Activity = Happy and Healthy You

Getting physical activity is very good for your body as it is something that gets your body moving and blood flowing. I know it is hard to always get a lot of exercise-especially with busy schedules, but try to get a little exercise everyday to help keep your body healthy!

School Craze

I know what it is like to have a jam packed schedule, with numerous activities one after the other. I also know that it is sometimes hard to get a healthy snack between everything. Though did you know that if you eat something healthy it will give you even more energy to do the activities you love. Try taking an apple or carrots to have as part of your snacks between activities, and that way you’ll be getting a nutritious value  from the food.

As you run from place to place you want to make sure that your body has enough protein and nutrition in it to keep you full and from getting sick from not eating enough then exercising. Remember to try to eat healthy food between activities. 

RECIPES 1

Most of my recipes will be recipes that are not sandwiches because i will give you daily updates of recipes of things that i daily take for lunch. I will start daily updates starting on August 28th.

RECIPE 1

Simple Vegetable Spring Rolls

INGREDIANTS

1 package of rice paper

1 bell pepper (any color)

1 cucumber

bean sprouts

lettuce

What to do: Take out 1 piece of rice paper and soak in a pie pan filled with warm water for about 10-15 seconds. Next, take your rice paper out of the water and lay flat on a plate. Then, place your lettuce on the rice paper, then add cucumber slices, bell pepper slices and finally the bean sprouts. Finally, fold up the bottoms of you rice paper and then the sides. 

                                                                      Now Enjoy

 

                                                             Picture to come soon!

School Lunches

Well the solution to having a healthier lunch is to bring one. Now you don’t have to bring a big fancy lunch, it can be something real simple as long as it is nutritious. On my blog I will daily give you ideas for what you can bring to school for lunch. Now i’m not saying that you have to completely eliminate chips or snacks from your lunch just make sure to have a balanced diet with fresh and nutritious foods, a little bit of junk food once in a while won’t kill you.

                                           Just remember to have a balanced diet.

The Back To School Swing

Its that time of year that most kids dread it’s time to head back to school. You know what that means the dreadful school lunches… School lunches can be really bad tasting- but even worse then that most of them are really bad for you. They are mainly processed or frozen foods that are being heated up and served to you. Worst of all most schools DO NOT have fresh fruits and vegetables out for kids to be able to get. There are solutions so check out my next blog entry and see what you can do to have better school lunches.

Ways To Make Healthy Living Fun

There are many ways that you can make healthy living fun! Lets begin with exercise because that is one of the most important and key things when trying to live healthier. To make it fun you should join sports teams either with a local club or with your school. Sports teams are a way that help you start to make the changes to go healthy, and they are lots of fun. They are really fun because you soon make lots of friends and when you are having so much fun with your friends you won’t even realize that your doing something to help your health. Next if you don”t join a sports team you should find a friend or/and get your whole family on board and do family activities such as hikes or biking to stay active and become a motivator! 

Remember to do it with friends or family members so that you will have lots of fun while being healthy!

                                                   Remember you can only improve!

How To Be Healthier

There are five main things that will help you be healthier.

1. Daily eat servings of both fruits and vegetables.

2. Get exercise at least 3 times per week for 30 minutes.

3. Drink enough water to stay hydrated

4. Get enough sleep daily so that you will be fresh and full of energy in the morning.

5. Cut back on sweets, junk foods, and sodas.

What Is The Kids Movement

The kids movement is a “by kids for kids” movement to empower all kids to make healthy behavior changes and become leaders in their communities for healthy eating and physical activity.

There are three things that we are doing to get kids involved in the kids movement engaging, educating, and activating.

Engaging- Take the pledge to go healthy by logging on to www.igohugo.org or healthiergeneration.org.

Educate- teaching kids about the problem and telling them a  solution.

Activate-  The Youth Advisory Board and the kids community are ways to get involved where kids can learn the key to health living

Who Is The Alliance And What Are They Doing

The Alliance For a Healthier Generation is an organization made up of the William J Clinton Foundation and The American Heart Association.

Our goal is to STOP the rise of obesity by 2010 and REVERSE the trend by 2015. Our other goal is to inspire all young people across this country to eat healthy and get exercise so that they can live a healthy life  and make sure to do their lives hopes and dreams.

The alliance works in four different areas in schools, with industries, health care providers, and most importantly with kids through the kids movement

Why I Created This Blog

My name is Carson Miller and I am 12 years old and am on  the Alliance For a Healthier Generations Youth Advisory Board. I created this blog so that I can keep you updated on my events and be able to share my ideas with you on how you can live a healthier life style.