Gettting started with living a healthy and balanced lifestyle

Getting started with living a healthy and balanced lifestyle

Written by: Jackie Ruiz 

With the hectic lives we live these days it’s easy to get caught up in having no balance in our daily lives.  Weather it’s a demanding job, having a family or just not spending enough time taking care of yourself we all could work on balance. The first step in creating balance is to write down how you are currently spending your time. Look at all areas of your life, time spent at work, time spent with the family or friends, time sleeping, eating and relaxing.  In order to make changes you first need to be aware of how you’re spending your time. You also need to ask yourself what does your ideal day and week would look like. Be realistic including a job that can pay the bills.  Do you have a job you enjoy, if not what steps can you take in order to get more enjoyment or steps to pursue something your passionate about? Next think about the people you want to spend your time with weather it’s a family, friends or your spouse. Are you spending enough time with these people? You want to make sure in your schedule you have time for yourself. Do you have any hobbies? Make sure you include quiet time to pray, medicate or just time spent listening to relaxing music to quiet your mind. The other three areas that are important in order to have a healthy and balanced lifestyle comes through sleep, exercise and eating. Now that you have an idea of what your ideal day and week looks like as far as your time commitment let’s look at the how we are going to  take care of the body.  Let’s look at our diets, what types of foods are we eating, what are we drinking? Make a list of ten things you eat every week if not every day. Are these items healthy? A good place to start is add into your diet at least four to five servings of fruits and veggies a day. Next look at ways to reduce your sugar and fat intake. With your beverages watch your caffeine and sugar intake through liquids. You should drink half your body weight in ounces of water per day.  Keep your metabolism going by eating every three to four hours. This will also keep your energy levels in check.  Now we have your scheduled worked out, your diet healthier so let’s look at the last two areas sleep and exercise. Sleep is the single most important thing for your health and well being.  Our bodies need at least seven to nine hours of sleep a night.  The last thing is exercise. Are you currently partaking in an exercise program?  Exercise will help with weight loss, increase your energy, strength and help your mood. If you’re not currently doing some type of class, program or workouts please inquire about figuring out a program that would be right for you. 

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