Go Barefoot and Live a Healthy Lifestyle

Go Barefoot and Live a Healthy Lifestyle

Picture this! One evening in early March, you go about the last few minutes before bed planning what you are going to do the next day. You have just pulled off your socks, and barefoot for the first time since the morning, you lay out next to your bed the attire you plan to wear the next day. Some hours later, that alarm on your nightstand goes off and craving those few minutes of extra sleep, you hit the snooze one or two times. Finally after battling with your subconscious, you roll out of bed. You pad over to your sink in your bare feet, and wash up, brush your teeth and proceed to get dressed for the day, putting on that jacket and tie, blouse or dress. The time seems to flash by and you realize that you'd better hit the road.

Forgot Your Shoes?

You rush out the door and while waiting for the bus or train, or waiting to receive a package at the UPS office, you casually glance around. Your eyes are drawn to the shmorgasborg of footwear that is surrounding you. A pair of running sneakers paired with ankle socks. Next to that a pair of worn out scuffed up work boots flanked by a pair of jeans. A lady wearing a pair of elegant high heel boots with stockings making her legs appear as they were dipped in a bottle of indian ink. As you shift your stance, you feel your toes bend and as soon as your heel lands softly but unimpeded on the cool pavement, you realize that something is quite not right, but at the same time, it is so right.

You finally force yourself to look down and much to your shock, that your toes are in plain view and between your bare soles and the ground exists nothing in between. Before you tell yourself to snap out of it - it is only your imagination, something brings you back to reality when the lady beside you asks matter-of-factly, "forgot your shoes?"

You look down again and tell yourself that it can't be. But there are your toes staring back up at you. You feel the pavement underneath get colder as your foot feels the reality underneath. You lift up one foot and turn it in to notice your bare sole, now blackened from having not worn any footwear since the night before. You put your bare foot back down and look around again to realize that all those looks of those around you - some chuckles, some in shock or slight smiles - are fixed on your bare feet - quite a rare sight!Not even a pair of socks or the most minimalist footwear like flip flops - your feet in the raw! You feel like you're having one of those nightmares where you are naked in the company of everyone around you that is clothed.

Chances are you may react by clutching the side of your head in disbelief as you utter - "OMG! I can't believe I forgot to put on my shoes and socks! How was I barefoot this whole time?!"

You are ready to panic and dash home if you are close enough to scramble into your shoes and socks. If you are far from home already, you resign yourself to the fact you're somewhat naked - stuck in your bare feet while you toggle through your mind looking for first excuse you can find to tell them that you're going be late for your job or interview - any way to avoid of being seen "GASP" barefoot!

Now rest assured, chances are that since putting on footwear before leaving your home is so routine, it is highly unlikely that this will ever happen to you.

Let's say it did, however. Another feeling comes over you. You shrug and smile at those around you as if to say, "hey, look at that. I'm barefoot on a cool winter day!" It could actually be fun and you may relish in the fact that while others are bundled up, their feet separated from the outside world in their shoes and socks, here you are experiencing full freedom by feeling the cool ground underneath your bare feet.

I know I do. Many times I'm asked if I forgot my shoes. The question tends to be irrelevant since most of the time I don't wear shoes or socks at all.

Sometimes the answer is yes - since I'm so used to having absolutely nothing on my feet, those seldom occasions where I feel that footwear might make a favorable first impression, I'll end up anyway forgetting to bring along my footwear and end up coming to my appointments or meetings barefoot.

But rather than panicking, I end up being thrilled as I look forward to another day of living a healthy lifestyle in my naturally reliable bare feet and go forward with what I was planning to do for the day.

Barefoot as a Healthy Lifestyle

Guys, how many of you enjoy that feeling of getting home after a long day of work, and kicking off your shoes and peeling off those socks? And ladies in those uncomfortable heels, how great a relief is it to relieve your feet of that constraining feeling as well as peeling off those hose! As soon as your feet are breathing and your bare soles hit the floor or carpet, you feel like a new person, right?

