A "30-Day Challenge" program launched by the Federal Youth Foundation, aims to create a journey towards positive change that leads to modifying the behavioral pattern of individuals, and making them more committed to healthy food systems, as well as to the sport system by walking daily more than 1000 steps at least. Participants in this program were able to achieve records during the month of the challenge, whether in terms of weight loss, or even commitment to sports, which prompted those in charge of the challenge to plan to continue the program, and try to develop it more.

Healthy life

The founder of the challenge, a member of the Al Ain Youth Club, Hamdan bin Shafian Al Ameri, said: “More than 160 participants applied to participate in the challenge, and 30 participants were selected, and they were divided into three groups, with the aim of achieving a healthy lifestyle formation through several criteria, the most important of which is sports. And nutrition, as participants are supervised by providing feeding schedules, and that at the end of each week a party is held to crown the accomplishments of the participants. He pointed out that the subscribers achieved distinct numbers showing the impact of the program in terms of kilograms, as they lost a total of 65 kilograms and a million steps, and some individuals have achieved distinct numbers, including 5,000 steps, so the changes that affected their lives are very many. Al-Amiri emphasized that the results obtained by the participants in this challenge, which is held under the auspices of the Al Ain Youth Council, and the Life Fitness Group, are distinguished in terms of the change that affects their daily and health lives, praising the efforts of the volunteers, namely Ala Al-Shafi’i, Khadija Al Hosani, Hessa Al-Nuaimi, Shahd Al-Sumairi, Hussain Al-Husseini, and behind Al-Kaabi.

Health data

Al-Amri noted that the most important health data is taken from the participants, and daily follow-up is taken after that in terms of the amount of water and foods eaten and the steps they have taken, knowing that this competition is done remotely, indicating the diversity of nationalities participating in the challenge, as well as the age groups that ranged between 18 and 35 years old, who are subject to nutritional guidelines provided by a dietitian, with a feature asking questions through a link that does not clarify the identity of the questioner, which makes the identity of the person very confidential.

The first batch of the challenge will be graduated on the 27th of this month, and there will be a program designed to ensure continuity in work. Al-Amri stressed that a challenge guide has been designed, hoping to develop the idea to be available through a smart application, especially that the subscribers have been able to reach to achieve their goals through The program, especially that some people mentioned being bullied due to being overweight, and the challenge helped them achieve their dream, gained more confidence, and became more able to challenge bullying.

Wrong habits

Dr. Wael Musa, a specialist in nutrition and food science, said: “Through the weekly program, I offer lectures aimed at changing behaviors. A lot of wrong eating habits have been changed, and positivity is built in the hearts of subscribers, away from negativity in dealing with a lot of things. ». He stressed that some have achieved great results in this challenge, some of whom lost 13 kg of weight.

He stressed that the obsession among people is losing weight quickly without looking at the method, then wrong systems are relied upon, including those that depend on fruit or "keto", which are harmful in the long run, noting that it depends on reducing calories, which Lead to healthy weight loss. Dr. Moussa stressed that he mainly depends on changing habits, pointing out that the problem of changing habits is the lack of continuity after the change. There are a set of things that help in changing habits, including the environment and the environment, as well as pleasure, because the reward from these systems is fast.

Late sleep

As for most of the wrong behaviors, Dr. Moussa noted that it is represented in late sleep and late dinner, as they lead to a change in the metabolism in the body, especially if the vigil was associated with the habit of eating, especially small and high-calorie snacks, stressing the importance of Eat dinner early to be light, because the body at night does not work much to lose calories.

Dr. Moussa considered that the current era is the age of the image, and self-confidence stems from the good image, including the ideal strength and healthy weight, explaining that the shape affects the psyche by 90%, and that these programs and platforms are very important, in order to provide good advice and distinct content, especially that there are Celebrities on social media provide a lot of misinformation, and it is important to change negative habits, there are excellent books, and the current era carries awareness on health issues.

Experience with change

Emirati Khalid Al-Muhammadi participated in the challenge, because he searched for an opportunity to reconsider his health, and in the sports field specifically, especially since the quarantine period was accompanied by an increase in weight, indicating that he worked through the challenge to reach the weight that he had always aspired to Reach it, and lose the weight it gained during the stone. He considered that he is a person who loves to challenge, and for this he participated in this program, especially that he did not take enough quantities of water and started drinking more than three liters of water. Al-Muhammadi gave up laziness in his life, and fast foods, so he ate healthy foods, even on the open day he eats healthy food, in addition to healthy sleep and at the right time.

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