So most people think that living a healthier lifestyle equals to eating
better and working out and while those two things are really important for you
it's not all about that. In fact I know a lot of people who want to kick-start the
healthier lifestyle and actually make that big change but find it a huge
challenge to do so. In today's video I'm gonna be showing you some small steps
you can incorporate into your daily habits for you to kick-start a healthier
lifestyle. So this is what my typical morning routine looks like. I wake up and
then I go do some stretches in bed. I think this is a really great way to
start my day just like mentally and also physically. When I'm stretching I feel
like my body's opening up. You know I start feeling active and, you know even
if you're someone who doesn't exercise, just starting your day with these simple
stretches, it's gonna help relax your muscles, and keep you really focused to
you know want to do more active things throughout the day. And then once I'm out of bed I
go and make myself a cup of coffee and recently in the mornings I've just been
trying to do this thing where I have a quiet moment to myself. Just having that
time to yourself, just five minutes. Just calm your mind, take deep breaths. I think that
this has really helped with my mental focus as well as my overall wellness.
So some of you may not know this but there's a difference between health and
wellness. Health just means there's an absence of illnesses and diseases in the
body, but wellness is living an overall healthy lifestyle. And that's why when it
comes to fitness I really advocate for a holistic lifestyle change. It's not about
just you know going to the gym like five times a week and dieting in order for
you to get that body that you want it's really an overall lifestyle change
because you're going to you know be with your body for the long haul, so you want
to take care of the body that you get to live in. I am going to have my breakfast
because I'm starving so, for this morning I am having eggs, avocado, and rice cakes.
With my breakfast I usually like to have a cup of coffee so it'll be like my
second coffee in the morning before hitting out the door but I've been
trying to kind of wean off too much coffee reliance. So I've been trying to
find a caffeine alternative and I picked up teas from Pukka. Pukka is a brand from
the UK that uses a hundred percent organic ingredients. First off, how cute are these
boxes? Like the packaging is so pretty I think they make awesome gifts and
apparently these are also printed with vegetable ink and they have no staples
so this is also a very like environmentally-friendly brand. This is
the night time, love, and three chamomile tea. I think they're perfect to take at
night time, they contain things like lavender
chamomile. These three are supposed to be for immunity. That's awesome to have in
the morning, and lastly this is supposed to be for digestion so I think this is
perfect after like a very heavy meal. It's just awesome to cleanse your palate
make you feel very refreshed. For this morning
I am gonna be trying turmeric gold. This is really refreshing it really just
cleanses your throat as well. This tea actually contains turmeric, lemon
fruit and green tea. I remember when I was a lot younger my mom used to make
for me like turmeric juice to drink in the morning which I know sounds kind of
horrible to some of you, but turmeric, it has two great properties - number one it's
an anti-inflammatory food. It's gonna help take away your bloating, your
indigestion. And the second thing is that turmeric actually is a metabolic booster
so if you're actually starting your day with a metabolic booster like this or
you know green tea, it can really help to wake up your body, wake up your
metabolism and get that fat-burning going. Okay I got a busy day ahead gonna have
my breakfast then go into start my day.
Something else that a lot people struggle with is food. You know when you're out
and there's there's so many options it's just very hard for you to resist the
simple options. What I personally like to do is like to go to places with the
salad option because at least you get the variety of vegetables there. I am meeting
up with my good friend Nicole, she's just back in town for a bit. Okay we're gonna eat poke
today. I am having a chicken avocado salad
I got a salmon poke with an egg, corn, mushroom and quinoa. Yes so these are
like very high in fiber foods. You have your good fats, you have your protein. This is
just a very balanced highly fibrous meal. Yeah fiber is in all foods but the
fibers that you get from vegetables is just very important for your digestion.
It's packed with micro nutrients, your vitamins. And I know it's really
difficult for people who just don't generally eat salads or a lot of
vegetables, but you know just make small small steps you know. Maybe have a
goal to just eat you know one meal with some vegetables in the day. So when you make
those small changes in future you're gonna start accumulating more and more
healthy eating habits.
Good evening guys, I am now filming a YouTube video.
