With the cold winter days finally subsiding and slowly giving way to the warmer seasons of the year, the time is just right to get back on track with your healthy plans and habits – not just for the sake of your physical health, but your psychological and emotional wellbeing as well. After all, 2019 should be the year when you become the healthiest version of yourself.
The anticipation of the joyous sights and sounds of spring creates the perfect backdrop for an entirely new approach to personal health and fitness – a holistic approach that will help you rejuvenate your mind, body, and soul. Here are the five ways to achieve this, and so much more.
Start with a wholesome approach to nutrition
Your eating habits can have a profound impact on your physical and mental wellbeing, as well as your performance in your personal and professional life. While you might have gotten away with a few bad diet choices during the colder months of the year, now is the time to bring back the healthier eating habits in order to banish those extra kilograms from your frame.
Eating healthy once more will make you feel better all around and help you ease into a good workout routine while at the same time cleansing your mind and making you feel good about yourself. Remember, your diet choices can greatly influence your mindset, so be sure to introduce plenty of healthy foods such as fruits and veggies to help banish the wintery blues.
Start exercising on a regular basis
Exercise is one of the best things you can do for your overall health and long-term wellbeing, but let’s not kid ourselves, it’s not like finding the motivation to work out on a regular basis is easy. This is especially true for those business leaders among you who have a hectic schedule and numerous responsibilities in your personal and professional lives.
Nonetheless, it’s important that you recognize the power and potential of daily exercise, in particular, how it can help you find inner peace and improve your physical performance in real life as well. So start slowly by introducing a couple of light sessions a week. Up the training frequency every week until you’ve made daily exercise a habit you simply can’t live without.
Complement healthy habits with healthy supplementation
Vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. These are the keywords you need to introduce into your diet if you want to supply your mind and body with the nutrients essential for long-term cognitive health and physical wellbeing. However, it’s also important to be aware of the fact that the modern way of life often forbids us from reaching our daily requirements for these nutrients.
This becomes especially problematic when you’re trying to uphold a workout routine along with your daily schedule, which is why introducing workout supplements with protein into your diet as well as a daily multivitamin complex is essential for your overall health. Nailing your exact nutritional needs and using healthy supplementation to fuel your mind and body will allow you to stick to your healthy habits in the long run.
Reconnect with Mother Nature
Speaking of exercise, springtime is the perfect time to get out of the stuffy gym environment and into the great outdoors. Don’t be a slave to the same gym routine you’ve been doing for months, but rather dare to venture outside to make the world your own outdoor gym and reconnect with Mother Nature.
Simply going for a jog or doing HIIT in the park will be enough to cleanse your mind while giving your body a new challenge to overcome. When you find yourself among the trees and the critters that permeate the natural world, take a moment to close your eyes, and breathe in the freedom and serenity.
Part with the old and embrace the new
On a final note, understand that spring is the season of change. This is your opportunity to change for the better yourself, and more concretely, leave the past behind and embrace what’s to come. This is a new chapter for you, so make it a good one.
Final thoughts
After months of cold, dreary weather, the sun is finally about to poke out its pretty head and bathe the day with its warm light. Embrace the beauty to come and use this opportunity to rejuvenate your mind and body in a holistic and wholesome way.
By Peter Minkoff
Peter is a lifestyle and travel writer at Men-Uall magazine, living between Ústí nad Labem and Antwerp. Follow Peter on Twitter for more tips.