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Hello, my name is Rebecca Berenstein. I am here to talk to you about fitness and how important fitness is to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Having a healthy lifestyle can be very rewarding. Some of these rewards include being healthy, being happier, and being less stressed which I know is a very big problem these days. So, what is fitness? Fitness is the condition of being physically fit and healthy. There are many components that make up fitness. These components include regular exercise, good nutrition, and healthy hours of sleep. There are lots of ways to accomplish this. They include joining a team, exercising by yourself, going to a gym, etc. And lastly, fitness comes with infinite rewards. Perhaps the biggest award being an overall healthy lifestyle. However, some other benefits include sportsmanship, team building, commitment, responsibility, loyalty, cooperation, and social interaction. These benefits can also lead to a more well rounded individual as well. Next, we move on to the very reasons we never get to accomplish this fitness goal; EXCUSES. Excuses can lead a once very motivated person to quit. Some of the most common excuses are there is bad weather, it is too costly, or I have no one to do it with. Guess what? None of that matters! If there is bad weather outside, then exercise inside. If it is too costly, then do something simple like taking a walk on a sidewalk or road; which has no cost. Lastly, if you have no one to exercise with, find people! Join a club or team. This will not only make exercising fun, but it will also introduce potential friends into your life. Now we move on to healthy lifestyle. There are three crucial workout routines that can help you accomplish this goal. They are cardiovascular, flexibility, and muscular workouts. All three of these workouts contributes to the release of stress and tension in your life. This alone greatly improves lifestyle. Some other benefits include prevention of injury, a reduction in the risk of heart disease, and an improvement in posture. Lastly, we address a very important and prominent situation in today's world. That is the topic of obesity. The percentage of overweight adolescents in the United States has nearly tripled in the past 2 decades. It is likely that most of the adolescents became obese during adulthood. There are several life threatening consequences to being overweight. They include heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, some forms of cancer, and can also lead to depression and low self-esteem. The biggest cause of obesity is lack of exercise. Believe it or not, as children reach adolescents, especially girls, they tend to disregard a need for exercise. If someone is overweight or obese, it can usually be determined by using a BMI(body mass index) calculator. Some suggestions to maintain a healthy weight are exercising regularly, reducing the amount of time spent of sedentary activities, and eating healthy.