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BUSY LIFESTYLE HACKS | healthy living tips for busy people
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hello everybody out there how's it going
welcome back to my channel in today's
video I'm gonna be sharing with you ten
healthy living hacks for busy people so
many of us are very busy and it can be
helpful to have a handful of strategies
on ways that we can still continue to
lead very healthy lifestyles and
prioritize the things that matter to us
even while who were really busy so
today's tips are designed to help us
achieve exactly that I've got some
nutrition and some food tips to share
with you as well as some lifestyle tips
and strategies as well and let's get
started
meal prep I know it can feel like meal
prepping itself we don't really have
time for but it doesn't have to take
long I know for myself personally I just
prefer to keep the meals that I make
simple food can still be totally
delicious with just a few ingredients
and of course it is a little bit quicker
to prepare weekend's are great
opportunities for whipping up a couple
of great you know foods to have prepped
in the fridge for really quick meals and
snacks roasted chicken and veggies even
some boiled eggs can be really handy
chopped carrot sticks if you have a slow
cooker this is also fantastic for either
doing kind of overnight breakfast
recipes or like having dinner ready for
you later on in the evening I do have a
meal prep video if you want to check it
out I'll leave it linked below it's here
on my channel but I will be filming
another meal prep video very very soon
so stay tuned for that I also have a
video up on my grocery kind of staples
items that I always like to have on hand
from the grocery store that I shared in
my previous video so you might want to
check that out as well for some just
great staple foods to always have on
hand to make your life a lot easier
if you are really really busy and
finding it hard to get in nutritious
meals regularly multis are a great way
to help to cover your nutritional bases
of course supplements cannot and do not
replace a healthy lifestyle but they are
a great option if you do need that extra
support I recommend that you opt for
whole food derived formulas like the
ones from a new chapter they make a
really good one mega food and whole
earth and sea by natural factors is a
good option - those are just a few of my
favorites but there's many out there
smoothies are a classic really create
super quick way to get a huge boost of
nutrition into our days that doesn't
take long and you can just throw things
together into your blender whip it up
and you're good to go also great for if
you're on the go
all you need is some frozen fruit maybe
a leafy green hemp seeds has a good dose
of protein you also want to have a good
fat source in your smoothie - for some
blood sugar stabilization and you're
good to go you've got a really quick
kind of breakfast meal
number four is to get your groceries
delivered there are so many food
delivery programs out there nowadays
that deliver farm-fresh goodies and
produce right to your door each week or
whenever you would like them to deliver
it this may be a great option for you if
you just feel like you need to take a
bit of a load off of your shoulders if
you're finding that you're really really
busy and can't always make it to the
store on a regular basis so this is
definitely a very good option there's
lots of companies out there there's
fresh city farms here in Toronto mama
earth organics also in Toronto Food
Share even grocery stores nowadays like
instacart like there's a lot of grocery
stores that are now offering food
delivery services too so keep that in
mind and that may be really useful for
you
it's really easy for us to say that we
don't have time to exercise and a great
way around this if you you know you
don't really have time to join a sport
or if you're not overly athletic is to
just add in different kinds of physical
activities into your day that can be
added in sort of very seamlessly walking
instead of driving if this is possible
depending on where you're going taking
the stairs instead of the elevator again
if this is possible depending on what
you're doing
lifting groceries carrying children and
even if possible standing at your desk a
little bit more frequently or just
getting up from your desk every once in
a while to just move around and walk
around a little bit little amounts of
movement add up over time and it's
important to remember that
learning new things is one of the best
ways for us to support our brain health
and our cognitive health and to develop
new neurological pathways and to keep
ourselves mentally sharp if you're
wondering how exactly you can do this
and kind of fit this into your day to
day life especially if you feel like
things like reading a book just isn't
really feasible for you right now
then hands down one of the best life
hacks for this is an app called blinka
so this is an app that essentially
distills down the most important points
or you know pertinent information from
thousands of books into about 15 minutes
or so for you to read or listen to it's
all nonfiction everything from
self-improvement to philosophy science
psychology motivation in the morning is
fantastic to listen to for a little
boost of inspiration or in the evening
but you know definitely for making use
of things like commuting time so if you
are driving if you're on the bus if
you're on the train or any other time
that you just feel like you can squeeze
in a little bit of you know something to
learn or to improve a skill I want to
take a moment to thank blanka's for
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even if it's just five minutes everybody
has at least a couple of minutes each
day to just stop for a moment and take a
breath and actually focus on your breath
this here is one of the most effective
ways for us to take a moment to calm
down our nervous system when we are very
very busy a lot of times we're also
simultaneously feeling a little bit
overwhelmed and our shoulders can get
really tense and we can breathe very
shallow even just right now take a
moment to just focus on your breath take
a long slow deliberate inhale and exhale
and this is what's really gonna help you
to relax Center yourself calm down your
nervous system
and lastly evaluate where you're
spending most of your time are you doing
a lot of scrolling on social media are
you watching a lot of TV are you getting
sucked into viral video land really
evaluate where you're spending a lot of
your time and I bet you you do have more
time in your day than you realize often
we feel so so busy and we feel like we
have a lot on our plates and we do we
definitely do a lot of us do but
sometimes when we take a moment to
really evaluate where we're spending our
time we can realize oh you know I am
spending quite a few minutes doing these
sorts of things that aren't really
adding value to my life and if I just
shift my focus a little bit I can either
free up time entirely or I can spend
that time doing things that can bring me
joy or can help me to relax try one day
of the week jotting down how much time
you're spending on certain activities
and on that note I do want to point out
here too before I end this video to give
yourself permission to say no to things
sometimes that just don't bring value to
you or if there are things that you just
don't really want to do but you're kind
of feeling pressure to do it you don't
always have to do those things of course
sometimes yes we do need to do things
that we don't always want to do but a
lot of the times we don't so I hope that
you found these tips helpful and you've
learned a thing or two if you have any
questions or if you have anything to
share on the topic of being really busy
but still managing to lead a healthy
lifestyle as much as possible then I
would love to hear from you leave your
comments below I also have a number of
resources for you to check out in the
description box below too and I will see
you all very very soon
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