It’s Time To Make A Change

I wanted to share 6 areas that I think are key to focus on to make you feel healthier.

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Shockingly, it’s estimated that 3 out of 4 Americans are walking around chronically dehydrated. This is bad, bad news considering that water makes up 60 – 70% of your body and affects every corner of health and well-being—including metabolism, detoxification, digestion, inflammation, appearance, and cognitive function to name a few. The solution? Drink at least 8 – 12 eight-ounce glasses of water per day.

Fill nutritional gaps with a multivitamin. Like we’ve talked about before, a high-quality multivitamin is like a nutrition insurance policy to make sure that you’re getting all the valuable micronutrients you need on a daily basis. After all, experts agree that there is a nutritional gap between today’s diet and what’s required for optimal health, and researchers concur that everyone should be taking a daily multivitamin because it offers safe, simple micronutrient insurance.

Stock your kitchen with all the best tools. This isn’t as sexy as other fat-burning and metabolism-boosting tips, but if you truly want to eat healthy consistently, you need to make sure you have all the tools you’ll need to prepare meals at home. For cutting boards, choose wood over plastic. For pots, pans, and other storage containers, using glass, ceramic, and stainless steel are the best options with the least toxicants. Other essentials include a pressure cooker and/or slow cooker, blender, and good knives—although we could make a case for about a dozen other kitchen gadgets.

Choose a workout routine and find an accountability partner. Surely you’ve heard the saying if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Well, that holds true for your fitness regimen as well. Make sure you have a progressive exercise program that’s appropriate for your fitness level and experience and conducive to your goals. Also, find an accountability partner—a trainer, friend, spouse, or fellow gym goer—to help keep you on track and to help push yourself.

Know your temptations and alternatives to satisfy them. Despite the best-laid plans and good intentions, temptations will strike. Identify any triggers that you can—time of day, emotions, stress, people, places, etc.—and prepare contingency plans. One of the biggest keys to overcoming temptation is mindfulness. Don’t rely on will power alone. Come up with solutions. Have healthy snacks handy. Practice meditation and deep breathing. Work on distraction techniques (call a friend, write a thank you note, read a book, take a walk).

Commit to a consistent self-care routine. No matter what you do, make time and space for yourself and a self-care routine. It’s not selfish. Investing in yourself means you can serve others more effectively and genuinely. There’s no one-size-fits-all self-care routine. Consider a gratitude journal, meditation, yoga, booking a message, taking a walk, sitting in the sauna, or sunbathing. Whatever floats your boat and fills up your tank is what’s best!

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