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December is nearing its end and we are all set to start afresh with the New Year coming.
Which means it is resolution time!
But wait, are you still stuck at these:
” I will start going to the gym positively this year.”
” I will not eat junk food from January 1″
” I will read at least 1 book in a month”
Losing weight, hitting the gym, and fad diets are just too old for our Gen-Z generation;
If you just nodded yes, it’s time to find better resolutions that you will not only enjoy but will also stick to.
We have designed a simple 4-step scheme on how to get going to your goals more effectively.
Deciding to take up a New Year resolution is already a gift you have given to yourself. We have made it a little easier for you to select your resolutions along with the ideas to plan and prepare for them and finally enjoy marvelous results.
Now that you have decided to take up a New Year resolution, you are one and the most important step closer to UPGRADE your life in multiple good directions.
Just remember to stay determined!
Recollect all those goals you want to achieve and select your resolutions accordingly.
Keep it realistic
Start small
Do not get overwhelmed
Work according to your body not trends.
We have prepared a list of whooping 30 ideas for you to choose your dream body from.
From your physical to mental goals, we have got you covered. Have a look!
Some herbs and spices bottle up with excellent properties for overall well-being. Adding these to your meals or drinking as infused waters could be a win-win situation.
What spices can be added to the daily lifestyle?
Benefits- improves digestion, ease bowel movements, maintains hydration, and provides some vitamins and minerals.
Befriending ghee could be one of the best things you can do for your gut health. It will be grateful to you forever!
Having 2-5 tsp of pure Aashirvaad ghee daily ensures an overall healthy body, supple skin, and stronger bones. Once you add this magical drop to your diet you bid a forever bye to bloating, indigestion, or flatulence.
Pro tip: For a calm deep sleep massage a few drops of ghee on the sole of your foot and you will wake up so rejuvenated and refreshed for sure.
You can also use this to massage your temples and navel before sleep.
Benefits- provides a healthy gut, a daily dose of healthy fats and proteins, skin, eye, and hair health, calms the mind, and nourishes the soul.
An ancient concept called ‘shatpavali’ means walking 100 steps after every meal. It is being practiced to ensure better functioning of the digestive tract.
Now, ensure you have 100 steps after your breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
Benefits- aids digestion, burns calories, helps metabolism.
Stay a day without heavy foods, liquids, and emotions.
Our liver, colon, and other beautiful organs surely need a rest day too! Try on different detox juices like ash gourd juice, cucumber mint juice, etc.
Detox is not only physical but mental too. Mental detox is even more important as it allows you to achieve a balance. It reveals the happiest version of you.
You can plan a detox day once a week, once 15 days, or even once a month.
Benefits- complete body cleansing, skin health improvement, weight loss, digestion, de-stress.
“Haldi doodh” is undoubtedly the most loved bedtime drink in India. This glass of golden milk could make your grandma and your immune system happier.
Turmeric teas, turmeric curries, turmeric face packs, turmeric bathing, and much more! Incorporating raw Aashirvaad turmeric into your lifestyle can prove to be very fruitful.
Here is the ultimate guide to turmeric.
Benefits– blood purifier, antioxidants, immunity booster, boon for eye health, anti-aging properties.
If you ask me just one process that improves physical, mental, emotional, and psychological health, it would be massage. From improving blood flow to inducing calmness it could be your savior from a stressful lifestyle.
What are some good oils for daily massage?
Benefits- relaxation, skin tone, improves circulation, ease stress
Good for people with hectic lifestyles, dull and dry skin, and painful conditions.
“sweet, sour, pungent, astringent, bitter, salty”
Major dietary blocks in our body are satisfied when we involve all these 6 types of rasa in our diet. It is the Essence of food, mind, and body. Choose your diet wisely which has a combination of all of these. Make it a habit and see your gut thanking you!
Benefits– caters to major nutritional needs of the body.
Be it starting or ending the day herbal teas always got your back!
