Some Short & Simple Wellness Tips for You

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Do you ever think if you can’t do something big to improve your health you should just not even try? Have you put off making wellness changes because it just feels so overwhelming to think you have to change everything at once? So many people feel they have to make huge changes all at once to improve their health, but starting with just one small thing can get us on the road to a healthier life.

Sometimes one small change can make a huge difference. The most important thing we can do for ourselves is to make it easy for ourselves. That may mean making our healthy behaviors convenient, making it easy to eat healthy meals, or simply realizing that we don’t have to do everything perfectly all the time in order to make progress.

With that in mind, I thought I’d share some of the short and simple wellness tips that I share on my Facebook page each day. I hope you find some that speak to you and help you make progress on your wellness journey.

My #1 Tip

Wellness Tip - Put Systems In Place (Pre-pack healthy foods, put workout gear by the door etc.) This can help avoid decision fatigue.

I say this is my #1 tip because if we can get our systems in place so we don’t have to make constant decisions about our healthy behaviors, we can avoid a lot of the roadblocks most of us encounter when we’re trying to get healthier. Sometimes having your ‘system’ in place makes all the difference.

A Simple Food Change

Loaf of bread with tip - Choose Less-Processed Carbohydrates

This little switch can make a big difference. One important note — be sure to actually check the ingredients label on the back of breads, cereals, pastas, etc. Many that make ‘healthy’ or ‘whole grains’ claims end up not having much actual whole grains at all. Ingredients are listed by weight on the ingredients list, so look for whole grains within the first few ingredients.

A Strong Core

Woman doing Quadriped exercise with tip - Strengthen Your Core

Our core strength can become even more important when we’re a little *ahem* ‘more seasoned.’ Having a strong core is what helps us remain mobile and prevent falls, which can have a devastating impact as we get older.

The Original Superfood

Whole brown eggs, and egg on avocado toast with tip - Eat the Whole Egg

For a long time, the prevailing recommendation was to severely limit eggs if you were trying to control your cholesterol, but new research has shown that we can all eat whole eggs in moderation. Of course, you’ll want to check with your doctor for his/her recommendation if you have high cholesterol or heart disease.

There’s No Such Thing As a Good or Bad Food

People's hands sharing food over a buffet table with tip - Try Not to Think of Certain Foods as Off-Limits

As we talked about in Good Foods Bad Foods and Good Foods Bad Foods Part 2, foods aren’t good or bad; they’re just foods. Trying to completely avoid eating certain foods generally isn’t sustainable long-term. Learning to look at our foods on a continuum rather than giving them human attributes can help us be more successful when we’re trying to change our eating habits.

Take Good Care of Your Gut

Olive background with white text box with tip - Take Care of Your Gut Health

In more recent years, we’ve gained more understanding of the impact our gut health can have on our overall wellness. But it may surprise you to know just how much our gut can affect our psychological health. For example, we all think of serotonin as a brain chemical, right? Would it surprise you to know that 95% of our serotonin is found in our gut? Taking care of our gut health is another of those small things that can give us huge benefits.

The Gift of Simplicity

Sometimes when we’re trying to make wellness changes, we’re tempted to try to ‘fix’ everything at once. We think we have to do all the things that are going to make us healthy right away. What usually happens? We’re trying to do too many things and can’t sustain any of them. Why not give yourself the gift of simplicity? Remember, we’re trying to change our wellness for life — that’s going to take a while. Be patient with yourself, make your healthy behaviors easy to do, and aim for progress, not perfection. You’ll be healthier before you know it!

For More Short & Simple Wellness Tips

If you want more short and simple wellness tips, I’d love for you to follow my Facebook page, https://facebook.com/olivetreesaints. I post new tips and quotes most days, share pictures from my rambles around our beautiful trails, and even the occasional photo of my spoiled-rotten pup.😊

What have you found most difficult when it comes to making wellness changes? How did you make it easier for yourself? Please share!

Blessings,

~Terri

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9 Comments

  1. This is an excellent article. Your advise is “on point”. I completely agree that small changes over time make a huge impact. Your tips are easy to apply and stick with in order to create long lasting lifestyle changes. Thanks for the reminder! Best Wishes! Leigh

    1. Thanks so much Leigh! I’m glad you agree that the tips are easy to apply – for me, making things easy is the thing that helps me stay consistent with anything. I know myself well enough to know if things are too hard, I just won’t stick with them for long.😳 Blessings to you sweet friend!

  2. Fabulous, bite-sized and ‘easy to digest’ (😉) tips! I used to have what I thought was a decent core strength before I got sick. I used to do a lot of sit ups, crunches etc. Muscles disappearing mean I’ve very little strength anymore and I’d like to build up my back as that’s led to dislocating shoulders, as well as my tummy to help prevent a hernia. It’s hard knowing what’s safe to do with a stoma and twisting insides because nobody seems to be able to tell me if sit ups are safe. I also agree on those little food swaps being simple yet effective, and definitely think that society as a whole should really work towards unlabelling food as good/bad. The governments aren’t helping with this with efforts to make “bad” food more expensive with extra taxes or cutting the size of chocolate bars in half, but seeing something as ‘bad’ ignores the goodness in any food, leads to guilt, resentment, frustration, eating disorders etc. xx

    1. Thank you so much Caz! I’m so sorry your core strength has suffered because of your illness. I’m wondering if a physiotherapist would be able to give you some guidance on what exercises would be safe with your stoma? They’re the only people I can think of who would have the level of expertise in anatomy/kinesiology/exercise science to make recommendations. It can be so hard to figure out what you can safely do without causing yourself more pain. I know I have that problem sometimes even with just my fibromyalgia. I agree with you 100% that we need to get rid of those good and bad food labels. I recently read that people who think of foods as good or bad are at a much higher risk of developing eating disorders, and it’s easy to see how that could happen. Hope you’re doing as well as possible sweet friend. Sending hugs your way!

    1. Thanks so much Jennifer – I’m glad you liked these tips. I like things in ‘bite-sized’ pieces sometimes.😊 Hope you’re doing well and that it has warmed up for you. Sending hugs your way!

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