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What healthy things do you do daily?
List things that you do daily that would be considered healthy. This might give others (who may be trying to figure out how to get healthy) some ideas. I'll start.
Each day I:
Drink AT LEAST one tall glass of whole milk for calcium
Stretch until I get as far down as I can go into my splits
Do at least thirty push-ups
Make sure I take the stairs instead of the elevators on my campus
Try to eat one serving of vegetables or fruit a day (although I haven't been doing too good on this one)
What about everyone else?
Each day I:
Drink AT LEAST one tall glass of whole milk for calcium
Stretch until I get as far down as I can go into my splits
Do at least thirty push-ups
Make sure I take the stairs instead of the elevators on my campus
Try to eat one serving of vegetables or fruit a day (although I haven't been doing too good on this one)
What about everyone else?
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Meditate.
At least 30 minutes of exercise. Even something light like taking a walk or doing tai chi.
I stretch every day, but I don't do yoga every day.
Drink a lot of water. Drink a lot of tea.
Take probiotics, spirulina, b12, a multi-vitamin(even if they are mostly useless), fish oil supplement.
I like to eat pretty healthy in general as I feel a lot better when I do, so a lot of veggies throughout the day. My vice is kimchi, but I guess that's quite healthy as well.
http://drbenkim.com/how-make-kim-chi.htm
Tea first thing without milk so I can absorb all those antioxidants.
Meditation for twenty minutes before work and half an hour after work.
Half an hour of Karate kata per day.
I walk from town to work on weekdays and walk to the newsagents at weekends.
I don't watch miserable television, just half an hour of news and an educational programme or a comedy per day.
What Tom said about interaction with the outside world is important.
That said
- Sipping mineral water 2 hours after eating.
- Foods low on the glycemic index to stabilize energy levels. No more peaks and troughs.
- Soluble fiber to block cholesterol and keep the arteries free.
- Insoluble fiber to unblock the colon, reduce heaviness and risk of disease
- Low fat.
- Variety to avoid intolerances
- Try to get a good nights sleep, wake up early, feed the birds, smell the morning air, meditate in a cold shower, dry off, quick jog followed by the best (and most underappreciated) meal of the day (breakfast )
-feel out (from the "inside") my body extremities while waking up in bed, in the shower, moving about the house
-yoga, incense offering, meditate
-drink tea
-listen to some music (with music as the foreground of attention, not background -- harder than it seems some days ;D)
-stop and really look or listen to something that is beautiful
and since i'm basically a nightowl,
-stargaze (perfect these nights as the moon is "off" lol)
-send random friends inspirational quotes or thunk thoughts via text
-play with my cat Steak ^.^ (he learned how to "sit" the other day, proud father
-spend some time alone, and away from technology
-avoid television like the plague -- hypnobox still gets me, though
-watch a cool thing from ted.com (not every day, but when I remember, which is like probably once every two weeks)
e.g.
I do this!
Nice!
The Korean temple I go to always has pounds and pounds of it on hand. They even have a special "KimChi making machine" which is about the size of a small refrigerator, lol.
According to health.com Kimchi is one of the worlds healthiest foods.
"Koreans eat so much of this super-spicy condiment (40 pounds of it per person each year) that natives say “kimchi” instead of “cheese” when getting their pictures taken."
And I can personally verify that this is actually true.
@ownerof1000oddsocks
How do you get your soluble/insoluble fiber, just out of curiosity? I have some psyllium husk 'powder' that I take sometimes... but I sort of hate it. Feel like I'm drinking a bunch of grain...
stretch
eat veggies
drink plenty of tea and/or water
One of my favorites is granola mixed in with low fat vanilla yogurt. I also buy mixed dried fruits and seeds to put in there. That adds up to quite a variety of good nutrients.
Also bean and vegetable soups are good (plus easy to make).
In general Veggies, Beans, WholeGrains and a moderate intake of fruit should keep your digestive system intact for the years ahead. Good luck with that.
Lots of veggies
Try to keep carbs to a minimum (often fail)
Walk when possible (as illness allows)
Interactions with pets
Hugs and kisses and ...
Drink water
Drink digestive tea (from Teopia...mmmm...)
Positive thoughts
Plenty of water
Like Raven, I love Teopia
Fruits & veggies
Cardio (wait, did you say daily? Still a work in progress....)
I don't know, I don't like eating "lite, light, low-fat, or diet" things because they never really taste the same as the good ol' fatty stuff. Now if it's "low sodium" and tastes good I might try it, but I avoid "low-fat" like the plague. Most of the time the taste (especially of sweet things with sweetners in them) make me nauseous because it's just that bad to me.
NAC supplement for bronchitis
Vitamin C
Omega 3 fish oils
Royal Jelly
Tsp. Olive oil
Exercise
I did have a cupcake the other day, though. But that was because it was my birthday.
...actually, when I started yoga, I would do it only to the point before the meditation...I didn't know the benefits then. Now it's different. @zombiegirl...you can go to a gym .... sure you can, pound that threadmill
I drink a lot of water and green tea. I'm a healthy eater in general. I've gotten in the habit of consuming around 1500 calories a day which is easy when you make a routine of it.
I meditate 15-30 minutes everyday, and exercise 30-45 minutes 3-4 days a week.
Reducing stress in whatever manner is important, also.
And bathing everyday is deemed healthy in some cultures. :wave:
@NikkiGemGirl Are you a vegetarian as well? (Aside from the fish oil anyways, I was told that it was better. *shrugs*)
And what is this Chitosan? The name is already adorable, which makes me think of the proper form of the nickname of Chitose (Chito-san).
Chitosan is a marine fiber that's made from the powdered shells of crustaceans. It comes in capsule form. I take it at night before I go to bed. It's a good source of fiber and helps to keep your digestive tract regular (in combination with the probiotics). The reason I take it at night is because it tends to absorb fatty acids, like Omega3, which can render it useless if taken close together. I take my fish oil in the morning so it has time to digest before the crusty critters get to work, haha.
Three cheers for tea!
Hip hip hooray
hip hip hooray, for nummy nummy tea.
@raine I'm going to steal nummy nummy and you can have my "Willy nilly "...you talk like I think. Lol.
Then I eat a lot, yeah. For depression in the brain you need fat in your diet so I eat good fat. Love love love avacadoe and olive oil.
I do not watch TV or read women's magazines or even parenting magazines, I read real stuff and watch good movies when I do.
In the morning some good words to my mother.
Listen to the awakening beings.
Listen enough but not get reduced to electro-positive ie haunted by my past as a chemist. Oxidation is losing. (electrons) Reduction is gaining. (electrons)
Give up drinking if you can
Prana breathing. Breath in. Rest. Breath out carefully balanced with relaxed.