- 30 Days of Healthy Living, Lifestyle Medicine, Living Lifestyle Medicine, Physical Activity, Research Evidence
11th January – Go for a run
Go for a run (or get active anyway you like!) I was sooooooo pleased to see that the ice & snow had melted and it was safe enough to go out for a run – I am always impressed when I see people out running when it is snowy and icy, but I am way too much of a scaredy-cat and just end up looking like Bambi on ice. When it is snowy I stick to my big warm boots with extra grip and walk instead. 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️So, today I laced up my trainers and went for my first run of 2021. From a physical fitness point of view, it wasn’t great,…
5th January – eat a plant-based diet
Eat a plant-based diet 🍆Tonight’s dinner: baked aubergine stuffed with homemade spicy mixed bean and tomato stew, served with a mixed leaf salad, tomatoes and olives. 🥬Plant-based doesn’t have to mean plant-exclusive, so it doesn’t have to be full vegan or vegetarian, although both of those can be equally healthy options too. ⭐️There is an incredible wealth of evidence of out there for following a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet, just some of the benefits are: 🍎Lowers risk and may even treat and reverse some chronic diseases🍏Reduced risk of heart disease and cancer🍎Reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by improving insulin sensitivity to the metabolism works more effectively, protecting beta…
4th January – bedtime routine
Have a bedtime routine (go to bed!) When you are tired in the evening, listen to your body and go to bed. It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? But we distract ourselves from going to bed, without even meaning to. I often think to myself “right, I’m going to have an early night tonight”, but it’s often followed by “I’ll go to bed right after I’ve done…” and then something gets in the way. It might be getting the washing out of the machine, or stacking the dishwasher, or picking up that odd sock off the floor, but then that needs putting away, and on the way I find a…
