As the new year approaches, we all await the dreaded phrase “new year, new me.” But what if getting a brand new you in the new year wasn’t as difficult as you often believe it is. In this post, we are going to be looking at a few ways you can give yourself a brand new lease of life.
While most people think this involves living your life in the gym, living off rabbit food and having no fun, that’s all nonsense, and this post will make it plain for all to see, that when it comes to giving yourself a new lease of life, it’s far easier than you may believe.
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Flip The Diet
When people see the word diet, they often feel a huge cause to panic. Let us start by saying, you don’t have to worry at all.
While you may have scrolled through social media and saw countless nutritionists selling you their amazing diet plan, it can be confidently said whatever they are offering is not worth paying for.
Most nutritionists you find on social media nowadays have completed a two-week course and call themselves qualified; generally, they do far more harm than good. When it comes to diet, the best advice will always be free advice.
In this post, the best free advice we can offer is to stay away from fad diets. It is important to remember that although the trials state they are backed, they are clinically back. If something is clinically backed or proven, this is an empty term that means absolutely nothing.
If you want to get healthier in the new year, do it the good old fashioned way. The first thing you want to monitor is your calories. There are many incredible calorie monitoring apps out there nowadays, and they can make watching calories very easy.
All you have to remember if you are trying to lose a little weight is this; calorie deficit will always result in weight loss. When it comes to changing your diet, that’s also quite simple. Minimize heavy fats and sugars and replace your liquid intake with water.
While it may sound like nonsense, it is the most efficient and scientifically proven way to lose weight healthily. We should mention, weight loss should also be done healthily, you should aim to lose no more than 1-2 lbs per week. Losing weight too fast puts a strain on your heart and can be dangerous.
Reduce The Toxins
One of the most important things you can do with your life is to really take care of your body; after all, you only get one. For a lot of people nowadays, the introduction of toxins is a serious concern, but they often don’t realize the levels of toxins they are already putting into their bodies.
The first main set of toxins that are put into the human body are found in cigarettes. What most people don’t realize when they light up a cigarette is that with each one they are introducing around 7000 chemicals into their body, and around 10% of these chemicals are toxic.
The one thing that is obvious is that quitting is not an easy thing to do, but luckily there is now a plethora of solutions available to help people along the way. Nowadays, people are turning to patches, tablets and, of course, a ton of people now vape.
There are so many sources of toxins nowadays, and there is even a presence of mycotoxins in the food we buy from supermarkets.
Should we all take a little extra care when it comes to the ingestion of toxins from food, drink and smoking, we would all feel a lot better very quickly. Our bodies are sensitive to all changes, and you will find some of these changes remarkable even after a few short days after removing the toxins from your body.
Most people, when taking steps to remove toxins from their diet, often seek some form of aftercare and pay for an expensive detox. While this may be brilliant for some, it’s actually rather pointless as the very best detox you can have is free. Your liver is a built-in filtration system and will detox your body quickly and efficiently.
Get Some Exercise
If you haven’t guessed by now, this post isn’t your regular bag of advice. This will also still stand while we are looking at exercise.
If you have seen the diet fads spread around, you have probably also seen thousands of people who claim to transform your body in a few short weeks, if you haven’t already come to this conclusion, let us help; they are full of hot air.
The first thing you need to realize is this, an exercise plan that works for one person, will almost certainly not work for somebody else. A lot of fitness gurus nowadays will try to fit you into a somatotype. While this may not sound familiar, you will have seen a reference to ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph; these are three somatotypes that the fitness overlords will build a diet around.
There is, however, one small problem with somatotypes; they don’t actually exist. This should just about tell you everything you need to know now about online fitness.
The truth is though; there is a base level of fitness that will work for everybody and is the best starting point for everybody wanting to give themselves a new lease of life.
If you want to make huge changes to your body, try this; take a brisk 20-minute walk once per day. You don’t need to run; you don’t need to hit the gym, you just need to get moving. Adding this simple thing to a good diet and stripping out toxins will give you a brand new lease of life before you know it.