Now how about those days when you go to the park or at the beach, you rush to be the first one to ditch your footwear and feel the cool grass under your soles or ocean waves brushing between your toes! Invigorating, right?

Now, just imagine experiencing that relief for an entire day. Your heels, arches, and toes are able happily stretch and breath without the constraints of anything on them. No waiting til you get home to bring your feet back to their natural state - bare - after almost ten nonstop hours in the office, or running around. Just imagine that feeling for an entire day. If you can imagine that, imagine being in that blissful state for multiple days at a time?

If you haven't imagined it, no need to worry, I don't imagine it either since, to begin with I almost never wear any kind of footwear. So rather than using my imagination, I get to live the experience of allowing my bare soles be in contact with every surface uninteruppted 24/7 and live the barefoot healthy lifestyle!

Living A Barefoot Healthy Lifestyle

Many people are realizing the health benefits of going barefoot. There are many articles written, and several health and wellness specialists are highly recommending it.

However, although there is a wealth of resources pertaining to the health benefits of bare feet, it seems that most of Western society looks at it as a something unsanitary, uncivilized and unprofessional while the most fashionable shoes, however uncomfortable and constraining they may be for your feet are seen as sophisticated and fashionable.

For the person who is educated about the benefits of going barefoot and conscious having healthy feet, unless he lives in a barefoot society, this can actually cost him his livelihood and social life. and it is for this reason that I created this site and named it the Barefoot Healthy Lifestyle.

The Barefoot Healthy Lifestyle is more than just about the joys of going barefoot. In this site I provide ideas and examples about how to implement your lifestyle choice. Your lifestyle choice consists of three components:

Health - as this site will show you through the careful research of articles and cases, the health benefits of going barefoot far outweigh the benefits of shoes. You will have the knowledge to present to anyone that challenges your lifestyle.

Wealth - This is a key determining factor about making your lifestyle choice. We all need to put food on the table, pay our bills and support ourselves and our families. But the question is do we need to sacrifice the things we are most passionate about? This will not bring happiness or even wealth. Wealth is not necessarily about having a ton of money and material possessions. Rather it is about having the freedom of choice how you want to live.

Does your work mainly get you by on your daily expenses or are you able to decide on the choice of the lifestyle you want to live.

Since I made the choice to be barefoot every minute of the day, I ruled out the option of a corporate 9-5 job carefully researching my other options and finding many that earn way more income than the 9-5 life.

In other sections in this site I will delve further about how you can earn a substantial income without having to compromise your lifestyle. If fact after you've gone through this site you will have the ability to earn more than the nine to five employee forced to comply with the office dress code

Freedom - Freedom is having the ability to live a lifestyle you want, deal with who you want, where you want and when you want. In living a life based on wages rather then profit, this is next to impossible.

Since freeing my feet and living a healthier lifestyle my goal is to help like-minded people achieve the same goals while accumulating wealth so you will never have to comply with someone else's rules and thus attain the freedom to maintain the lifestyle of your choice!

The Barefoot Healthy Lifestyle promotes the pleasure of being barefoot any time and any place you choose. You will learn and teach others how they can live a not only a healthier more prosperous lifestyle - and of their choice!

So kick off your shoes, take off your socks, flex those bare feet, wiggle your toes, and experience the joys of the Barefoot Healthy Lifestyle!

Weight Loss Tips - Are You Living A Healthy Lifestyle?

In our world there lives a strong fast and convenience food culture and obesity is commonplace. There has never been any other time where the phrase "healthy lifestyle" has been used so frequently. however one persons idea of what constitutes a healthy lifestyle can be quite different to someone else's. We are all different with varying body shapes and medical histories, there can be no one definitive healthy lifestyle.

Generally a person who does not smoke at all or drink too much, has varied and sensible eating habits, takes regular exercise and is not classed as too much under or overweight can be classed as having a healthy lifestyle. You may be looking at that list and thinking that hardly any of those things describe you or your lifestyle, but do not panic as it is never too late to improve your lifestyle and become healthier.

