Theories for changing to a healthier lifestyle
THEORY 1 - Healthy Overall Lifestyle
The first theory is the one we should all already know:
- Healthy overall lifestyle
- Eating healthy, regular exercise and a stress free life.
This theory is one we all already know, only the definitions of each of the components, 'health lifestyle', 'regular exercise' and 'a stress free life' are where the issues lie.
This theory will, probably, be the underlying aim of all the following theories but to follow are more achievable mini theories that may have a chance of working.
THEORY 2 - Incremental Lifestyle Changes
Getting exercise is essential for the body
- Incremental Lifestyle Changes
- Changing lifestyle slightly to ensure more calories are burned in a day
The ideas:
- Walk up and down the escalators instead of standing
- Get off the bus or tube at a stop early and have a walk, make it longer if possible
- Join a gym and try to go...
- Team up with a friend and try to play a sport you both can do
- Try not to sit around too much at home, have a little potter around the house every so often.
As with the whole of this site, the above is not rocket science, but it is just about making small changes to your lifestyle every so often, that won't irritate you and that you can stick to. It is important to do things you can continue to do, Rome, apparently wasn't built in a day and neither will sorting out your health, unless you are really motivated, and if you were your probably would have a problem in the first place.
THEORY 2 - Incremental meal changes
I have been told that having 5 small meals a day is better than having 3 for our bodies. Let's be realistic 5 small meals a day will not work for everyone and what happens if the meals start getting too large.. So here's my theory:
- Incremental diet change
- Changing your diet slowly over time and only making changes you know you can stick to.
Ok here are the ideas:
- Breakfast - commonly banded as extremely important as it increases your metabolism, ensures that your body does not build up fat to survive until the first meal of the day and it stimulates your brain making you more mentally and physically active.
- Lunch - Look at what you currently eat for lunch, read the calorie content of the foods, especially consider the fat content. Now do something small, something that reduces the fat content, something that you won't mind doing. consider for example, foregoing the crisps, changing brands of crisps or choosing a healthier filling for the sandwich. Won't seem like much but every little helps.
- Snacks - if you can't help having snacks, just take a bit of time to consider whether you could have a slightly smaller version, a celebration size of mars bar instead of a fun size for example. Eat fruit instead.. lots of thus is easier said than done, but really try to think about what could work for you. remember don't try too much at once or your body will adapt to the change, and if you go back to old habits it will be worse than before.
- Evening meal - Try to cut down on the carbohydrates. As this is the final meal of the day, you don't need the slow release of energy carbohydrates give, try changing the mix to have more fibre and protein instead.
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