Better Health And A Longer Life

One of the biggest reasons why New Year's resolutions very often don't help is that too many people try to take off gung-ho in the New Year hoping above all else to change their entire life during the month of January. While this may be a very ambitious goal, for most it is truly impossible to revamp their entire lives in 30 days and therefore they very simply go back to their old ways, giving up entirely on the goals they set for themselves. New Year's resolutions and for that matter any goals that one sets for themselves throughout the year can be very easily attained by approaching them from a good, healthy perspective.

Taking steps to change your life and create a healthier lifestyle should be taken seriously and yet not be taken to the extreme. Implementing any type of life change can be difficult and those who are most successful at making life changes have done so at a very slow step by step pace. Doing so does not seem so overwhelming and helps assimilate the changes without overwhelming.

To successfully change your eating and diet habits you should begin with changes that only make health sense. Start replacing most of your drinks with water and plenty of it. It is not only healthy but it is a necessary component for living and is a natural cleanser. Begin adding whole grain breads to your diet. A healthy life changing diet will also include generous servings of fresh fruits and vegetables. These small seemingly insignificant steps will reap bountiful health rewards. Making these good changes a life long habit will not only make you feel better but will add years to your life.

Many people try to focus more on exercise as a way to stay healthy and this is a very important part of changes that need to take place. The fact is that if you take on these changes too quickly and over do it, you will-loose your motivational steam and soon throw in the towel of defeat and settle back into the destructive habits you are trying to change. Lasting lifestyle changes need to be done in a realistic way that will make meeting your set goals very reachable and will be a stepping stone to the next phase of your life style changes and can be motivation enough to make giving up an unacceptable option. Start slowly and increase your activity level every day or week allowing your body to get used to the changes and begin to crave more of the changes. Going from the couch to 10 miles just isn't going to happen for most-people that are human.

The changes that can be implemented from most anyone with the desire to change, will most always work best if the start is slow and is increased slowly. A good New Year's resolution should by designed to last all year-long, because the changes that need to take place will take longer than the couple of months you are hoping for. Increase your expectation by making your goals and resolutions more change friendly. A better resolution plan could include a full twelve months before making the next phase of changes the next New Year's resolution.