Optimism
Optimism has an important place in some, though not all, realms of your life. It is not a panacea. But it can protect you against depression; it can raise your level of achievement; it can enhance your physical well-being; it is a far more pleasant state to be in.
—Martin E.P. Seligman Ph.D.
In addition to being more optimistic, which is truly crucial for your health, there are many other aspects to taking control of your health that we really should address.
Being optimistic is very important, and keeping yourself positive is very important. With every little bit of optimism that you gain, you will improve your health. Here are some ideas to help you accomplish this:
1 . Positive backward Time Travel
2 . Positive Forward Time Travel (visualizations!)
3 . Improve the day, today! (Incantations/Clean
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By the way, you do not want to lose a lot of weight very fast either, that is not a good thing. But I started dropping weight. Over the course of the next year, I was exercising five days a week for about 35 minutes, and I lost 55 pounds. My resting heart rate, which was at about 97, dropped to 59 beats a minute.
For the sake of argument, let us assume that your heart only has so many beats in it. [By the way, why did my heart beat slow? Because exercise makes the heart stronger and that strength allows it to pump more blood with a single beat.] So, assume that your heart only has X number of beats in it in your lifetime, whatever that finite number is. What did I do to my life span by bringing my heart rate down? I extended it.
The moral of this story is that exercise alone can change your weight, and your overall health. I did not diet. I did not change the rest of my lifestyle. I only added 35 minutes of exercise a day for five days a week to my life, and by doing that I lost 55 pounds and I dropped my heart rate down almost 40 beats a
I wanted to lose the weight fast, and losing weight fast isn't healthy. In November, I really started to get the hang of losing weight. I started going online and looking up Calorie Calculators and how much I needed to lose weight. As a man of 5'9" and 210 lbs, I had to eat 1600 calories per day to lose 2 lbs of fat each week.
At first I only made small changes. At first I only made small changes. I started walking around my neighborhood on the weekends. I signed up for a spin class, and even went to see a nutritionist.
I want you to continue to enjoy your life but I also want to help you improve your health so that you are able to live a longer and healthier life. Start by making small adjustments. If you want to snack while watching sports, let us find some healthier alternatives of snacks for you. If you can’t exercise for 30 minutes straight try breaking it into two fifteen minute sessions. If you don’t like walking, try riding a bike, or work outside in the yard.
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Sacrificed Gatsby’s Sentimentality Nick Carraway barges into the kitchen without shame. He was not guilty of interrupting Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby’s intimate talk in view his of petty presence not causing as much as a dent in their intense togetherness. Soon after realizing his insignificance, Nick turns his attention and worriment to Gatsby’s unusual composure. Daisy is in tears over the conversation that just happened between her and her ex-lover, but Nick is more worried about Gatsby’s idle reaction to her transparent distress. Gatsby’s reaction displayed the optimism he bears in pursuance of Daisy’s love.
Nonetheless, individuals who maintain interest and aspiration regardless of failure have a Gritty Growth Mindset. Being a Gritty person with a Growth Mindset enables you to overcome barriers brought by failure. Pushing yourself in order to have a more prominent outcome the next time. Possessing a Growth Mindset while having grit is like looking at the glass half full. Having an Optimistic outlook is key.
The power of positive thinking can lead you to success. “Only very dim people, who have clearly failed to grasp the situation we’re in, aren’t depressed,” – Heather Mallick. Positive means with no possibility of doubt and positivity means the quality or state of being positive. Mallick’s article goes into talking about how we spend more time sitting around, mopping about how something didn’t happen or something depressing happened, than we do rejoicing on the things we have and are lucky to have. An Example of this is The Great Depression, even in the middle of destitution then people found ways to be happy.
Positivity can affect not only one’s self, but those around them as well. In the face of responding to conflict, positivity can reduce stress and anxiety, help health, and provide a better environment. During times of conflict, positivity has been proven to reduce both stress and anxiety. In an article from the Mayo Clinic Staff, they commented that “Indeed, some studies show that personality traits such as optimism and pessimism can affect many areas of your well-being” (Mayo Clinic Staff).
Much has been written lately about how obesity is overtaking . Although some of it is undoubtedly media hype, there is some grain of truth to it. Since we no longer have to farm or do heavy labor to ensure our survival, many of us have taken to a very sedentary lifestyle. As long as you are fit, your weight probably isn 't an issue, but most of us who struggle with our weight also struggle with fitness. Personally, I have watched both my blood sugar and my blood pressure creep up.
Is the glass half full, empty, or is it just a glass with water in it? By simply answering this single question it can place a person into one of three categories: optimistic, pessimistic and realistic. These traits are widely debated as to which is the best mind set to possess and which is the worst. While not everyone can be neatly placed into a category all the time, these three cover the majority of how people tend to deal and see situations. Optimists are the group that see the glass half full.
People can best respond to conflict by staying positive because it affects their physical and mental health in a helpful way and can affect others around you in a positive way. It can help someone greatly in stressful situations when their life could be at risk. Positive thinking is one of the best ways to respond to conflict because it can affect your physical health in a constructive way. The Mayo Clinic Staff states that a positive attitude can, “Increase a person’s life span, can help them build up resistance to the common cold and cardiovascular disease, have better physical well-being, and better cardiovascular health”. Staying positive is somewhat crucial to a person’s health.
The diets also followed the guidelines of what the FDA considers a healthy diet for someone at risk of CVD which is less than 30
Since I have a familial genetic predisposition for heart disease I think it would be beneficial for me to be more active. By using an app on my phone I found out my active minutes every day. During the week when I'm walking around campus I almost always hit my goal. There was a couple days when I was at home on the weekends when I didn't walk very much. Maybe on those days I should go for a walk with my dogs instead of sitting inside.
This empirical study involves the constructs of optimism and resilience and aims to measure the effect of optimism in life on an individual’s resilience levels. Optimism being the independent variable is operationalized as the positive or negative view that one has towards life events while resilience being the dependent variable, is operationalized as the extent one would persist in the face of failure. Optimism (independent variable) would be subjected to manipulation of 2 levels, optimistic and pessimistic, through the usage of a computer-based questionnaire, to evoke positive and negative perspectives of life respectively. Participants would be randomly assigned to one of the conditions, with each member having equal chances to be assigned
Optimism is hopefulness for the future, and, like me, most people get their optimism from their roots, or how they were brought up as a child. My parents would always remind me from a young age that being pessimistic will not help you achieve your goal, so you might as well be optimistic and try. They have always taught me from a young age, and never denied or doubted, that with optimism comes opportunity, and that optimism is, in fact, the key to success. Over the years, I’ve learned that the more optimistic you are, the more creative you can be. With optimistic attitude, one can generate new ideas and create possibilities to move forward faster and more efficiently than at normal times, due to an open mind.
Keeping a positive attitude against different academic problems I have experienced and fighting for my personal goals through believing in myself are some of the reasons I am an optimistic person. It