How many Mondays have you promised yourself that today is the day you’ll eat better, drink lots of water, get plenty of exercise, and improve your health overall? If you have had too many false starts, you might just need to simplify a routine to make good health changes a habit.
Give Yourself 2 Months to Stick with a New Healthy Habit
It takes 60 days to establish a new habit, so implement one healthy change at a time. For example, if you want to cut your processed or junky carbs down to less than 25 grams per day to help lower blood sugar, take it one day at a time for 2 months.
It takes 60 days to establish a new habit, so implement one healthy change at a time.
Miss a Day? Never, Ever Quit
As aforementioned, you WILL slip up a few times before you get the hang of a new healthy habit. However, don’t let those slip-ups deter you from accomplishing your goals overall. You only truly fail when you completely quit trying.
Tip: Singing can help soothe your soul and ease your mind into a methodical meditation. Sing a song of hope when you feel in doubt of your abilities.
Strive to Be Organized in Every Aspect of Your Life
Organization helps keep your mind keen and your focus sharp. Ergo, it becomes easier to implement a new, healthier lifestyle because you feel like all of your proverbial ducks are in a row. Declutter your home, meditate to clear your mind, clean up your yards, file away important papers, and be a more organized you to better organize your health.
Incorporate New, Healthy Habits into Everyday Work
Healthy habits should follow you out of the house. So, take your new health to work. Pack up small baggies of healthy everyday snacks, like DIY trail mix with nuts and dried fruits, and stock your in-office mini fridge with bottles of water.
Healthy habits should follow you out of the house.
“Reward” Yourself with Things You Love to Do, but Occasionally
It’s okay to have those cookies and cakes. It’s okay to relax on the couch or in bed all day instead of getting anything done. But don’t make it an everyday thing. Reward yourself with these little indulgences, but go back to those new, healthier habits tomorrow.
Thanks for the reminder and tips! Haay pagagalitan na ako ng planner ko dahil hindi ko sya sinusunod at puro katamaran lang, ayan tuloy marami kailangan ligpitin at nag gain pa ako ng weight.
Haha, don’t be hard on yourself. Lahat tayo guilty in being lazy from time to time!