Movement is an opportunity, no an inconvenience

It is great to live in a society where things are so easy to come by: going to the supermarket for food, strolling
through the mall for clothes, even our electricity and hot water can be turned on and off by the flick of a switch.  With things so accessible these days, life tends to become busier and busier, as people try and cram more things into a single day. Does this in turn decrease our physical activity levels?

For some people, it really comes down to a need for a lifestyle and attitude change. Try and slow down your life a bit and do things step by step. The human body is designed to move, so you should move it. Next time you’re in the shopping centre, ditch pushing around one big trolley full of groceries, and try shopping with the hand basket three times a week instead of once a week as you would with the trolley.

The ongoing water restrictions are another example of seeing an activity as an opportunity to move, and not just an inconvenience. If you’ve always wanted to wash your car, you can still do it with a bucket on designated days.  It is interesting to see that we are probably saving water partly due to people not being bothered to use bucket water as the regulations do not specify how many buckets of water we are limited to each time.

So get into the frame of mind for a good workout, and use the bucket to do some long overdue cleaning and
watering!

Article written by Kevin Su, Diabetes Australia Queensland, http://www.daq.org.au/