Here are 10 tips to help you achieve 150 minutes of physical activity in a week, and to help you live a healthy lifestyle. See how many you can do in one week:
- Make an exercise game out of your favourite TV show, so every time a catchphrase is used you have to do 10 jumping jacks, etc.
- Volunteer to be a referee or coach for a local youth sports team
- Pay attention to recommended serving sizes
- Start a jogging group
- Order dressing on the side of salads
- Go on the haunted walk in downtown Kingston
- Incorporate games with movement into activities with friends, for example Twister or charades
- Make easy healthy meals using a crock pot and freeze extra servings for another meal
- Organize a fun sport tournament with friends
- Take advantage of the equipment desk at the ARC, whether its sport- or exercise-related