WAY too many people around me lately having health issues. Trying to stay glass half full…this is a good very simple article about daily things to help health - how do you do on the list? Not inclusive a list of course, but a good starting point to determine everyday health habits.
You can click for further explanation but the list summary is:
I have embraced many of these over the last 10 years. 3 and 6 are tougher for me, I’m a loner and don’t have a great sense of humor, but there are those people I love to be around and those are the same ones who tend to make me laugh. Ten, ten-thirty is my bedtime and I sleep 7-8 hours most nights. I love to cook, like to walk outdoors and nuts are my go-to for snacks. Wow, finally a test I"m doing well on haha.
No, I work unconventional hours. To bed by midnight is my goal, up by 8-ish. I have stopped watching Netflix or Amazon after work and this helps me get to bed at a reasonable hour.
Connect with other people.
Yes, but mainly superficial, but largely enjoyable, interactions with others at work. Sorely missing a group of 1-2 intimate friends. It’s on my list of things to work on; expanding my circle of friends. As an introvert, this does not come easily. I like to be alone, but I’m also lonely at times.
Eat nuts.
Sometimes! I usually eat them in the form of trail mix which sometimes seems like it is venturing into candy territory more than a healthy snack.
Be strategic about sitting.
I’m not sure what this means. I’m on my feet a lot at work. I sit more when I’m at home. I use the pedometer on my phone and I aim to get in over 10K steps per day.
Laugh.
I could use more of this. It’s pretty easy to find funny things to watch on TV or YouTube, but I’m trying to cut back on sitting and staring at screens! I already do enough of that!
Cook.
Bare minimum. With both kids out of the house and away at college, I have become an official non-cooker and I don’t miss it one bit.
Get Outside
Yes, every morning unless the weather is seriously awful for dog paws. I put on an audiobook or podcast and away we go, me and my little fuzzy four legged buddy. Easily get in 2 miles, sometimes up to 5.
I think I do them all. I do go to bed by 10, I’m usually up around 6. My fitbit covers a few of these - one of them is a “relax” mode - where for 2 minutes you follow their deep breathing. I try and do it at least once a day. I’m also supposed to walk 250 steps each hour through the day. So I do get up and move around a bunch during the day. I have 30 pistachios most afternoons. I laugh like a hyena, I have a good sense of humor and married to someone who makes me laugh every day. I enjoy cooking. Back to the fitbit - since increasing my exercise, I walk in local parks and I golf, in the summer I’m out a lot.
Healthy people might not be exercising “everyday” - or healthy people might be exercising by being outside (8) or by being strategic about sitting (5). It’s a list - certainly not inclusive to everything.
Even something like “eat vegetables” can be construed differently. Is it “healthy” if I say I eat vegetables but what I’m eating is canned peas or a bit of cauliflower smothered in cheese?
I’m not much of a nut eater, but I think I do most of the other things. I’m an introvert at heart like @basket but I try and interact with people. Easier in the warmer weather though.
I love to laugh, one of best things I love about my H, we love to laugh and not take life so seriously
@coolweather - nut butter is super yummy and easy to make. Just toss some nuts in a mini food processor and let it spin. If you don’t get the right consistency, just add a wee bit of olive oil.
The only time that I am in bed by 10 is if I am sick. When I first started dating my husband of 40 years, he convinced me that it was okay not to watch the 11:00 news as I wasn’t going to have a current events test in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning. My goal has been to try to get to bed by 11:30 but lately Stephen Colbert has been making that hard to do. I don;t get enough sleep, but I do eat a lots of nuts!
Go to bed by 10.
Never, I'm a night owl. The problem is I can't sleep as late as I'd like to. I usually get 7 hours of sleep.
Breathe deeply.
Dunno? Don't do yoga or meditate.
Connect with other people.
I'm involved in the neighborhood association. I like my clients.
Eat nuts.
I eat a little peanut butter almost every day, but otherwise, not a big nut-eater. They have a lot of calories!
Be strategic about sitting.
I lie on the couch with my lap top too much. I have a fair number of days where I spend hours on my feet. Four hours today.
Laugh.
I guess so.
Cook.
I like to cook. I cook with real ingredients.
Get Outside
Not as much as I'd like to. I try to walk several times a week. Some days my job takes me outside. I was out in the rain today for about ten minutes taking pictures of a house. Does that count?
Well, right now I’m eating out, mostly sedentary day, working all night and not getting to sleep until around 7 am, breathing is shallow, by myself with nothing to laugh at. So I guess I’m SOL.
that’s why it is not on the list.