This is my little setup I have decided that I'm gonna treat myself to a nice sweet
treat before I go to bed, but I'm gonna be sharing you with you some
midnight munchie hacks. If you're someone who likes
late-night snacking like I do, I recommend eating things that are high in protein
and also low in sugar and low in carbs. So some healthy options would be yogurt. This is a
high-protein snack and can have this with some fresh fruit. Another thing we can
have is some dark chocolate. There are a lot of studies that show that this
actually helps to lower your blood pressure. As well as reduce the risk of diabetes.
This also help to release endorphins in your body, it's gonna keep you happy and
going to sleep with a smile on your faces, especially after a long day. I practice the
rule of balanced eating, so if you have been healthy and eating your salads
throughout the day, you've been eating really clean, and you know what, at the end of the
day you want to have a cookie, or a small muffin, then I say just go for it.
What I like to take usually like after a big dessert is I always like to drink
some green tea or peppermint tea because I feel that it really helps to cleanse
your palate and improve your digestion, because you don't wanna feel bloated before
you go sleep. I'm having some three mint tea from Pukka, a fusion of organic
peppermint, spearmint, and field mint. It's not as strong as like peppermint teas
that I've had in the past because it's like a very light and refreshing flavor.
This is perfect after you eat a heavy meal or even something sugary or sweet
in your mouth. I highly recommend you try this, it's so good and
another good thing about this peppermint tea, is that it is also caffeine-free. It's fine
to drink this like right before you sleep, in fact it can put you in a very
good mood for a rest. I just got back home from work it was a really long day
and usually on days like this when I'm really stressed and very exhausted, it's
very hard for me to fall asleep. This is really bad because you know in times like
these your cortisol levels are a lot higher, stress levels are a lot higher, and you just
feel very unrested. I think at the end of the day what's very important for me is
to just have some time to myself and also to spend time with my family. Before
that, I'm gonna make myself some tea! Today I'm gonna try some Pukka
night time tea. It's a dreamy bed of organic oat flower, lavender, and limeflower.
This is so soothing! It's so good for my throat especially since I just came home from a
singing gig and my throat was a bit coarse today, so I'm gonna go drink this,
go watch Game of Thrones with my mom, and then go get myself a good night of sleep.
So in a super hectic week when you're just so busy with work I think it's very
important to just take a day, or even half a day to just focus on what you
like to do and pamper yourself. I like to do very girly things on my day off.
I like to go for manicures, sometimes for massages or facials.
Honestly I feel that this is the piece of the puzzle that I don't really do
enough. Rest is just as important as you know, actually doing the work.
This entire week I've been challenging myself to drink less coffee. And if you know me you know
that I am like frickin addicted to coffee. I drink something like four to
six cups a day. Many years ago I used to drink something like 10 cups of coffee
especially during periods when I'm extremely stressed. So I've been trying to limit
myself throughout the years because caffeine is linked to a lot of digestion
problems acid re-flux, sleep issues, and also anxiety. I've been drinking the
supreme matcha green tea from Pukka. This is a blend of Sencha green tea, Pin Ho Wild
jade green tea, Indian green tea, and matcha powder. So that sounds like super
exotic, all the exotic green teas mixed into one. Even though this does contain
caffeine I found that it doesn't give you that caffeine crash you get with
coffee. In fact I did some research about green tea and I found that it contains
this amino acid called theanine which is present in a lot of plant species.
What theanine does is that it helps you to relax your mood, it actually helps to
reduce your anxiety. What it does is to soothe and relax the body when the
caffeine kick runs out. So there you have it, these are my tips to kick-starting a
healthier lifestyle. I know there's a lot of inertia when you're first starting
out on your fitness journey and it just seems like so challenging, you know you
have to eat well, exercise, and do all these crazy things but no.
Start small - whether it's getting an extra liter of water in a day, getting
an extra hour sleep every night. You know it might seem really small and not very significant
but these small changes really changes the way you look at yourself, the way you
feel the way you function, and I promise you it's gonna make huge difference in
the long run. As always I hope you found these wellness tips useful for you and
just as a little encouragement to you I'm giving away a full range of Pukka Tea
products each to three lucky winners. All you got to do is to comment down
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