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Personal Wellness … by Debs
Are your New Year resolutions a distant memory? Is the beach season arriving to fast? Are you using the Easter bunny to tempt you off track?
Panic not … Personal wellness is here to help. Here, I aim to give you a few quick, realistic and easy changes that we can all do to make us feel better and look better.
Personal wellness is not just about weight, blood pressure and stress. Wellness is an active process that allows people to make positive choices in creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle and sense of wellbeing.
Have you ever stopped to think why you make these choices? Probably not! If you have a bad day, stressful time, family worries or even just an ‘off day’, all of these can affect your wellbeing creating a void which most people subconsciously fill will food, quite literally.
So this issue I ask you to think in times of feeling blue, grab a snack that’s healthy better still go for a walk, even if it is raining! When was the last time you went out in the rain and got drenched on purpose? Hold onto your childhood; remember how you did not care about the rain when you were a child? Go out with the kids and splash in puddles.
Have a fruit day once a month, an excellent idea if you have young children around. A simple step, eat nothing but fruit for 1 day a month. Think when was the last time you ate kiwi, grapes, pineapple, strawberries or even a humble banana. This encourages good habits and awakens your love for fruit. Plus you should have lots left over, so no excuses.
Fad exercises are usually hard to keep up, so try to pick an activity you enjoy and make it part of your daily or weekly routine, that way you’re much more likely to stick with it.
If you think you need a hand to help you stick to your new active lifestyle, try asking yourself the following questions (write down your answers to help you to think about them):
1. What sort of activity do I enjoy doing?
2. What good will it do me?
3. When and how often will I do it?
4. What may stop me from doing it?
5. How will I keep going towards my goal?
6. What help do I need from other people to do this?
It’s a good idea to do an activity with a friend or relative, having the extra support might just help you stick to your plan.
Good luck. Keep inspired remember to love you, and stay well!
