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Why Making Lasting Improvements to Your Well-being is Important

The hardest part of living healthily isn’t making changes to your lifestyle but making changes that’ll actually stick. Everybody’s tried going to the gym and given up after one tough session or started eating a healthy diet in January only to give it up by February. It can be hard to live well on a permanent basis, but the key is to avoid putting too much pressure on yourself. You also need a little patience. People usually want fast results, so they exhaust their bodies by doing a strenuous 5-hour workout session or they follow a fad diet that’s incredibly unhealthy. A proper healthy lifestyle might give you slower results, but those results will stick. Of course, this all depends on you maintaining a healthy routine. Let’s talk about some ways in which you could start making lasting improvements to your well-being.

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Start eating the right kind of food.

The easiest way to make a lasting improvement to your well-being is to start eating the right kind of food. Your meals have such a big impact on your physical and mental health. Obviously, your waistline is impacted by your diet, but you have to think about more than that. The problem is that there are so many trendy diets which promise to help people lose weight quickly, and they’re very popular. However, denying yourself the nutrition you need isn’t healthy. And it’s not sustainable in the long-term. You need to eat a filling and nutritious diet but simply avoid empty calories.

 

Get your proteins in

Make sure you get all the protein, carbohydrates, calcium, iron, and other essential vitamins and minerals you need. If you struggle with eating because of heartburn and indigestion then you might want to look into GERD treatment. That could help you to figure out the type of healthy food you should be eating to avoid acid reflux. And, of course, we’re not saying you should avoid all unhealthy food for the rest of your life. The occasional treat is fine. Moderation is the key to a healthy diet. After all, a diet consisting of nothing but celery would be unbalanced too.

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Keep active on a daily basis.

You definitely can’t cut corners when it comes to exercise. A lot of people try to do so, of course, but staying physically active doesn’t just help to keep your waistline slim. You might be able to maintain a healthy weight by eating well, after all. However, exercise has more benefits than simply helping you to lose weight and keep it off. It keeps your heart and your mind healthy. Cardiovascular exercise keeps the heart working as it should be. And any kind of exercise releases endorphins in the brain. That’ll help to improve your mindset and motivate you to work hard on your exercise routine and other parts of your healthy lifestyle.


 

Mini workout sessions

Working out properly is about regularity more than intensity, however. Rather than burning yourself out at the gym once a week and wondering why you aren’t seeing results, you could do a mini workout session on a daily basis. That would be much more effective. It would also be much less physically and emotionally taxing. If you want to make lasting improvements to your well-being then you just need to find some way to get your body moving on a daily basis. Even 10 minutes of jogging on your lunch break at work could make all the difference.

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Start sleeping sufficiently.

The final piece of advice to take on board is that you need to start sleeping sufficiently if you’re going to start making lasting improvements to your well-being. Eating well and exercising will make a difference to your health, but you might not see the results you expected if you’re not sleeping properly. A lack of rest can slow your metabolism and lead to weight gain, so a healthy diet isn’t enough to maintain a healthy waistline. Sleep deprivation can also impede muscle repair, so you might not be seeing the results you expected from your workout. Start getting 8 hours of rest every night if you want to see an improvement in your well-being. Avoid caffeine and other stimulants before bed. Make sure you have a supportive pillow and mattress too.


 

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TWL Working Mom

Jennifer is the Owner of TWL and Co-Owner of a Influencer Facebook Group Influential Mamas.  Along with blogging + freelance writing and selling Zyia Activewear, she is a mom, army wife and full-time teacher. Jennifer lives in Washington State and is a born + raised New Yorker. In her spare time, she loves traveling, yoga, the beach, writing, listening to books and drinking coffee.

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