New Year is always one of the best times to begin your fitness journey or set new health goals. This year instead of making highly ambitious Fitness goals, make minor but highly effective Diet changes for a Healthy you every day!
After all, Fitness is 20% exercise and 80% Nutrition, and minor tweaks in your eating habits can take you a long way toward general Fitness and overall Health.
Staying active, getting adequate sleep, and eating a balanced diet is essential for everyone. However, we will discuss a few practical tips for everyday health & Fitness.
Everyday Health Tips-
- Instead of bedtime tea or coffee, start the day with a glass of water on an empty stomach.
- Determine your daily calorie needs and meet them using nutritious food sources and not junk foods.
- Begin your day with a protein-rich breakfast like eggs, yogurt smoothies, milkshakes, or paneer sandwiches.
- Irrespective of any diet or eating pattern, one must always pay attention to micro-nutrients. Ensure the meals include colourful fruits and vegetables to enjoy the benefits of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and antioxidants.
- Include good-quality protein and dietary fiber to prevent muscle loss and hunger cravings.
- Try including a protein-rich food in every meal, including snack meals. Protein shakes, peanut butter, roasted edamame, nuts and seeds, and Greek yogurt are a few examples.
- Whether hitting a gym, jogging, playing any outdoor sport, practicing yoga, or swimming, choose your fitness regime the way you prefer. Stay physically active the way you love so that it becomes a habit and not a compulsion.
- While buying any packaged food, make it a habit of reading the ingredients carefully. Scrutinize the ingredient list and nutrition facts.
- Avoid processed foods containing high amounts of salt, added sugar, and preservatives.
- Avoid fulfilling your hydration requirements by consuming sugary or soda drinks to prevent unwanted calorie load. Instead, choose fresh lemon and mint water, coconut water, buttermilk, herbal teas, and fresh vegetable & fruit juice.
- Have nuts and seeds whenever you feel like munching in between meals.
- Get enough sleep. Improper sleep schedules can alter appetite hormones’ balance and might increase the risk of metabolic disorders like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.
- Find ways to manage your stress.
- Avoid prolonged sitting. You can set a reminder on your mobile or computer to stand or walk at frequent intervals.
Additionally, include only authentic and genuine health supplements in your diet plan to meet your everyday health needs, e.g., Whey Protein, Multivitamins, Omega Fats, Peanut Butter, Apple Cider Vinegar, etc.
This year let’s change our approach to typical Fitness Resolution and start building healthy eating habits for overall health improvement.
Even if your resolutions didn’t go according to last year’s plan, grab the opportunity this New Year to try something new and different; you never know where it might lead you!
Happy New Year!
