So you’re not ready to be the next model of health, but you’re definitely interested in improving your health. Is wellness for you? Absolutely! At our Belfair Chiropractic office, we say “wellness is a journey, not a destination”. As long as you are alive, you are exhibiting some level of wellness. Your task is how to improve upon that without making a huge commitment in time and money. When speaking of wellness, often times the first question posed to me is what will they have to give up. Unfortunately health and wellness is often equated with sacrifice. I take a different approach and suggest you add in as much health as you can and worry about removing things later. It’s obvious if you have a bad habit and you stop it will definitely improve your health. My opinion is anything that moves you toward more wellness is a step in the right direction.
One of the easiest and most important steps is getting adequate water every day. The golden rule seems to be around 8 glasses of water per day. It may be much more if you are taking in coffee, alcohol or medications which cause you to eliminate water. A good rule of thumb would be to make sure you are visiting the restroom at least once in a two hour time span.
Increase the amount of movement in your day, every day. Ideally you would be getting an hour of vigorous exercise per day. Anything you can do to make improvements in this area will pay high dividends! This can be as simple as walking out to the mailbox and back. You don’t need special equipment to work out. Push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks and other basic exercises meet the need just fine.
Add some good nutrition to your diet. Easiest of all is to just add some raw vegetables every day. You diet should be about 70% vegetables with some fruit in the morning. The rest of your diet should be raw nuts and seeds and lean grass fed meats. Raw vegetables pack a bunch of nutrients and healthful fiber. These as well as the raw nuts and seeds make great snacks, add enzymes to your digestive tract, and stabilize blood sugar just to name a few. If your diet is plain lacking in vegetables and you can’t bring yourself to adding more, consider a greens powder (dehydrated vegetables) or a high quality vegetable based multivitamin. Three supplements I feel no household should be without are fish oil, probiotics and vitamin D. Make sure these are all professional quality, a bargain in supplements is usually no bargain, you get what you pay for in this area.
The last thing I would suggest is to give yourself a break, literally. I mean this in several ways. Take some time off where you can and get some relaxation. Take a few minutes every day just for yourself. It will do you and those around you a lot of good. Read, pray, meditate, review your goals, say an affirmation; any and all of these are great things to do each and every day. You deserve it!
While by no means all inclusive, this will give you a few basics to improve your health a little bit while not breaking the bank or consuming your day.
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