Nature offers a variety of herbs to choose from: chamomile, ginger, turmeric, fennel, brahmi, hibiscus, and peppermint will never fail to rejuvenate your body leaving you so calm and refreshed with the bonus gift of metabolism.
Benefits- digestive health, mental health, nourishes body, delays aging, boosts immunity, stimulates brain function.
We have grown up listening to “laughter is the best medicine.”
It stimulates organs and relaxes the mind, and muscles. So why worry, just laugh it off!
Benefits- Decrease pain, boost endorphin level, help focus and concentration.
Do you know the best self-healing tool for your body?- BREATHING.
Mornings and evenings are perfect times to get started with your inhaling peace and exhaling stress movements.
Try Pranayam too! Just 7 days of it and your skin will glow like never before.
Benefits– increases flow of oxygen-rich air enables healthy lungs, good skin, better eyesight, and beautiful hair.
Regular meal timings help your mind adapt and work at its best to keep you full and productive all day long.
Have a look at the meal timing guide to quickly add this idea straight into your resolution list.
Benefits- improves metabolism, reduces digestive stress, enables weight loss
Hopping into fad diets and cutting up on all the happy foods is not the right thing to do.
It ends up in you breaking up with your diet and having even more bad foods.
Altering your diet blocks, leaving you dull and lethargic is what it does.
It is always a better option to go for a healthy balanced diet comprising all essential vitamins and minerals that satisfy both your tongue and food blocks.
For a balanced diet– it is always better to plan according to your Body mass index.
Intake of more fibre rich food, having a sufficient amount of protein, cutting down on processed sugars, and lowering saturated fat consumption, including fresh green leafy vegetables and colorful fruits must be the best option.
Benefits- proper macro and micronutrient balance in the body.
This natural sweetener has to be on your friend list. From external applications to internal, it is a multi-tasker.
Incorporating honey can look like-
a) hair repair honey mask-
b) taking honey for fat burning-
In a glass of lukewarm water, add 1 tsp of pure honey. Consume it preferably in the morning.
c)Go creative and add manuka honey to your herbal teas
d)puddings and desserts
e)face packs as a dose of hydration
f) as an energy booster.
This beautiful combination of arts and athletics can sail you through the oceans of rigidity in life.
Remember those days when you find yourself being unbalanced both mentally and physically?
Aerial yoga makes sure that you don’t suffer from it anymore.
Aerial yoga is said to be exceptionally good in improving balance, flexibility, strength
Here are five amazing poses of aerial yoga you must try–
Benefits- improved posture, weight loss, concentration, and focus improvement.
Surfing through your Instagram feed lands you on some of the most delicious recipes! Why wait? Cooking is proven to reduce stress, and increase balance and the cherry on the cake is having the tastiest meal without having to spend extra pennies.
Try out banana oats and date brownies now!
Benefits- hygienic food reduces the chance of food-borne diseases.
Life presents us with hundreds of choices every day, what we choose makes us what we are. we often find ourselves in what- to- choose situations.
Sleeping or walking, junk food or home-cooked meals, happy or sad! Preparing our brains to choose healthier must be a thing. Because Small choices make a big difference to our health.
Benefits- brings positivity, enables right decision making.
Not only does your rainbow food look tempting, but also tastes delicious and provides all essential nutrients along with a big boost of energy.
From radiance of reds to hues to blues rainbow diet is a really good option to include in your New Year’s resolution list.
Benefits- a balance of nutritional blocks, a happy mind, and a happy tummy.
Going up to a cafe and ordering one large sugary drink. Going to a movie and having a large soda. Partying and having premixed alcoholic beverages, Isn’t a really wise choice.
Stuffing out bodies with sugary drinks not only causes weight gain but also inflammation to a large extent.
Instead, make it a resolution to have milder, healthier drinks, probably sugar-free!
Benefits- maintain a healthy weight, skin glows.
Swimming is fun! Pool too! Have you ever wondered if they can heal you?
