Say Good-bye to Your Old Unhealthy Life

Easter is traditionally considered a time of rebirth and renewal.

So if you aren't already following a healthy life, maybe take this time of the year to say good-bye to your old unhealthy life and start to take the first steps towards a healthier and fitter one.

Even if you're already following a healthy lifestyle you may find these tips helpful and take stock of your present life and see if you are doing all of these things and if you are fantastic but find ways to improve even more.  What ever stage we are at there is always work to be done to help us improve  more and be even better then before.  Without moving forward we will stagnate and hit a plateau, where we will slowly decline over time.



Here are my 5 top tips in helping you shake off your old unhealthy life and choose a healthier one:-

1.) Ditch the scales-normal scales only show you total weight.  Concentrate more on what you look like, think to yourself 'are my clothes fitting me better?' and 'am I more toned now.'  If the answer is 'yes' then you're going in the right direction, as muscle is denser and takes up less room then fat.  So chances are that you have ditched some of the fat for some lean fat burning muscle!

2.) Don't skip breakfast:- You've gone a whole night without food and your body needs vital nutrients in order to do it's job and if you skip this important meal then you aren't giving those nutrients to it.  You run the risk of having an energy slump and grabbing an unhealthy sugary snack later on in the day to try to give yourself more energy.  However these snacks won't fill you up, are loaded with fat and sugar and you will only over eat at lunch.  So ensure you break the fast and have a nutritious breakfast such as a Herbalife F1 protein shake or wholegrain cereals such as Weetabix, allbran or porridge.

3.) Make sure you eat regularly:- Eat every 2 - 4 hours, either a healthy meal or snack to ensure your metabolism is kept high and stopping your body storing food as fat.

4.) Drink Plenty of Water-aim to drink at least 2 litres (6-8 glasses) of water a day to ensure you are hydrated enough and help speed up your metabolism.  Being dehydrated can course tiredness, headaches, constipation and weight gain.

5.) Do some exercise- Be active more often and move that body.  Aim to do 150 minutes of moderate exercise each week to help keep your health in check.  Aim to do a bit of resistance training to build  some muscle in order to increase your metabolic rate and therefore burn more calories at rest.

Hope this helps and have a lovely Easter and make sure you don't eat all those chocolate eggs in one go!