Instead of setting yourself up for failure, why not create a list of things that you can easily add to your life that could make you healthier. Here are ten suggestions to get you started!
I will…
- Eat a ½ cup of blueberries, raspberries or blackberries at least 5 days a week because they have the most antioxidants of any fruit!
- Add 1-3 tsps. of ground flaxseed to my salads, yogurt, or peanut butter toast most days of the week to help prevent breast and prostate cancer.
- Eat 4 Brazil nuts a month to help lower my cholesterol.
- Drink 64 oz. of non-caloric fluids 5 days a week. (Yes, coffee and tea count.)
- Eat a veggie with dinner 5 times a week.
- Reduce the cream in my coffee to 1 tbsp. or try a plant-based creamer like Silk Soy milk.
- Make a new healthy recipe each month.
- Eat take-out food no more than once a week.
- Walk 7,000 steps (or whatever you choose) 5 days a week.
- Purchase a Sit-Stand Desk that I will use for a minimum of 30 minutes a day.
I hope these ideas will help you change your nearly impossible goals to those you can easily conquer. Mastering these small, meaningful changes will have the dual effect of adding confidence and creating a healthier you in 2025.
I would love to hear your list of things that you could easily add to your life that would make you healthier for the new year. Send me an e-mail or a text, and as always, let me know if you have any nutrition or fitness questions. Here’s to a healthy, happy 2025! _Lisa