Hydrotherapy is a method which uses water in various forms to cure you.
Relaxing your body and mind, relieving that stubborn pain, and providing that skin glow are some of the many benefits it can do to your body.
Sweets are undoubtedly a form of sharing happiness! We have got you six alternatives of sugar that don’t compromise on taste but provide health in return.
Here are some Healthy sugar swaps
Next time you bake a cupcake try jaggery instead!
Throw up your chemical-loaded skincare regimes and opt for natural ones, those that are toxin-free.
Here are a few natural skincare masks that can bring wonders to your skin; but remember true beauty comes from within.
For glowing radiant skin –
For acne-free supple skin –
Ingredients-
Both of these face packs should be applied after a small patch test.
After applying a thin layer all over the face for 10-15 minutes. Wash it off with fresh water.
Treating hair with chemical-loaded treatments has become a popular thing!
There are better things to show your love for hair.
Here are a few good ingredients to add to your hair mask regime and watch it change the game.
prepare hair masks with-
Massaging your scalp once to twice a week could be done with these oils-
Start going for healthy swaps; believe it or not, your body will thank you all year long.
5 must-try health swaps you can try are here,
Chocolate pudding → chia pudding
Artificial dips → hummus
Potato fries → baked potato
Sugary ice creams → fruit parfait.
Toxic friends → healthy friendships
We often find ourselves trapped in the net of stress; be it exams or work. Why not try a promising de-stressing routine?
Take a moment out for yourself- light up that fragrant candle- put on positive affirmations – write down a gratitude journal – pursue your hubby – have your favorite food – have a relaxing walk – bake yourself that cupcake.
Benefits- clears the mind and declutters life.
Retreats are a great way to retract your life. All the fun activities, healthy food stalls, and spas surely help you disconnect from day to day chaos and immerse yourself in a real calming environment.
How to do a little relaxing spa session at home?
Benefits- helps rejuvenate, and declutter the mind.
The quality of your last night’s sleep can affect your whole day’s performance, your digestion, and gut health.
Here are five ideas to cultivate a relaxing bedtime routine-
This time choose your mental health above others. Accept how you feel. Confront it.
Do not hesitate to unfollow that toxic girl or say ‘no’ to that party.
A quick 3 ways to let go of toxicity are-
Everything in the world indeed runs around money. Shelter – Food – clothes.
Work that extra hour to achieve your financial goals, learn new ways, generate passive income, and start tracking your expenses.
But remember to maintain a work-life balance!
Enjoy your work but also nurture relationships.
Be it procrastination, indulging in over-eating, not exercising, always eating a dessert, or eating late at night; it can unknowingly decrease your good health days.
This year seems a perfect beginning to bid goodbye to your bad habits and say a warm ‘welcome’ to the good ones.
Regular physical activity can be your key to staying disease-free for the longest of time.
From weight management to increased blood flow it has a fair amount of benefits to offer.
So next time you are sitting idle put your shoes on and get a quick walk done.
Few ideas to make walking more fun!
Certainly, you must be confused about what to choose out of a big list. Wait. Think of your short-term and long-term goals to get the best out of it. Also, check for the availability of ingredients around your house for the diet you are going to get into.
Having chosen a few resolutions, move to planning, preparing, and executing them.
Also, do not forget to –
Commit to your goals
Avoid committing past failures
Use reminders
Renew your motivation
Track your progress
Reward yourself
Now you are ready to sip up the essence of health in the mug of New Year’s resolution.
Following up on these you are all ready to have a pack of results from head to toe.
From a calm, peaceful, and focused mind – healthy, strong, and shiny hair- relieves tension headaches – better eyesight – plump soft skin – better respiration – healthy gut – a fine boost in metabolism- satisfactory pain relief – better joint health- significant flexibility and movements to a nourished body.
Team Happy Tummy wishes you a happy, fulfilling, and joyous NEW YEAR!
