What is the importance of exercise for a healthy life?

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Sitting for long hours will eventually lead to low physical activity, and makes your life more sedentary. It leads to slow recovery or over-burnout. If it is a stressful job, then body recovery does not happen. So now you know how physical activity is important, and start from now.

1. Do not make drastic changes in life, or take a restricted diet which you may not be able to sustain for long. Start with small goals, like 3000 steps a day or having four glasses of water, and it can be customized as per your lifestyle and needs.

2. Check for your blood reports, and vitamin screening with hemoglobin, which can lead to low energy levels, and low metabolism, which can lead to weight gain. I also suggest checking your vitamins like B12 and vitamin D.

3. Check for the obesity stage by calculating your BMI (body mass index, a method to calculate obesity where a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters), with no random calculations or assuming to be obese.

4. Identify lifestyle changes, or stress factors because you have not mentioned more details to guide you more on it.

I also have details of age, height, and weight to help you further, but I can help you here with a few changes to start with.

1. Get up and stretch yourself every 45 minutes to one hour, as sitting for long can be damaging to our posture. At work, walk the length of the office every hour or two to keep your back happy, your muscles supple, and your blood circulating.

2. Indulge into some deep breathing exercises, it will help you keep calm or even put you to sleep. Practicing some pranayam (a yogic practice of focusing on breath) can surely help here.

3. Plan your week in advance, so that your traveling time becomes your rest for the day.

4. Use the long corridors and long waits for a quick brisk walk in airports or stations. Take stairs, rather than escalators. After all, you have to sit for hours for work. So make the most of the time you have while you wait at the station.

5. If using a car, then park your car away from the destination, and try to walk.

After 15 days of being active, start with a small home-based workout, like five minutes of spot-jogging, five minutes of stretching, five minutes of brisk walking, two minutes of leg raises, five push-ups, etc. then gradually go back to adding weights, etc. Last, but not least, a timely break from work, in terms of a small vacation is more important, and remember your early 20s. Follow your hobbies again, and do not get stuck in the work cycle.

I hope this information helps provide some insight into your symptoms.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any further questions or concerns.

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