Just about everyone is familiar with the conundrum of trying to stay healthy while at home: You start with good intentions, but end up eating snacks on the couch. It might feel as though it’s not possible to do a Home Detox because of the temptation to be sedentary while in the house, but there are in fact several healthy habits you can start right from the comfort of home.
Staying indoors, whether due to winter storms or for safety reasons, doesn’t have to mean relegating yourself to poor dietary habits, lack of exercise and a general feeling of inactiveness. Here are the top four healthy habits you can adopt to create a truly healthy lifestyle at home.
1. Schedule Regular Stretching And Exercise Breaks
Even on a lazy day where all you want to do is watch TV and relax on your living room couch, it’s important to fit in at least a little movement. Most experts recommend a minimum of a half hour of exercise a day, but this doesn’t have to mean boring, repetitive gym exercise. You can get up for stretches during commercial breaks, for example, or take walks around your neighborhood.
2. Make Health Pacts With Family Members For Extra Accountability
When you have a partner to keep you accountable, you’re much more likely to stick with your health goals and meet them. Consider asking family members to motivate you, and you can motivate them in return. Act as each other’s partners on a journey to wellbeing.
3. Switch Up Boring Meals With Healthy, Handmade Alternatives
It’s perhaps ironic that when stuck at home, it’s all too tempting to order in greasy takeout rather than cooking with the food you already have in the fridge or pantry. However, if you want to improve your health, there’s no getting around it – you may have to learn to cook at home. This doesn’t mean you’ll be stuck with weeks on end of nothing but plain pasta and potatoes, however. You can browse the internet or fun cookbooks for healthy alternatives that you can quickly make by hand.
4. Tuck Yourself In Early And Take Time To Unwind
In today’s constantly busy world, going to bed early can seem like a luxury. In fact, when you have too much on your plate and what seems like a never-ending to-do list that you have to get through, sleep is all too often one of the first aspects of daily life to get compromised. However, health experts across the board are in broad agreement that good sleep is the cornerstone of health. Rather than seeing it as a luxury, consider setting up a relaxing bedtime routine and tucking yourself in early every night.
Many people associate staying at home with sitting on the couch, feeling lazy, snacking on junk food throughout the day and generally falling into a sedentary, inactive pattern. However, if you need or want to stay at home, but still want to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle, you should know that the sedentary fate is completely avoidable. In fact, these four healthy habits can make it easy to stay in good health and good shape while enjoying all the comforts of home.
*collaborative post
