Start a Healthy Lifestyle With 4 Easy Steps
Start a Healthy Lifestyle With 4 Easy Steps
by fastsong
4 easy steps to a healthy lifestyle - Great Eastern Takaful
Everyone dreams of having a healthy lifestyle, but making changes is not an easy thing. Removing bad habits and replacing them with good ones is a very challenging task. Many are desperate in the middle of the road.
To start a healthy lifestyle, you need to look at various aspects such as food preservation, mental health and physical exercise. Many people already know the principle, but why are there still many who fail?
One of the causes is making changes at rates too abruptly. Before this, I have never exercised, if I think about changing, I will run 5KM. As a result, the body hurts for 2-3 days, then I feel lazy to do it already.
This sudden change may last 1-2 weeks, but after that we will be tired and hopeless. Make lifestyle changes little by little according to your comfort level, the most important thing is that this healthy lifestyle lasts until the end of our lives.
Let's start a lifestyle with these 4 steps.
1. Food Control
One of the mistakes when you want to change your eating style is to follow extreme diet tips to lose weight quickly, but when you've finished the diet, the weight goes back up above the level before the diet.
The style of healthy eating is being aware of what goes into your mouth, not eating according to what your appetite wants. Does this mean we can no longer eat donuts, cakes or fast food? No, the key is control, these useless foods we eat for a certain time only such as birthday celebrations or as a reward after achieving something. And eat in abundance.
One easy way to control food consumption is to use the Malaysian Health Plate #sukkuseparuh concept suggested by the Malaysian Ministry of Health. You can still eat rice, but in controlled quantities. The 2 things you need to remember in healthy eating are awareness and control.
4 steps to a healthy lifestyle - control diet
2. Increase Physical Activity
Most of today's jobs do not require a lot of physical movement, 7-8 hours a day just sitting in front of the computer. Before starting regular exercise activities, try to be more active with the 5 suggestions below.
Walk for short trips (under 1km)
Use the stairs instead of the lift
The car park is far from the office
Stretch for 10 minutes for every 1 hour
Be diligent in doing housework (sweeping, mopping)
For exercise activities, find the activity that best suits you, you can dance, do yoga, run, jump rope or play ball. Do it at least 3 times a week, 30 minutes each session. Exercise not only helps reduce weight and prevent disease, it can also increase energy and make you happier by producing the hormones dopamine, adrenaline and endorphins. "A smart mind lies in an agile body" - Arabic proverb.
4 steps to a healthy lifestyle - Get more physical activity
3. Take Care of Mental Health
It's no use if our bodies are healthy but our minds are depressed. With the pressure at work and the stress of traveling through traffic jams, it's easier for today's generation to get mentally under pressure. We will feel that life is just work, eating and sleeping, while it is more than that.
Here are some activities to maintain mental health:
Studies have proven that meditation can control stress and anxiety. For Muslims, praying and praying is also a form of meditation. When our prayers are like being separated from the world for a while, forgetting all problems at once, this is our time with God. Then express everything in your prayers.
Learn a new skill or start a new hobby to keep your mind young and active. You may start writing, painting, gardening or studying music. Spend about 10-15 minutes a day is sufficient.
Spend time with nature. Once in a while we need to run away from the bustle of the capital. Go hiking at a waterfall or beach, take a walk in a public park or hike in a hill. Seeing the greenery of nature also proves good for your eyes.
Mental health - Great Eastern Takaful
4. Get Enough Sleep
Adequate sleep is a very important element in fostering a healthy lifestyle. Not getting enough sleep will make it difficult for your brain to focus and easily get sick. Set your bedtime, don't sleep at 12 tonight, tomorrow at 1 am and the day after tomorrow at 2 am. Sleep at least 6-8 hours a day. No matter how busy you are, make sure you get enough sleep.
Start a healthy lifestyle by changing little by little in every aspect of life. Start with small steps and improve over time. Remember, it is a journey not a destination.
Finally, to top it all off, you need to maintain a healthy lifestyle
