Amish walk twice as much as other Americans

I was on a Facetime group call with a group of friends and the topic of happiness came up. Someone mentioned that he saw a fact that the Amish walk 18,000-26,000 steps a day compared to 8,000 steps for the general American.

The Amish have been shown to be happier and have lower rates of being overweight or obese. Yes, their lifestyle makes this happen.

Just one difference in lifestyle can make a huge difference on overall health and it got me thinking of ways to be happier and healthier.

I am sharing a few of my thoughts with you.

1. Their diet is not low-carb or low-fat but includes refined sugar, meats, potatoes, etc. They just offset this diet with higher physical activity. Therefore, if you can’t offset your diet with physical activity, then re-think your diet.
2. The Amish do not rush-rush-rush. Something to consider with our commutes, lunch breaks and back-and-forth wheeling our children around. I don’t know about you, but I’m not happy when I have to rush.
3. The Amish reject technology. It would be extremely hard to live without our current technology but what if you could cut back just a little…just an hour here or there. Your phone gives you weekly updates on usage — check it and make a goal to cut back 10% over the next month.

Majority of us (including me) cannot live the Amish lifestyle. But, we can take a few pointers from our neighbors to help us be happier and healthier.

If you are having trouble being more active in general or walking more, feel free to come in to see us. This is really what we do everyday.

We help you continue to live an active lifestyle so you can use technology, eat not so great and rush-rush-rush around in our suburb vehicles.

And we do this in 1 on 1 hour appointment slots. How unusual and cool is that in the rush-rush-rush healthcare society?

Our sessions with you = less rush, more physical activity and no unnecessary technology.

Sounds like we took a chapter out of the Amish when we created our services.