8 Ways Moms Like You Can Help Live a Healthier Lifestyle

8 Ways Moms Like You Can Help Live A Healthier Lifestyle

8 Ways Moms Like You Can Help Live A Healthier Lifestyle

As a mother, do you want to live a healthier lifestyle?  Do you want to help your husband and children adopt healthier living habits? Exercise, diet and other lifestyle habits can be introduced to help the whole family live a healthier, happier life. Some changes are easy and some are more of a challenge. Don’t try to change the whole family’s lifestyle all at once, but add healthier foods and activities a little at a time. When the family has accepted one or two healthy changes, add one or two more. Small changes add up over time. There are at least 8 ways to achieve a healthier lifestyle.

Why Changing To A healthier Lifestyle is Important

Why is it important to make positive changes leading to a healthier lifestyle? It is important to improve one’s lifestyle to achieve better health and more happiness. A healthier lifestyle helps people avoid many health problems and live longer. One way to start a healthier lifestyle is to add exercises to your routine. Some people like to exercise at home with exercise videos or plan an exercise routine on their own. But, will each person keep up with that exercise option day after day?

Changing eating habits, exercise, limiting smoking and alcohol use, getting better sleep, and eliminating or managing stress can also help improve a lifestyle. 8 Lifestyle areas to seek improvement include:

  1. Exercising

One way to get exercising in on a regular basis and make sure the exercises are doing the most good is to join a fitness club near your home. When people pay for club membership, they are more likely to go there and exercise. The exercise regime is planned to obtain the optimum benefits so results come faster. When a person sees results, they are more likely to continue exercising. Joining a fitness club also has the benefit of socialization and making new friends.

There are group and individual exercise plans to meet every person’s needs and preferences. The family can purchase a family membership, and every person can choose their own exercise program. There are exercises geared to balance, cardio, core or strength building, dance, indoor cycling, kickboxing, interval training, pilates, step training, and more. Fitness clubs offer expensive exercise equipment that is not available at home.

The benefits of regular exercise include weight loss, better self-esteem, better sleep quality, more energy, less depression, reduces risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, and elevates a person’s mood. Leading an active life with planned exercise and other physical activity helps us to look and feel better.

  1. Making Diet Changes

Weight is not the only indicator of health. But, managing weight is a good way to promote overall good health. Managing weight can reduce the chances of suffering from chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and some kinds of cancer. Working with the family physician and the fitness center to manage weight is a good start. Eat healthy foods rich in calcium and other nutrients.

  1. Reduce Drinking

Do you or family members drink more than the recommended daily guidelines? Reducing drinking alcoholic beverages has many lifestyle benefits. These benefits can include weight loss, better family relations, healthier finances, reduced risk of stroke, cancer, and heart attack. Less drinking can lead to better overall health.

  1. Diet Changes

Change the family or individual diet to include 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Fruits and vegetables are filling without having a lot of fat. Eating 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day can help a person maintain a healthy weight, increase energy, and keep the person’s heart healthier. Eat whole grains, nuts, and berries and avoid over-processed foods.

Reducing the use of salt and fat has many health benefits. Too much salt and fat in the diet can lead to heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

  1. Quit Smoking

 Smoking is bad for the person smoking and bad for those nearby. Smoking leads to heart and lung problems as well as other health risks. Quitting smoking has immediate health benefits including reduced blood pressure, lungs starting to clear, heart attack risk dropping, reduced stroke chance, and reduced chance of getting cancer. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.

  1. Better Sleep

 Make an effort to improve the amount and quality of sleep. Insufficient sleep affects work performance, relationships, recovery from illness, and eating habits along with weight control.

  1. Mental health and Stress Levels

Mental health problems such as anxiety and depression affect well-being and quality of life. Stress can actually make you ill. high levels of stress can lead to headaches, aches and pains, heart palpitations, loss of appetite or overeating, and problems with sex. Managing stress can improve overall health and happiness.

  1. Get Regular Health Exams

Healthier people are happier and have a better quality of life. Physical exams can detect diseases such as cancer, heart problems, diabetes, and other conditions early when they are easier to treat. Stay up to date on screenings and immunizations. Women should take advantage of normal preventative care such as mammograms and cervical cancer testing such as pap smears. Get immunizations like flu shots on schedule. When medications are prescribed, take them wisely after carefully reading the instructions. 

Tell your doctor what other prescription and over-the-counter medications you take.

Achieving a better, healthier lifestyle, is not difficult, but it takes some effort. Just 30 minutes of exercise per day has health benefits. Going to a fitness center and exercise gives benefits including enhancing sleep, reducing stress, improving the person’s appetite, increasing energy, and more. An added lifestyle improvement is taking time to do some fun things alone or as a family. Music, reading, hobbies, travel, family outings, and other enjoyable activities improve a family’s lifestyle.

Protect that healthier, happier lifestyle by living safely. Wear those seatbelts and bike helmets. Use sunglasses, safe sunscreens, and sun-protective clothing. check the house for safety features such as smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Make sure the steps are safe. A healthier, happier lifestyle is within everyone’s reach. Every step you take improves your lifestyle. The more steps you take, the more your lifestyle improves.

 

16 Comments

  1. Nice tips for mothers. I am not yet a mother but I find these methods for every woman very relevant.

  2. I just got a membership at a gym close to home. I am excited to start this journey. I am not overweight, but I am not fit. I’m getting older and muscle seems to be dissolving before my very eyes!

  3. Tiffany La Forge-Grau

    I definitely admit that I have some bad habits. However, I hate limiting myself so much and like to enjoy life a bit too.

  4. Getting better sleep is a hard one for most people. It’s definitely a hard one for me and I wish I could change that.

  5. It is important to make positive changes leading to a healthier lifestyle because it improves our physical and mental health. also, it gives us more comfort.

  6. These are great tips for literally anyone, not just moms. Healthier lifestyles are KEY.

  7. These are all such great ways for moms to stay healthy. Cutting down on drinking and making healthier eating choices are definitely key!

  8. It’s a brilliant post, especially for moms. My kids are on holidays so I try my best to give them a healthier lifestyle in these holidays.

  9. I agree, these are the obvious things we all need to work on. Doing them is a whole different story, so terribly hard.

    1. Yes, it can be hard but the end results are worth it.

  10. There are definitely a few of these that I can improve on. Specifically diet and exercise. They are the two I avoid most.

    1. I struggle with these too. I am so limited in what I can do physically due to failed back surgery so I’ve been trying to figure out an exercise regime that is not harming my back.

  11. Reducing stress is my biggest challenge. As a working mom, it’s a constant challenge 🙁

    1. It really is a challenge.

  12. Exercise is one of my top ways to stay healthy here and it is really not negotiable for me either. I can’t feel full of energy and able to handle two teenage girls when I have no exercise or energy. So, it is not something that I ever compromise on.

  13. Fiona Cambouropoulos

    They are all so obvious yet hard to do, says me with a glass of wine! Exercise is easy for me, I love it, but reducing drinking and getting enough sleep are an issue.

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