In this article, you’ll learn about 5 key health numbers, what they mean, and why they’re important to build a foundation for better health.
Know Your Numbers is the first article in the "Get Better Numbers" series. In this series, you’ll learn tips on how to get better numbers - hint: it all starts with tracking your baseline.
Imagine yourself in five, ten, or twenty years. How is your health? Are you active and able to do all the things you did in your youth? Or are you resigned to dealing with chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes?
Now think of how much better you’d feel if you had started taking action today!
When it comes to your health, knowing your numbers is the first step to taking control of your health!
What Are Health Numbers?
Health numbers are measurements that reveal important information about you. Five of these numbers can provide your baseline. Tracking them will gauge your progress toward lasting health.
Find out the TOP 5 HEALTH NUMBERS you need to know & what they mean for your health!
I see people every day who are struggling with health problems. Their first concern is typically high blood pressure; then perhaps it's low energy levels or worries about their weight and its impact on their health.
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Although most recognize the "need" to change their lifestyle, they often don't have the support needed to move the numbers in the right direction.
Year after year cholesterol, blood pressure, or blood sugar increases. Eventually, medication is indicated to control the numbers.
Whether you want to improve your health numbers, lose weight, increase your energy, or reduce your health risks, knowing your key health numbers can help.
What You Need To Do Now
First, determine a specific health goal. It can be to lower your blood sugar, improve your blood pressure, eat a healthy diet, or exercise more. Anything that you believe will move your health forward can be your starting point.
Next, journal your way to health. Track your health numbers, meals, water intake, exercise, and mood in one place. Use your own, or use the Get Better Numbers journal!
Schedule an appointment with your healthcare provider to get your health numbers.
Numbers to ask about include:
- Your Blood Pressure (An average of 3 readings over time is more accurate than a single reading)
- Your Cholesterol (Total Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, Triglycerides)
- Your Blood Sugar (Blood Glucose or Hemoglobin A1C)
- Your BMI (Body Mass Index) - if you have an accurate weight and height, use this calculator
- Your Waist Circumference (you can get this on your own with a proper tape measure - here's how)
As you complete these tasks, write down your numbers. This is your baseline from which you can track progress.
You may find your numbers are all in the normal range. This is fantastic! You will still benefit from following the Get Better Numbers series to improve your overall health and well-being.
Over our lifespan, things change. Aging, environmental changes, hormone fluctuations, genetics, and epigenetics all affect our health. As you can imagine, stress and activity levels also affect our physical and emotional health.
That’s why it's so important to start where you are, in good or poor health, to create habits that will keep you as alert, relaxed, rested, mobile, flexible, strong, and healthy as possible.
Healthy Habits
Change is hard, but the temporary discomfort can lead to lasting rewards.
Start by making small changes in your routine now to make it easier to gain momentum over time. When you start seeing positive changes, your motivation to continue healthy habits grows.
This is a good reason to build healthy habits as early as possible.
In this series of articles, we’ll cover the following topics:
- Know Your Numbers
- Get Better Numbers
- Get Better Sleep
- Get More Exercise
- Get More Peace of Mind
- Get in Rhythm with Nature
- Get Flexible
- Get Balanced
- Get Strong
- Eating Right
Each article will explain why the topic is essential to your health and what steps you can take to maximize the benefits of the suggestions included.
Whether your health is top-notch or you have worries about high blood pressure, high blood sugar, losing weight, or want to exercise more, have less stress, or something else, the Get Better Numbers series of articles will guide you through. Click NEXT ARTICLE below to continue reading.
Welcome to becoming the healthiest version of yourself!
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