Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be a challenge, especially in today’s world where we glorify fast food and binge watching Netflix, but maintaining a healthy lifestyle does not need to be such a challenge. If you follow some of the tips and tricks below you may just find that leading a healthy lifestyle is easier than you think and you will soon be on your way to being a lean green healthy machine.

Eat a Well Balanced Diet:

Maintaining a well balanced diet is one of the best ways to lead a healthy lifestyle. A well balanced diet involves incorporating foods from the four food groups into your daily eating routine. The four food groups include grains, fruits and vegetables, proteins, and dairy products. If you want to lead a healthy lifestyle I would recommend eating lots of fruits and vegetables as they provide valuable vitamins and minerals that your body needs. Eating lean proteins such as chicken, turkey, and lean beef  plays an important part in the maintenance of a well balanced diet. Meeting your daily protein portions is especially important if you participate in intense physical activities because your body requires the proteins to help repair and grow muscles. Avoiding excessive sugars are also recommended as eating too many sugars and carbohydrates can lead to weight gain, fatigue, and diabetes. There are also vitamins, you can take like Vitamin C, potassium, and MSM, which you may incorporate into your healthy lifestyle.

Get Plenty of Physical Exercise:

In order to lead a healthy lifestyle you will need to be active. Being active will increase your heart rate and pump blood to all parts of your body. Running, jogging, walking the dog, or even taking the stairs at work are all ways that you can start being more active today. If you are more of the stay at home kind of person you should consider using an elliptical machine as your workout. Maybe you have never considered the idea of working out at home, but the testing shows that ellipticals are effective and convenient to use at home.

Set Realistic Goals:

Setting realistic goals for yourself will help you stay motivated as you begin to incorporate a healthy lifestyle. Setting goals for yourself should not be restrictive because the more difficult it feels, the more likely you are to stop your healthy journey. Part of living a healthy lifestyle also includes living a healthy mental lifestyle. Having realistic expectations about what you can and cannot do is important. It is important to do the things that make you happen and you should not feel prohibited from joining your friends for the occasional drink at the bar. Always remember that your mental health is just as important as your physical health and that there can be a balance between.

Leading a healthy lifestyle is not as challenging as you believe! Start with one of the suggested tips  above and build off of it. Start slow, so you do not feel overwhelmed and burn out and always remember that your healthy lifestyle should still allow you to have the occasional drink with friends, eat fast food, and kick your feet up and watch a movie.