What small changes have you made to improve your physical and emotional wellbeing?

[MatildaTheGreat]

I'm overweight, drink too much and don't eat properly during the day so end up snacking at night.

I work full time, but erratic hours and being a very routine person I find it difficult to achieve things regularly. I also waste a lot of my free time through procrastination and lack of motivation.

So I'm looking to make small changes to improve my physical and emotional wellbeing.

I plan to start walking more, and looking forward to the weather improving. I'm also trying to get more organised with healthy food to take to work. I am also going to buy myself a bunch of flowers each week and try to read more.

What little changes have you made?

I love this thread! I am watching it for ideas. Alot of what people have suggested i know i should do i just need to do!

I gave up facebook last year (and replaced it with instagram!) but i feel so much better for it and i dont miss it at all.

@Sportycustard you should be able to find Adriene's 30 day Dedicate.. Each day is numbered.. That's where I started and now having completed the 30 day having been a yoga newbie, I'm hooked! I now just pick and choose from the videos! Highly recommend!

Nice thread. Feeling a bit inspired after a recent life slump.

Left Facebook. Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

Gave up coffee (sob) for green tea. Much, much less anxious.

Cut out hidden sugars and processed food. Cook from scratch more. Trying not to overeat.

Learning French and German.

Avoiding the news.

Reading more and being on the laptop less.

Not trying to force myself to like things I think I should like eg hiking, dark tv shows inc GoT, bestsellers I can't get into, etc etc.

I will however give yoga another try and I want to start swimming.

My happy photo for the day.

Oh wow marcopront! Where is that?

@MummatoaMunchkin
It's in Zanzibar

Just throwing this happy photo in.

Daffodils are officially* the happiest flower known to mankind/womankind.

*Because I said so

Hear hear remus !

Park run every Saturday.
Freshly ground coffee, no instant.
Minimal alcohol.
Walking several times a week.
Body pump.

Brilliant thread, thanks and well done OP and everyone, I'm taking some of these ideas!

I try and eat a portion of my five a day at breakfast, otherwise I find I don't always achieve it.

Love those happy photos.

Here’s my happy photo from yesterday.

One of the biggest changes I have made to my life and it has revolutionised my physical and emotional wellbeing is to stop giving a fuck. It’s literally changed my life. I used to tie myself in knots overthinking and worrying.

@Wildernesstips I am enjoying 10 a day the easy way by James Wong. Lots of ideas for incorporating more fruit and veg in the diet.

I so wish I could stop giving a fuck about lots of things, but especially work related stuff. I even read the book about not giving a fuck, but still end up giving too much of a fuck and therefore investing too much. Any tips for stepping back and giving fewer fucks much appreciated!

No happy pic today but I'm planning to not do any more work this evening, so please imagine a happy pic of me reclining in a bubble bath with a nice cup of tea!

@Matilda that book sounds great, thanks.

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie

This may help 😂

Anyone at all who is struggling with not giving a fuck needs to watch this video!

I know what you mean Remus, and I have always paid more attention to the negative than the positive.

I have really tried to stop bothering with people in my life that take more than they give. And focus on friendships being about quality not quantity.

At work I just accept that I cannot please everyone all of the time. And that’s fine. No one is perfect, and I am confident that I am doing a good job. And that some people are just dicks. I find myself more and more giving very clear boundaries as to what to expect, but will go the extra mile for someone who is courteous, respectful and grateful.

Life’s too short to give too many fucks, I try to focus on what’s important.

I love that video

Some people are just dicks - very true, but it's the extra work those dicks create that annoys me!

No happy photo but a couple of happy moments today and am going to give myself the gift of a very early night.

Hope everyone is well.

Awesome thread - really liked reading everyone's suggestions :)

I've got rid of all my social media accounts, Facebook, twitter and Instagram just seem

Tried a few things:

• Bikram yoga as often as I can
• reading a book a month
• watching a film a month

These things when I do them make me much more content.

There was a thread on here a few years ago, called something like 52 changes, which focused on doing something beneficial each week to make new habits. Some of those things I still do. Some of these things I've been doing for years and so have built up these habits over a long time. I would recommend baby steps, little changes over time, and do whatever suits you. Some things I do.

Having a good morning routine:

• get up early and have a bulletproof coffee (I low carb/intermittent fast) and have some quiet time to myself
• check my Fitbit app to check sleep and set step goal for the day
• log the previous day's food/activity on myfitnesspal, set anything I want to for the day
• do a Headspace meditation (can be a quick 3 min one)
• do some yoga (I use YouTube on the tv and keep my yoga mat etc. in the corner downstairs)

I try to walk an average of 12,000 steps each day, do some weights a few times a week but I don't beat myself up about it if I don't manage it. If I'm tired or stressed, it's just as important to be gentle on yourself. I low carb, because it suits me, but it took me a long time to eat like this, I ate low GI for a long time before and changed gradually. The yoga makes me feel much better and I can choose a gentle practice if I like. I've also restarted playing the piano since early last year, which I'm really enjoying. I read a lot too.

Have a good night time routine, though I'm less strict about this at weekends and holidays or if we go out

• don't eat after 8pm
• no screens after 9pm and put a twilight filter on, so there's less blue light
• get changed into pyjamas after putting dd2 to bed, so 8-8:30pm
• get things ready for the morning
• take off makeup/clean face and teeth
• get into bed and read

I think you have to make these things easy for yourself, set up routines that work for you or put things where they're easily accessible eg my weights are in the corner of the bedroom and my Headspace app is on both my phone and my tablet.