Ah! I am nearing my 50s and already know I need a healthier
lifestyle to stay active once I reach 50 and plus. I am sure lots of you guys
must also have realized the importance of being healthy and active once we are
50, the main reason being our lazy and health care free lifestyles make us face
health problems.
We all want to stay healthy all our age, as we grow older
many changes start to occur affecting our active lifestyle, from joint problems
to poor digestive system, from poor eyesight to fatigued muscles. But all these
health issues can be taken care of by making slight changes in your habits and
living more healthier and active lifestyle. Here are few quick things one should
start doing either if one is 50 or plus.
Major changes that start affecting your health
The natural life cycle does not stop, facts of life are
realities that you should understand and accept. After many researches it was
very obvious that our health declines due to transitions and changes happening
around us in our routine life. Being fifty means that you have spent almost
half of your life, during this period many lose their parents, come across
accidents, children grow up get married and move away to other cities for
better jobs and a bright future and above all you reach a retired age, all
these factors unconsciously start declining your health and your active lifestyle.
It is very import to accept transitions in life,accept them and find a formula
for healthier and active lifestyle. There
are many misconceptions about ageing. Generally people think that with ageing
they will face declining health naturally, or will face some kind of
disability. Maybe they will suffer from memory loss and will not be able to
learn anymore, well guys all these are mental phases or should I put it like
this that leaving hope and will power will eventually make all above problems
can affect you more easily. Here is a quick
checklist to follow fro a healthier and active lifestyle for over 50
Be grateful for the things that are around you
Remember you are reaching a half life milestone of 50 years,
many of your friends did not, so cherish and enjoy every moment of life, and be
grateful to things that life has given you
Express your feelings
Don’t hide your feelings, express them more openly, they
will be heard and honored.
There are things you can not change accept them
Since you are trying to achieve things all your life, few
you have won and many you could not achieve don’t try hard to set your goal for
those now.
Find a passion for yourself
Don’t think you have reached 50 and are a retired person who
will stay home, find a passion or an activity of interest, an activity you
wanted to do but the busy life routine, taking care of job, bills and other stresses
kept you away from it.
Start making daily goals rather set long term goals
Try and set goals on a daily basis and don’t set long term
goals now, as they will give you mental stress and affect your healthier
lifestyle. Volunteer yourself to public
charity work, plan to see a movie in the evening, meet an old friend, or read
three pages of the book you hated all your life. Lol .
Make a healthy tweak list of every day routine
Your healthier and active lifestyle list should include,
morning walks, healthy eating habits, regular exercise plan, searching for
healthier lifestyle tips.
Join a club
It will be a best idea to join a community club and make new
friends and share your life experiences with them, listen to their experiences
and be a support. Plan activities with them like fishing on weekends, group
morning walk, window shopping together and having coffee in shopping malls, there
could be no end to your fun life.
Plan a travel
Brilliant idea isn’t it guys, you can plan a travel with
your family or friends, explore new places to relax and meet new people. Take lots
of photographs to show your friends what fun you had.
Develop activity rituals
Try to come up with ideas of rituals for activities like taking
a warm bath while listening to soothing meditation music and then lay in your
bed and read a few pages of a book before soundly sleeping in your quite dark bed
room. Preparing proper table for your favorite healthy meal.
Conclusion
So folk the key to a healthier and active lifestyle is to be
happy and make changes in your routine life from healthy eating habits to regular
exercise, from my daily activity plans to help in community work I have started
these tweaks in my life and hey already I feel so different but very happy. So live
every moment of your life with a smile.