The Keys To A Healthy Lifestyle:
How To Be Healthy

The keys to a healthy lifestyle are as follows: These are my top healthy lifestyle tips!

Why are these the keys to a healthy lifestyle?

1. Finding good ways to exercise makes life more enjoyable

First thing's first - feeling good in life is important. When you exercise, your body releases powerful stimulants called "Endorphins". I won't bore you with the science of it, but basically if you exercise, you'll get a natural 'high' during or after. Essentially, exercise makes you feel good.

Exercise is fun if you find the right sport! 

Sure, spending an hour on the treadmill sucks, but when you can lose yourself in the happenings of a game you love, you've added some excitement to your lifestyle. 

You are more mentally healthy if there's activities in your life that you look forward to and enjoy. This is easy self improvement.

Exercise keeps your body healthy. If your body is healthy, you're more physically attractive. You'll also be physically fit for longer in life. Your anatomy is able to function well for longer if you use it often enough.

Exercise allows you to eat more tasty stuff! Let's face it, most nice food is high in calories. If you exercise often, you can eat the tastiest grub without putting on weight...

If you play a sport...then you won't have to feel guilty about eating that 3rd portion of dessert! You can have the freedom to eat what you like, if you exercise it off.

2. Eating healthily keeps you feeling and looking good

Take in the right amount of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins etc, and you stand a better chance of feeling and looking healthy, for longer.

If you feel healthy, you have the energy to be able to take what you want from life. 

When you're physically healthy, the world is your oyster in terms of succeeding. Also if you look physically healthy to others, you are more attractive and more employable.

3. Drinking water flushes the 'bad stuff' from your body

Parts of what you eat, drink and breath in are bound to be unhealthy for your body. Water filters out the stuff your system doesn't need - providing you drink enough of it.

When you eat something unhealthy, you'll put on less weight if you drink water afterwards because water flushes out unneeded sugars, fats etc. 

Drinking water is one of the most important keys to a healthy lifestyle because it plays such a major role in keeping your organs in good condition.

Here's some other benefits of drinking enough water:

4. Relaxing lets your mind and body take a break from everything

As a human (and thus, not a machine) you need a rest from each part of your life. It is crucial to your self improvement i.e. physical and mental health that you 'recharge' often.

You are more capable on your feet and in your thinking, if you take pure, decent-length breaks from everything. 

How can you relax?

Sit in silence, close your eyes, and say to yourself "think of nothing" over and over

Brief recap on the keys to a healthy lifestyle

1. Exercise. This keeps your body parts functioning well and allows you to eat more nice stuff!

2. Eat fairly healthily. Get the goodness your body needs and also enjoy yourself a little. Nobody's going to slap your wrist for eating a chocolate bar each day, providing you work a few calories off by playing sport.

3. Drink water. This will make your system more efficient at getting rid of what your body doesn't need.

4. Relax. You can only have the energy to live a healthy, happy life if you chill out regularly.

Put those keys to a healthy lifestyle into practice and they'll soon become good, healthy habits. Much better than your other habits. To still pick your nose at your age...you should be ashamed!

Much Love

Sam

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