ow to get in shape and stay in shape? Do something different this year! Do you run? Then start dancing! Do you dance? Try Cardio Kickboxing! Are you a kick-boxer? Why not try yoga! Sit on the couch a lot? Lift your legs!! Commit to exercise as a part of your daily life for the rest of your life.Here are Ten Healthy Tips for your Mind, Body, and Spirit:

• Start slowly! Exercise is a long term, that is, a lifetime commitment; setting unrealistic goals will only set you up for failure.
  
• Choose an activity that's fun! You will want to stick to it.
  
• Notice small results and be happy! Small results are soon big results that encourage you to keep going to achieve your daily exercise goals.
  
• Be conscious! Choose healthy food that pleases your palate. Find choices you particularly like. Switch your thought from candy bar to a natural fruit and cereal bar.
  
• Take three minutes each day to sit quietly and meditate. Try and choose the same convenient time each day. After one week, try adding one minute per day.
  
• Drink one glass of water in the morning, and the afternoon and the evening.
  
• Choose to keep your mind active! Learn something new, something you've always wanted to learn. Definitely let new ideas enter your mind while thinking positive!
  
• Breathe consciously! When you exercise, breathe consciously. When you are quiet, breath consciously. When you wake up first thing in the morning, take a deep breath!
  
• Think positive - it reduces stress and it builds confidence and well-being.
• Say thanks to the power of your life - the earth, yourself, someone.

For decades I have seen people make resolutions to exercise but by the third day, the third week or the third month, they have fallen off the bandwagon. So, do something different this year! Replace old habits with at least one new healthy habit that you know will stick. Make sure it's something that attracts you. View exercise as equally important to your daily health as brushing your teeth on a daily basis. Exercise can improve your over all well being, including your physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and psychological well being. So start with ten minutes a day, guaranteed to jump-start you toward a regular twenty-to-thirty minute exercise program three times a week. So get up and get moving!