Call it a New Gen trend or a healthier style of living. Intermittent fasting is one of the most popular diets in which people are adapting to stay fit and healthy. Intermittent fasting is a cycle of fasting and eating alternatively, which restricts calories intake and requires extended periods of fasting. The extended period of not eating can be different as per the IF programs that are for a few hours, some for certain meals of a day, some fasting for a few days each week, some fasting for different days each month.
Everyday Exercises for Weight Loss
Just like food, exercise is a crucial part of our daily lives. People relate exercise to weight loss. It is true exercise helps in weight loss, but it is not the only benefit of performing exercise daily. Daily exercise can help improve your mood, body fitness and health, reduce the risk of diseases like diabetes, chronic diseases, and increases strength, stamina, etc…
Improve your lifestyle by following these simple steps
We are ignoring the fact of living a disciplined and healthy lifestyle as we rush towards the day. A healthy and disciplined lifestyle is not, which can be taken up in a day, it is the way we adapt by making right or wrong decisions every day. When you refuse to exercise you tend to skip it for a day but you eventually adopt a lazy lifestyle. Similarly goes when you make the right decisions every day you get into the right habits.
Lifestyle can be improved by improving each small thing we do every day. The mindset to do even the small things with getting importance sets you in improvement mode.
The following mentioned small habits can improve your confidence, decision-making ability, focus, reduce stress, and can help your mental and physical health and thereby improving your daily lifestyle.
1. Mindful meditation.
Throughout the hectic day and surfing our phones at night, we lack relaxation. This modern lifestyle must be accompanied by meditation to live a healthy lifestyle.
We keep thinking about work when we are on break and about break when we are at work. This happens due to a lack of mindfulness. Mindfulness meditation teaches us to be in the current moment. It helps you to focus and understand whatever thing you are doing more efficiently. It brings you awareness of each moment.
2. Morning routine
“Before working for others, get up early and work for yourself”. A fixed morning routine ensures greater productivity for rest of the day. It includes everything from getting up at the same time every day to yoga practice and a healthy breakfast.
Include a glass of hot water, lemon water, or a cup of green tea in your morning routine to ensure a great start.
3. A To-do list. Setting goals.
With this happening and changing daily, it is difficult to keep track of all things. Creating a simple to-do list in the morning or prior night can be effective to manage all things at the same time.
A To-do list gives an idea about how your day should be planned and helps in time management. It definitely reduced the chances to miss something. And also gives you some sort of relief when you check the box.
4. Read Book or Listen to a Podcast
It is necessary to keep learning some or other things each day. It helps you stay in learning mode and better adaptions to various situations we face.
Reading lifestyle books or autobiographies of great people, helps you develop those qualities. It’s not always about learning, you can also read some novel or listen to a funny podcast. The point is we need to consume little content for emotional well-being and relaxation every day.
5. Journaling
Record your daily achievements along with the short notes. Same with your shortcomings. We keep facing different situations every day and learn new perspectives. Once we record those things we can always revisit and learn some things from them.
Journal can be like your feedback for the day, things you learned, or a simple gratitude journal.
6. Speak with your friends, family, or strangers
Speaking with friends and family is a simple exercise of relaxation. The feeling of belonging to someone, the feeling of being loved keeps you emotionally and mentally fit.
We have been advised not to speak to strangers as kids. But as an adult, we need to speak to strangers to get various perspectives and ideas, or who knows you can be best friends someday.
7. Healthy Diet.
Keep a check on the things you eat throughout the day. Avoid eating junk foods and drinking carbonated sodas. Either try to include a small tiffin of salads along with lunch. Or include a handful of various dry fruits as a midday snack. Instead of packed wafers opt for tasty and healthy options like maybe pumpkin seeds.
8. Get fresh Air.
We often start and end our day in those four walls sitting in the same room. You need to Get off the chair and get outside. It helps relax stress on the eyes and overall body.
Getting to run or a small walk in the evening helps you adopt a better lifestyle. Cut off the screen time and spend some time with yourself.
9. Get 8 to 9 hours of sleep.
A study says on average a sleeps only 6 to 7 hours every day. It seems fine for now, but over the long term, it can affect you in various different ways.
Stealing time from sleep today is easy, but you have to pay its price tomorrow. So make a schedule such that you can keep a minimum of 8 hours of sleep in it.
10. Discipline
All the above-mentioned habits cannot be taken up in a day. You need to be disciplined and consistent for a period to actually see the results.
Consistency is the key to success and to be consistent you need discipline. You need to get control over your emotions and get out of your comfort zone.
Wrapping up:
It already sounds great, isn’t it? But now it’s time to take action. Take a notepad, plan your day, and gradually include each point in your daily routine. Focus on practicing a consistent lifestyle.
To get the most out of this article, summarise the points your read and how you would adapt them in the comment section or in your notepad. It will help to start your journey toward a healthy lifestyle with greater clarity.