Adapting Effective Healthy Habits For a Better Life - HDFC Life

As per Dr. Ellie Gresham, Lecturer and Accredited Practicing Dietician, Griffith University, the key to build a healthy body is finding an activity that you enjoy. Once you have found an activity that you enjoy and it challenges you physically, it is good to stick to it.

Apart from physical activities, it is important to create a schedule that helps you stay active and helps you manage stress. Today’s day and age brings a lot of work related stress with it, which in turn gives rise to bigger diseases. Managing stress, staying away from unhealthy lifestyle choices like smoking and drinking, and incorporating healthier eating habits can help us live life in a better way.

Few steps to include Fitness in your Lifestyle:

1. Start your day early. Wake up early and go for a walk. Studies suggest how you start your day determines how your rest of the day will be.
2. Skip the morning tea with sugar and opt for lemon water to kick start your metabolism.
3. Spend some time alone and meditate. It will help you in managing stress and staying calm.
4. Have a healthy breakfast. It should be healthy, home cooked and non sugary.
5. Drink lots of water to flush toxins from your body easily.
6. Eat frequent meals.
7. Give up habits like smoking and drinking.
8. During office hours, take short breaks, do spot jogging and stretch every once in a while.
9. Carry home cooked meals. This will help you keep track of what you eat.
10. Don't eat while watching TV. This will lead to over eating otherwise.
11. Indulge in some physical activity everyday that you enjoy.
12. Find a partner with the same fitness goals as you and do workouts with them.

Health is our first priority and leading a healthy lifestyle has many benefits. HDFC LIFE provides unique health insurance plans for its patrons when you want to that extra step and ensure your health is also taken care of financially.

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