going to run a marathon today you
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just need to get up and just start
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moving this is Anita from Reluctant Low
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Carb Life we've hope you've enjoyed this
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little tidbit that you will find a way
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to use it in your life that whatever it
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is whether it's just you get up and when
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the you know if you're watching TV the
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TV commercial comes on you get up and
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you do those squats throughout the
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entire TV commercial that is a start
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whatever it is just get started thank
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you so much for listening we truly do
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