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Vera Vanicek
Vera Vanicek is VP of Marketing for The Beach Collection, Inc., in Hollywood, Florida. Vera promotes an active lifestyle through her line of beach gear at http://www.animaltowels.com. Learn how to become fit at http://www.alienstyles.com/Links.htm

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The Secret to Lifetime Fitness

By Vera Vanicek | Published 11/28/2005 | Health | Unrated
I consider myself a fit person. Of course, I am not a professional, world class athlete either, but I have learned a few things about fitness and how to achieve a “feel good/look good“ level that I am happy with. I used to be sporadically active in my early 20s, until a few years back I decided it was time to take fitness seriously and make the necessary changes. My motivation? Envy. Yes, I was envious because my boss - a woman much older than me-looked younger than her age and said she felt great after her workouts! I was never obese, maybe only slightly overweight, but I wanted to look and feel good, so I embarked on a journey of discovery.

I have a co-worker who wants to do the same: she’s about 40 pounds overweight and only about 4’ 11“ tall. It breaks my heart to see her struggle and fall prey to the latest “fad“ or “diet“ to hit the market. She spends money on gym memberships and “diet clubs“ that charge her for so-called “advice“ and food. So I decided to give her big “secret“ to a lifetime of fitness. You want to know what it is? Ok, here it goes:

FITNESS EDUCATION

I mean your fitness education. You, my dear reader, have to educate yourself if you have decided you want to live a fit life. And let me define what I mean by fit, or, better yet, what I don’t mean by fit. I don’t mean:

· Spending hours at the gym everyday

 
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