Start a healthy activity program through your community group or church. Working out with friends, sharing healthy exercise tips, and inviting guest speakers can change the entire culture toward healthy living and more movement.

Spend an hour outdoors each week to…

• Pull weeds
• Rake leaves
• Walk the dog
• Learn a new sport
• Work in the garden
• Look for unusual birds
• Dance

Spend all the time you want being outdoors, as it helps you to become more energized, upbeat, and fit. Not to mention, it also increases your movement.

At work, walk and stand more. Instead of email, walk to see your colleagues. Stand while talking on the phone. Use every excuse to get up, walk, and move. Set an alarm and never sit for more than 30 minutes.

Take the next step beyond diet and exercise to embracing wholeness of body, soul, and mind. Positive lifestyle changes are always possible even at an older age, but a long-term view is necessary. Sliding between multiple stages in any given week is perfectly normal.

• Pre-contemplation
• Contemplation
• Preparation
• Action
• Maintenance
• Relapse