Fitness mantra for 2021!

Want to be fit in 2021? Start working on it today!

How to make one small change in your daily routine every week?

1.    Week 1: Start going to bed in time (of course you will wake up early next day)

2.    Week 2: Have lime water with honey (first thing in the morning)

3.    Week 3: Drink more water

4.    Week 4: Start eating healthier breakfast

5.    Week 5: Start cutting down portions for lunch

6.    Week 6: Start having light dinner (minimum two hours before you sleep)

7.    Week 7: Start exercising.

Now, here are some tips for each week in detail.

Week 1: Start going to bed in time

Trick is to set an alarm for going to bed and stick to it. For example if you want to sleep by 10.30 in the night, set an alarm of 10.00 pm so that you get enough time to wind up. As soon as your alarm rings, have a cup of warm turmeric milk. Also keep away all gadgets like your mobile phone, laptop etc half an hour before bedtime.

Week 2: Have lime water with honey

Start your day with one glass of warm water with juice of half a lemon and one teaspoon of honey. You can extract juice of lemon previous day and keep in your fridge or else you can just cut a lemon into half and keep in fridge so that it is easier for you to extract the juice. Also have one glass of plain warm water after this.

Week 3: Drink more water

You already know you should drink more water but how to increase your water intake? There are many mobile apps to help you drink more water. If you don’t want to use any app, just add 2 hourly reminders in your mobile phone. As soon as the reminder rings, have one glass of water.

Week 4: Start eating healthier breakfast

It is a known fact that breakfast is an important meal of the day. Try to add more protein in your breakfast. Sprouts, Paneer, Lentils are some of the good vegetarian options to add to your breakfast.

Week 5: Cutting down portions for lunch

Let’s take a simple example. If you were having two rotis for lunch, start having only one and add a bowl of healthy salad to your plate. You can use cucumber, tomatoes, onion, carrot, radish, coriander for making salad.

Week 6: Start having light dinner (minimum two hours before you sleep)

Now, if you have set your sleeping time to 10.30 from Week 1, have a light dinner around 8 pm and always try to finish your dinner before 8.30. You can have a filling soup /salad/ sprouts as dinner.

Week 7: Start exercising.

Soon after you have a glass of lime juice and honey/plain warm water, go for a walk nearby, say in the park for half an hour. You can have your usual tea/coffee after that. Additionally, you can go for a walk in the evening for another half an hour.

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Hi all I am passionate about health and fitness. I read a lot of articles on internet on healthy eating and wellness.

Please tell me if you like these tips. I will be very happy to have your feedback, comments and suggestions. You can also add to the above list by sharing some great tip for Week 8! Waiting for your comments. 

I will be back with some great wellness tips in my next post.