Whatever place you are starting from and no matter how unhealthy you believe your lifestyle is, you can start to improve it by taking a few basic steps. The important thing is that you are honest about your lifestyle, recognise the need for change and crucially start taking action (no matter how small) to improve your lifestyle. This is not something that can or should be done overnight, too many drastic changes all at once will be impossible to maintain and will leave you feeling defeated and frustrated. Improving your lifestyle and then maintaining it should always be a work in progress, something you live by day after day. If you feel too daunted or overwhelmed then you will simply never get started, remember that any journey always starts with a single step. Also beware of the dream killer known as procrastination which lurks behind every good intention. I'll do something about my lifestyle when I'm 40, I'll cut back in the new year or I will start exercising when I have more time. There is never a better time to do something than today.

Here are a few simple things you could start doing now: -

Turn off the TV and go for a brisk walk.

Cut back on the fried food and takeaways.

Eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.

Reduce the portion size of your meals.

Go for a swim or a bike ride.

Drink less alcohol and more water.

Gradually reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke.

Walk to work more often, or park further away from the office.

Go for a brisk stroll during your lunch hour.

Take up a new hobby that involves physical activity.

Cut out a few of your salty and sweet snacks.

Set the alarm half and hour earlier and go for a walk or jog.

Stop eating when you feel full, not bloated.

Play sports with family or friends.

Incorporating a handful of small changes on a daily basis will add up to make a huge difference with your lifestyle. Start thinking more healthy, start doing more healthy things and you will soon have a healthier lifestyle

How to Get Children to Live a Healthy Lifestyle

Children do not like doing what they are told. They never have done and I do not suppose that they ever will. This is a fact of life and there is little point in trying to change things. A youngster will push the boundaries as far as is possible and they find it reassuring to reach the limit of these boundaries. This gives them a feeling that you care about them. However, if you are constantly arguing about their lifestyle then things can become difficult. When you are dealing with how to get children to live a healthy lifestyle, the last thing that you need is confrontation. This can lead to other problems and backfire in the way of eating disorders etc.

Eating habits are a major concern and if you are concerned with how to get children to live a healthy lifestyle then it is one area which must be addressed. Children have a natural desire to eat junk food. To a degree this will do them no harm and if you try to stop this natural instinct you will probably encourage them to pursue it in excess. As long as your child is eating an otherwise healthy and well balanced diet then they will suffer no long term ill effects from the occasional meal or snack of junk food. What you must be keen to avoid is a constant diet of processed and pre-packaged foods. You should try to give them a well balanced and fresh meal every day and make sure that they have healthy snacks for when they get hungry between meals.

Many guidelines have been given as to how to get children to live a healthy lifestyle when it comes to their diet. Some of these are produced by manufacturers of so-called healthy foods. These may include the increasingly large range of healthy option processed foods. Although many of these are an improvement on the original products you may still find that the reduced levels of fat, salt etc are still very high. The best advice is to use as many fresh and natural products as possible and try not to substitute these for processed foods. Many nutrients are negated during the preparing of these meals and are they are often surprisingly low in protein and vitamins and high in salt and fat.

Exercise must obviously be high on the agenda if you are interested to know how to get children to live a health lifestyle. There are ways of getting your children to exercise without them being aware of what you are doing. An enforced two mile jog in the morning is not going to be high on their list of favorite activities on a Saturday, but a dance class may appeal to the girls (or possibly even boys). They may be keen to train with basketball or hockey clubs and any sports such as these should be encouraged. If they are not at all interested in any sporting activities, this does not mean that they can spend all day in front of the television. Vitamin D is a very important nutrient which is becoming lacking in many children's diet. This is produced by the body in response to sunlight. What the children are doing outside does not make any difference just being out in the daylight is what counts.

The need for fresh air and daylight is very much underestimated these days and just playing out with friends is an important example of how to get children to live a healthy lifestyle.