Physical Wellness 101
Improving your physical wellness isn’t necessarily easy, but it’s definitely worth the effort. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, “Being overweight, poor dietary habits and lack of physical activity account for at least fourteen percent of deaths – or about 300,000 premature deaths each year.”
Your physical health is a crucial part of your life longevity and overall quality of life. Physical health also dictates your daily performance, energy and overall wellbeing.
We understand that you may need some guidance on your physical wellness journey and we’re here to help. In this article, we’ll provide you with a simple guide to help start you on your journey to physical wellness.
Eating Healthy
Maintaining a healthy diet and proper nutrition is imperative to your overall physical healthy. Your food provides you with the nutrients your body needs; it helps provide you with the energy you need to get through your day. Your diet can affect not only your weight and overall energy level, it can also affect your mood.
For example, if carbs make up a high portion of your diet, it can cause you to feel sluggish, irritable, and cause you to put on more weight. You should maintain a well-balanced diet full of a variety of nutritious qualities to provide you with all the nutrition your body needs.
Getting Active
A crucial part to improving your physical wellness is getting and remaining physically active. It’s easier to start off simple and work your way up when it comes to physical activity, to help slowly build up your strength.
There are lots of ways to help get physical activity in each day, despite your busy schedule. These activities are also easy to make more difficult as you progress in your physical wellness journey.
● Take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator whenever possible
● Park further away from the entrance of your destination to encourage more walking
● Stretch regularly throughout the day to improve circulation and relieve muscle tension
● Stay hydrated; be sure to drink plenty of water throughout the day
● Choose healthier snacks and alternative healthier sides
Getting active can help you to lose weight and provide you with better energy.
Sticking with It
The hardest part to any diet plan is actually sticking to it; it’s much easier said than done. With tempting food everywhere and plenty of everyday stressors to cause you to fall back on past habits, maintaining your healthy diet can seem almost impossible, not to mention busy schedules getting in the way of keeping physically active. Monitor your progress and reward yourself when you reach milestones.
Give yourself credit when you make good, healthy decisions that allow you to stick to your diet in the face of temptation (like turning down an offered slice of cake or choosing to eat zucchini instead of pasta).
The more you monitor your progress and reward yourself for your hard work, the more likely you are to stick to it. Plus, once you start seeing results, it makes it all the more worth it.
Improving your physical wellness is crucial to achieving longevity of life and maintaining good health. It can help you experience increased energy, lose weight, and improve your mood, as well as help prevent certain diseases like diabetes or certain types of heart diseases.
We hope our guide has helped to ease the transition into a healthier lifestyle and help guide you along your path towards better physical wellness.