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5 good habits that can be life-changing for you

Let's not sit on unhealthy habits and think that a miracle would make all diseases go away! Get up and start making adding these good habits to balance your life.
These 5 good habits can be life-changing for you. Image courtesy: Adobe Stock
Dr Siddhant Bhargava Published: 7 Jan 2023, 10:15 am IST
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While staying healthy seems like a tall task to most of us, it is surprisingly dependent on very basic, everyday things that we do. It could be how we brush our teeth, make our bed or how many drinks we have in a week. Did you know that 40 percent of everything we do are habits? So, if you are want to know how to improve your health, why not start by building good habits?

Our daily habits decide our health. Habits are nothing but repetitive behaviours that make us feel good and affect our brain in ways that makes it hard to let go of them. They are often automatic and they happen without much thought. Forming good habits takes time. It’s not something that happens overnight, so please don’t keep unrealistic expectations for yourself.

Good habits to keep your health in check!

Here are 5 good habits to start with if you want to make a healthy lifestyle change.

1. Go outside every morning

How you start your day matters. It sets the tone of the day. All successful people will tell you the power of waking up to sunlight. It is good for the mind, for better sleep at night, for more productivity and confidence throughout the day, and also to stay active and to manage weight loss. Outdoor exercise, be it walking, running, or yoga, revitalises the body and keeps negative emotions under check.

Go outside every morning to keep your health in check. Image courtesy: Shutterstock

2. Load your plate with vegetables

To deprive yourself of food isn’t a healthy habit. What you need to do is a valuable addition to your meals. Stacking your plate with greens is a great way to revamp your diet and lose some weight. Not only do vegetables burst with essential nutrients that keep your body healthy and energised, they also contain fibre, which helps you feel satiated for a long. Start small. Add a cup of your favourite ones to at least one meal a day for a week, then start adding more of the same and different varieties.

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3. Keep a food journal

A food diary or a journal is a great way of tracking your food habits. It can help you find the areas that could use some tweaking. Create a list of your eating and drinking habits and write down everything you eat and drink, including sugary drinks and alcohol. Focus on the unhealthy eating habits you’ve highlighted. Try and identify all the triggers that cause you to engage in those habits. Recognition a few you’d like to work on and improve first. Next, replace those unhealthy habits with new, healthy ones. It won’t be easy but remember that looking fit and healthy often involves some trial and error – the main point is that you learn how to be in sync with your body.

4. Get enough sleep

Quality sleep helps us function better and is extremely important for maintaining good health, both mental and physical. Even emotional well-being is enhanced with adequate hours of quality sleep. Some of the most important processes like repair, recovery, rejuvenation, detoxification, recycling, muscle growth, and hormonal and sugar balance, occur during the deeper stages of sleep.

Get proper sleep to keep overall health in check! Image courtesy: Shutterstock

5. Drink more water

Increasing water intake is one healthy shift you can focus on prioritising. Water is absolutely essential for a healthy life. It affects your body functions, from your heart to your muscles, your brain, and your metabolism. Create a ‘hydration habit’. Drink a glass of water when you wake up, one at each meal, and one at bedtime. The primary way of hydration is drinking plenty of clean water orally, but about 20 per cent of our intake comes from foods especially fruits, vegetables, drinks, and broths. Include more fruits and veggies like strawberries, bell peppers, and lettuce in your diet.

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