The new year is almost a month old already, and in just a month many of our new year resolutions
have either waned away or have become too difficult to maintain due to our busy schedules.
Most of us tend to saddle our new year resolutions with a lot of hope and expectation and tend to
get disappointed and dejected when things don’t turn out the way we expected them to. So here
we have listed down a few simple tips which you can
observe in order to remain healthy in the new years:
Engage your mind in neurobics: Neurobics are similar to aerobics, but just for your brain. Neurobics refer to simple exercises which you undertake in order keep your brain energized. These activities help in keeping the biochemical pathways of your brain alive and with regular implementation these exercises can also help your brain discover new biochemical pathways, which can translate into enhanced mental functionality and utility. Neurobics could be something as simple as practising writing a sentence each day with your weaker hand or taking a different route to work whenever possible.
Juice up: Our body has an average nutritional requirement of 90 mg of vitamin C per day. Juices are an effective and simple way of fulfilling that quota as they are quick to make and quite easy to consume and enjoy. So choose to incorporate a glass of fresh fruit juice of any of the citrus fruits which are vitamin C rich such as oranges and sweet limes. Juices are also effective as they save you from overeating by lending you a sense of ‘fullness’. Although make it a point to drink only homemade fresh fruit juice as packaged juices are replete with harmful preservatives.
Choose water over energy drinks: While working out, choose to hydrate yourself with water instead of energy drinks. Apart from their high preservative content, these energy drinks are high in sugar which may seem like a source of some much needed energy boost, but in reality, that extra dose of sugar is the last thing you need because in short-term exercises, your body prioritizes the glucose from the energy drink and burns it up first before moving onto the body fat. Therefore, while it may seem that an energy drink is helping you expedite your weight loss or muscle gain by allowing you to workout for 10 more minutes, but in reality, these energy drinks might just be pushing you further from you goal. Water, on the other hand, keeps you hydrated throughout your workout session but it’s important to not over-drink water as well.
Devote 5 minutes a day to meditation: Unlike a new keto-diet or an intense new workout routine, meditation may take its time to yield results but in reality its effects can be more long-term than even a comprehensive physical training schedule. Positive impacts of meditating for merely 5 minutes a day can range from cognitive improvements such as enhanced memory, to intrinsic impacts ranging from calmer outlook and attitude to even improvements such as improved lung capacity and better blood circulation.
Keep your phone away before going to sleep: While checking out that final social media post before dozing off may seem important to you in that moment, it is actually adding to your morning blues. The bright light from your phones demands your eyes and brain to be attentive, and this innocuous exertion can considerably push back your sleeping time and thereby could result in you getting insufficient sleep. Therefore, be sure to not use your phone upto an hour before your sleep time.
Meet your trusted physician once every 90 days: While this may not seem like a tip you can practise everyday, it is however important to meet your trusted physician ideally up to 4 times a year but at the very least at least twice a year. A full-body check up is necessary and can help your doctor evaluate which diseases or risk factors you might be exposed to at an early stage, thereby reducing your recovery time and saving you a lot of money long-term.
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