Change It Up: 13 Tips To Make a Lifestyle Change Easy

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Change is inevitable. Change is necessary. Change is also uncomfortable.

However, there are some points in your life where you have to make some changes, due to personal or medical reasons. You can make a lifestyle change to become any version of yourself you want.

These tips will help make it easy when that time comes.

How to Successfully Make a Lifestyle Change

Your health is your wealth. If making a lifestyle change is the way to enjoy a healthy life full of vitality, then you should get started as soon as possible.

Here are 13 tips to make a lifestyle change easy.

1. Adopt a Healthy Diet

You are what you eat. Make a conscious effort not to consume processed foods such as chicken nuggets, French fries, sodas, hot dogs, and artificial sweeteners.

You can use the AthleticsFit healthy meal plan to make sumptuous but healthy meals.

2. Drink Black Coffee

We understand that it may be hard to ditch coffee. Coffee is a good drink and a rich antioxidant with various health benefits. However, you may have developed a habit of adding cream, sweeteners, milk, sugar, and syrup to it to sweeten your favorite cup of coffee.

However, you can make a small lifestyle change and start taking black coffee, without any sweeteners or sugar. By doing so, you will have cut on the calories and give your digestive system a kick-start.

3. Do the Scientific 7-Minute Workout

The top excuse of not getting to work out is usually ‘lack of time’. If your health is a priority, you can definitely set some time aside to do some exercise, even within the comfort of your home.

To get started, you can do the scientific 7-minute workout.

4. Consume More Proteins

If you increase your protein intake and add protein to your meal or snack, you will be able to burn more calories, retain your muscle mass, and feel fuller for longer.

A study concluded that a high-protein diet induces a reduction in appetite. Protein-rich sources of food include lean meat, nuts, dairy products, beans, eggs, and peanut butter.

5. Stay Hydrated

Make water your favorite drink. Water has many health benefits and it is useful in weight loss and weight management. By drinking water before and with your meals, you reduce your appetite and reduce your calorie intake.

To get used to your lifestyle change of ditching the sugary beverages, you can drink sugar-free beverages or sparkling water.

6. Ditch Frying and Grilling, Start Roasting or Baking

A large number of foods are healthy but how you prepare them may be unhealthy. Stop frying and grilling food as this leads to the possible formation of toxic compounds that are harmful to your health.

The healthier cooking options available are slow cooking, stewing, simmering, pressure cooking, baking, sous-vide, broiling, and poaching.

7. Eat Vegetables First

Adopt a habit of eating your greens first. By doing this, you will consume fewer and healthier calories.

This leads to overall blood sugar control and it slows down the rate at which the carbohydrates will be absorbed into your bloodstream.

8. Eat Your Fruits

To enjoy a balanced meal, you should eat your fruits. Instead of drinking your fruits, you should eat them. Fruits are healthy and they are packed with fiber, antioxidants, water, and vitamins.

On the other hand, real fruit juices lack fiber and may increase your blood sugar levels.

9. Exercise More Often

Doing more exercise will give you more health benefits. Exercising improves your mental health by reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. It also increases your energy levels, helps in weight loss and management, and reduces your risk of getting chronic illnesses.

Be more active and climb the stairs instead of taking the lift and after getting used to the 7-minute workout, you can aim to do high-intensive interval training (HIIT) for a minimum of 30 minutes daily.

10. Cook at Home More Often

Making changes also includes eating out less. By doing this, you will also be able to prepare healthier meals and control your portions. Cooking at home will help you to control your budget and your calorie intake.

Remember it should be baked foods over fried foods, so you can opt for baked potatoes over French fries.

11. Sleep Well

A good night’s sleep does more than getting you rejuvenated and ready for the next day. Sleep deprivation negatively influences various body functions such as immunity, glucose metabolism, concentration, and productivity.

You should also have some good sleep to reduce the risk of getting diseases such as heart diseases and inflammatory diseases.

12. Cook with Healthy Oils

A good meal starts right from the fresh pick you select of the raw food and the cooking oil used. Over the decades, it has become common to find the highly processed oils made from sunflower, soybean, canola, and cottonseed.

These oils are marketed as being rich in omega-6 fatty acids but what the manufacturers do not indicate on the package is that it is omega-3 deficient. Since the omega-6 to omega-3 deficiency ratio is high, consuming these oils will lead to inflammation and diseases such as osteoporosis, cancer, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.

Make healthy cooking oils made from coconut oil, extra virgin oil, and avocado oil your favorite pick.

13. Take Supplements

A lifestyle change includes getting more nutrients into your body. In some cases, you may not get the nutrients directly from the food sources. The supplements that you may take to reduce the deficiency are Vitamin D and Omega-3 supplements.

Vitamin D helps improve your bone health and improving your immunity. Omega-3 fatty acids help in promoting brain function, reducing inflammation, and maintaining heart health.

Get Healthy and Stay Healthy by Making This Lifestyle Change

Living a healthy life mentally, physically and socially is important for any person.
Making a lifestyle change requires that you think right and eat right to feel good and look great.

Check out different ways to improve your overall health on our get healthy, fitness, and diet sections on our blog.