September Is Healthy Aging Month!

Did you know Coco Chanel made a comeback in the fashion world at age 70?!

At age 82, Jane Fonda has pushed through multiple bouts of cancer, and is consistently thinking about what she eats and how she can move her body to stay healthy!

Stan Lee, who is considered the godfather of comics, wrote his first comic book when he was almost 40!

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

– George Eliot

It’s never too late to begin making better health choices!

This isn’t just for those who have made it past half a century. Healthy aging is something to be considered by every person who wants to remain healthy all their life! It’s a matter of knowing the possibilities of health problems that might arise later, and staying on top of screenings and annual exams, and making goals and keeping better habits now! 

Editor of September Is Healthy Aging Month Carolyn Worthington says,

“Use September as the motivation to take stock of where you’ve been, what you really would like to do if money was no object, and try it! Who says you have to do something related to what you studied in school? Who says, you can’t start your own home business later in life, test you’re your physical prowess, or do something wildly different from anything you’ve done before? Only that person you see in the mirror!”

10 Tips for Rein­vent­ing Your­self dur­ing Sep­tem­ber: 

1. Do not act your age or at least what you think your cur­rent age should act like.

   What was your best year so far? 28? 40? Now? Pic­ture your­self at that age and be it. Some peo­ple may say this is denial, but we say it’s pos­i­tive think­ing and goes a long way toward feel­ing bet­ter about your­self. (Tip:  Don’t keep look­ing in the mir­ror, just FEEL IT!)

2. Be pos­i­tive in your con­ver­sa­tions and your actions every day.

   When you catch your­self com­plain­ing, check your­self right there and change the con­ver­sa­tion to some­thing pos­i­tive. (Tip: Stop watch­ing the police reports on the local news).

3. Have neg­a­tive friends who com­plain all of the time and con­stantly talk about how awful every­thing is?

   Drop them. As cruel as that may sound, dis­tance your­self from peo­ple who do not have a pos­i­tive out­look on life. They will only depress you and stop you from mov­ing for­ward. Sur­round your­self with ener­getic, happy, pos­i­tive peo­ple of all ages and you will be hap­pier too. (Tip: Smile often. It’s con­ta­gious and wards off naysayers.)

4. Walk like a vibrant, healthy per­son.

   Come on. You can prob­a­bly do it. Ana­lyze your gait. Do you walk slowly because you have just become lazy or, per­haps, have a fear of falling? (Tip: Make a con­scious effort to take big strides, walk with your heel first, and wear com­fort­able shoes.)

5. Stand up straight!

   You can knock off the appear­ance of a few extra years with this trick your mother kept try­ing to tell you. Look at your­self in the mir­ror. Are you hold­ing your stom­ach in, have your shoul­ders back, chin up? Check out how much bet­ter your neck looks! Fix your stance and prac­tice it every day, all day until it is nat­ural. You will look great and feel bet­ter. (Tip: Your waist­line will look trim­mer if you fol­low this advice.)

6. How’s your smile?

   Research shows peo­ple who smile more often are hap­pier. Your teeth are just as impor­tant to your good health as the rest of your body. Not only is it the first thing peo­ple notice, but good oral health is a gate­way to your over­all well-being. (Tip: Go to the den­tist reg­u­larly and look into teeth whiten­ing. Noth­ing says old more than yel­low­ing teeth!)

7. Lonely?

   Stop brood­ing and com­plain­ing about hav­ing no friends or fam­ily. Do some­thing about it now. Right this minute. Pick up the phone, land­line, or cell and make a call to do one or more of the fol­low­ing: Vol­un­teer your time, Take a class,  Invite some­one to meet for lunch, brunch, din­ner, or cof­fee. (Tip: Vol­un­teer at the local pub­lic school to stay in touch with younger peo­ple and to keep cur­rent on trends, take a com­puter class or a tuto­r­ial ses­sion at your cell phone store to keep up with tech­nol­ogy, choose a new per­son every week for your din­ing out.)

8. Start walk­ing

   not only for your health but to see the neigh­bors. Have a dog? You’ll be amazed how the dog can be a con­ver­sa­tion starter. (Tip: If you don’t have time for a dog, go to your local ani­mal shel­ter and vol­un­teer. You will be thrilled by the puppy love!)

9. Make this month the time to set up your annual phys­i­cal and other health screen­ings. Go to the appoint­ments and then, hope­fully, you can stop wor­ry­ing about ail­ments for a while.

10. Find your inner artist.

    Who says tak­ing music lessons is for young school chil­dren? You may have an artist lurk­ing inside you just wait­ing to be tapped.  Have you always wanted to play the piano, vio­lin, or tuba? Have you ever won­dered if you could paint a por­trait or scenic in oil? What about work­ing in wood? (Tip: Sign up now for fall art or music classes and dis­cover your inner artist!)

Vista Healthcare Provides Everything You Need To Maintain Excellent Health Throughout Your Life. Come In For An Annual Wellness Exam, Preventative Screenings, And To Discuss Any Health Concerns To Stay On Top Of Your Health.

Find Out Your Family’s Health History And See If There Is Anything You Can Do To Prevent Possible Health Conditions And Concerns.

We want to help you age in the healthiest way possible and improve your quality of life now and into the future.

Come into our office today to see what prevention screenings and services can help you looking and feeling your best!

Sources: healthyaging.net

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