New Year is a traditional time for reflecting on the year that’s gone and looking ahead with hope and aspiration.
This January, why not take a moment to review how you use your time.
Housework and family/pet commitments might dominate your week. Or caring. Or volunteering.
Sport can really take over if you let it (says the woman who had no social life for 30 years).
Work can take up 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
— Many jobs involve a lot of sitting which shortens your life
—- and much artificial light that damages your eyesight
—— looking at screens with static, poor posture
——– sometimes with stress which is miserable.
Then there’s a commute which could take another hour or two out of your day and might include more sitting and more stress (unless you’re lucky enough to walk/cycle).
Leisure has never been more sedentary – hours of TV, computers, mobile ‘phones, gaming. More sitting, poor posture, screens.
To counter all of this you might invest some time doing sport or going to exercise classes or the gym. That takes time to travel, time to do, time to change and shower.
Underpinning Health is Food
Very little you do has a greater impact on your health than your eating habits. What you eat can give you energy or leave you lethargic, make you fat or make you slim, give you diabetes, heart disease and early death or keep you young and vibrantly healthy.
You might have spent time going to diet clubs. If it worked and you only needed to go once, well and good. Most dieters’ reality is going year after year and still not having the body they wanted (spoiler alert – the diet causes the weight regain, it is not the fault of the dieter.)
Of course lots of people just eat rubbish – sadly, they’ll pay dearly.
But you want better, so choose to ignore all the subliminal messages about you not having time to take care of yourself properly.
20 minutes to cook a meal from fresh ingredients is a very small percentage of your life for very big benefits. Make it a priority. Make it a habit. Make it an investment in you. And enjoy reaping the rewards of a more vibrantly healthy life.
Pea chorizo risotto sea bass
Not sure how? Book a consultation with me for only £49 and start your 2024 with real food.
Top tip: Spend a little time cooking your own food.
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