Many people make a healthy lifestyle their new years resolution but like so many personal promises, it is all to easy before these good habits slip away. It is easy to see why as it is very difficult to take control of your natural environment and the difficulties that come with it. Ideally what we all want is to be able to balance work, family relationships, rest and of course leisure. You will find that once you have control over your health you will have the discipline to master other areas of your life too.

You might like to start your road to a healthier lifestyle by taking a few minutes each day to improve your breathing. Find 10 minutes quiet time to yourself and lie on your back with a pillow to support yourself and make yourself more comfortable. You should then place one hand on your stomach and the other one on your chest. Breath in slowly and deeply through your nose, with the only hand moving being the one on your stomach. The goal is to keep the hand that is on your chest as still as possible. You should then breathe out through your mouth, keeping your lips slightly pursed. When you repeat this process you may feel slightly light headed on the first couple of breaths but this is entirely normal as this is the body’s usual response to an increase in oxygen.

Not taking in enough liquid is something that most of us are guilty of. This is particulatly true of drinking water. Lack of fluids will put stress on your whole body and your nervous system in particular as sufficient water absorption is important for all of the cells in your body to work properly. How much water you should be drinking on a daily basis will depend on your size. Don’t feel obliged to start inhaling water, instead you should gradually increase your daily intake of water over a period of four weeks. If you are a regular coffee or tea drinker then it is important to realise that caffeinated drinks are natural dehydrators so for every caffeinated beverage that you drink, try to compensate by drinking twice that amount of water.

It is a no brainer that you should stick to a sensible diet. A balanced, regular diet will ensure that levels of sugar in the body are kept to controlled levels. In addition to the 2-3 meals that you would usually consume in a day it is recommended that you combine these with 2-3 nutritious snacks.

Another obvious way to improve your health is to get more exercise. It is too easy to think of excuses as to why you don’t do enough, but if you think about what you actually do on a weekly basis you may actually realise that you have plenty of time available. All you need to do is find 20 minutes each day to ddo some kind of physical exercise. This physical exercise will help to remove the excess pounds which will put a stress on your body as well as preventing you from looking your best.

Author Bio: Trevor Richards is writing on behalf of Pure O2, a UK supplier of portable oxygen products.

Category: Wellness, Fitness and Diet
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