Blurt: Tips to a Healthy Lifestyle

Okay, now you are motivated to make the changes in your life to obtain the weight loss you are seeking and to be a happier healthier you. How do you maintain and achieve success? What are some easy things for you to do that will make a difference to achieve your goal? What things can you do that will help change your bad habits and start good ones? Today I offer some good tips to living a healthier lifestyle. This is not an all inclusive list but just some little things that I find easy to do to help you achieve the results you desire.

• Finding time to fit in that 15-30 minute walk can be difficult in our busy lives. Break it up into five minute sections. Walk the dog twice around instead of just once. Take the steps instead of the elevator; start off by walking up one flight and adding a flight each week. Try parking farther away from the store or work. When you take a break from work walk around the building. Get off the bus two stops ahead of your stop. Add steps whenever you can.


• Get some exercise doing household chores. This is an excellent way to keep your house clean and free from germs while giving you a great workout.


• Eat a good breakfast and a healthy lunch and dinner. Add healthy snacks like fruits and veggies throughout the day where you do not feel the pang of hunger. Do not eat dinner right before going to bed. You will sleep better and it gives your body time to burn off some calories.


• Bring your lunch to work and stop eating fast food. Buy the frozen entrees from Weight Watchers, Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine and eat them for your lunch. It is a quick easy meal to prepare and they offer a wide variety of selections.


• Eat more nuts. They are a satisfying healthy crunchy snack. Studies have shown they reduce the risk of heart disease and are loaded with antioxidants and monounsaturated fats (the good ones).


• Read nutritional labels and avoid foods high in fat grams and calories.


• Drink water. For more information about drinking water click on this link to one of my earlier articles. Blurt: Hate Drinking Water?


• Drink more tea. It is a healthy alternative to water. It hydrates the body as well as water, is high in antioxidants called flavonoids which protect against heart disease, helps promote the strengthening of bones and protects against tooth decay and plaque.


• Limit the amount of drinks that are high in sugar you drink. This also goes for alcoholic drinks, offering calories with no nutritional value. Alcohol also reduces your inhibitions where you are more likely to eat foods high in fat and calories.


• Practice good hygiene and food preparation. Wash your hands with antibacterial soap while singing the Happy Birthday song twice through to insure you wash them long enough. Keep surfaces clean and disinfected. Keep raw and prepared foods away from each other. Use good care when preparing meals to keep cold foods cold and hot foods hot in order to avoid food borne illnesses. Internal temperatures of meats and other hot foods should be a minimum of 165°F, use a food thermometer to check.

I hope these tips help in reaching your goals and living a healthy lifestyle. You have the motivation and you will succeed! God Bless and Take Care.