Finding a Healthier Self

DAILY CHALLENGE One's relationship should represent a safe haven – a place away from the cares and upsets of the daily grind; a place where one can charge one's batteries and feel secure. But before you can make a healthy relationship, you need to work on a healthier self. Tags: sleep, food, energy, extrovert, walk

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John Miranda, HSDC
Atlanta, Georgia

DAILY FIX

1 - Get enough sleep. You'd be surprised how much better you'll feel and function if you just get the number of hours of sleep that would result in you waking up feeling well-rested. Most people need eight hours a night. You may function on less, but don't try too much less.

2 - Eat properly. It's becoming increasing popular to reduce junk food consumption and buy organic. The latter may not always be possible, but you can certainly make sure you get your protein and veggies every day. The key meal is breakfast: why, because it has the longest time between meals, leaving the body needing fuel in the morning. Many people skip breakfast, as they are not hungry – possibly because they eat late at night. Try to not eat after 6 pm. Eat a good breakfast high in protein and see the difference in your eating habits later in the day…not to mention your energy level.

3 - Write down everything that you have started and not finished. Prioritize the list from easiest to hardest, then take up the top one and do it to a “DONE” and go right on through the list to completion.

4 - Stop watching or reading the news. Try it for a week and see the difference in how you feel overall.

5 - Take a walk. This is a near cure-all. Just walk around your block looking at things. Try not to think about stuff while you are walking. This will "extrovert" your attention. And the exercise won't hurt, either.

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Viewing 1 - 2 out of 2 Comments Letty_Livingston Oct 30, 2009 12:07 PM Encouragement through promises of a goal is often a good way to get a couch potato off of his or her butt. Example: Tom asks Anne to join him for a walk to the yogurt shop. They walk, talk, hold hands and the reward of a frozen yogurt is claimed. What Anne, the wife, will one day realize is that the reward was the time spent with her mate and the extra year walking, instead of couch-potatoing adds to ones life. In our life, it is often the journey and not the destination that gives the greatest pleasure. I hope that helps MReynolds. Let us know! xo LL mreynolds Oct 11, 2009 06:39 PM This is so key -- I have been taking care of my health and feel so much better. Any tips for how I can encourage my partner to join me in some of these activities? He likes to sit on the couch and watch tv -- something that I have never liked to do very much of.