What is a healthy lifestyle? Is it just about dieting and exercising? A lot of you would agree that when you see a person who is slim and active you call that person to be healthy. But is that person actually living a healthy lifestyle? A healthy lifestyle consists of various elements of physical, emotional, spiritual and social well being. A healthy person is not only fit and active but also maintains proper hygiene, is joyful, thinks positive, trusts in himself/herself and is also good with stress management which further leads to inner calmness
It’s never too late to start living a healthy lifestyle, all you have to do is to start eating healthy in the form of balanced diet, start working out and be more physically active, spend some time with yourself and maintain a good hygiene. Let’s have a look at the 8 easy ways to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
1. Eat Healthy
healthy-lifestyleEating healthy does not mean that you avoid certain food and eat others. It rather means having a good proportion of all the vitamins, nutrients and minerals in your diet – which is referred to as a Balanced Diet. Your body needs a balanced diet every day to live a healthy life.
2. Drink a lot of water
Water helps in burning calories, it also helps in maintaining a proper balance of fluids in the body. Water plays an important role in promoting weight loss. It also flushes out the toxins from the body. One must at least drink 2-3 litres of water in a day.
3. Include exercise in your everyday routine
Fitness should be a part of your life as it not only keeps your weight in check but also prevents a lot of diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (strokes/ attacks), keeps blood pressure in control, prevents insomnia and many more. In a nutshell, exercising helps in prolonging your life.
4. Good sleep
A proper sleep plays an important role in your healthy lifestyle. Your body needs good sleep to repair and heal itself. One must set a proper sleep schedule which must be 6-8 hours per day in adults. In order to fight sleeplessness, avoid watching TV or engaging in any electronic gadget with a screen, 2 hours before your bedtime, have a hot shower before getting into the bed which will help relax both your body and mind; you must also avoid any sort of heavy exercises just before going to sleep.
5. Stress management
Stress is the cause of many diseases, it hampers our health both directly and indirectly. The outcome of too much stress is drinking too much, smoking and overeating. A few ways through which you can manage the stress and bring the anxiety levels down are meditation, involving yourself in exercises such as Yoga and Nirvana that help in calming your mind down, practicing deep breathing at regular intervals in a day.
6. Maintain a proper hygiene
In our entire lifetime, we come in close contact with a lot of living organisms that share a common living environment. Some of these organisms are dangerous for our health as they cause various infections. So, make sure you wash your hands before and after eating, keep your body tidy, maintain a good oral hygiene and cook your food in a clean place.
7. Avoid unhealthy habits
Some of the unhealthy habits that you should avoid to lead a healthy life are drinking too much alcohol, smoking, lack of exercise, not visiting your doctor on a regular basis for checkups, eating unhealthy foods, not taking the prescribed medicines, having unsafe sex, skipping meals. To start working on avoiding these habits first you must understand what triggers them once you have the reason start working on slowly eliminating it. Be patient and believe in yourself.
8. Train your mind and Body
Aligning our mind and body is very important and to do that you must have a vision and a goal that inspires and excites you. Don’t lose focus and keep working towards it. You should have a full control on your thoughts and make sure these thoughts are positive and help you in achieving your goal.
So what are you waiting for..? Start practicing a healthy lifestyle today.