The first few things that might come to your mind when you hear about a long-distance relationship are video calls, text messages, and social media tags. Having a mobile phone and uninterrupted internet connections at your fingertips helps you keep the relationship going. However, lack of physical proximity often leads to emotional complications.
A few things which are pretty common for regular couples, such as holding hands, hugging, and going on regular dates, are extremely special for a couple in a long-distance relationship (LDR). In some cases, the physical distance also results in communication issues and misunderstanding. In short, maintaining an LDR is easier said than done.
Nevertheless, it does not mean you should just give up on trying. Remember that this distance is temporary; what you feel for your partner is not! So, you must give a shot to different ways of keeping the spark alive. Plus, we are also here to help you out! Read on to discover effective tips to make your LDR work.
Maintaining a healthy work-life balance can be difficult for many professionals like land developer Damon Becnel. Juggling work responsibilities with personal obligations can often feel like an impossible task. However, it is essential to make time for your professional and personal life to stay sane and productive.
Let’s take a gander at five ways you can achieve a healthy work and life balance.
Let me preface this post by saying: “I eat these foods.” Yes, it is true, I do eat about 50% of the foods listed. Especially peanuts, Smartfood, and some of the carbohydrate foods listed at the bottom. Despite calling them all out as unhealthy foods, they aren’t all technically that bad for you, it’s just good to examine the nutritional details and figure out where we can make the best decisions.
If you take this list literally, it will just aggravate you, so take it with a grain of salt… or maybe a grain of whole wheat.
There are many terms that are misleading in the food advertising industry today. Think of how many times you see healthy phrases plastered all over food containers. Don’t allow yourself to be swayed by these words of trickery, none of these catchphrases mean ‘healthy food’ inherently – you have to read the labels.
Let’s take a look at some of the most common attempts to convince consumers a food is healthy when perhaps it’s really not.
There is still a big misconception that a healthy diet – and a healthy lifestyle – is expensive. For many, buying organic food, high-end supplements, and maintaining a gym membership is not always an option. Students in particular often struggle with maintaining a healthy lifestyle, despite the fact that students diet healthy on a budget all over the world.
Students tend to stay up late and engage in activities that are not necessarily good for the body and mind. The same problems are seen among online students, especially since they have more freedom with their time.
Whether you’re pursuing your bachelor’s degree or taking an online degree while working a full-time job, these healthy diet tips will help you maintain a healthy body on a budget.
Eating a balanced diet may sound cliché. Who doesn’t know that every meal should have carbohydrates, proteins, and vitamins? Even the laziest of people can whip up a healthy balanced meal.
Here are 5 tips you can use today to start transitioning your lifestyle to a healthier balanced diet.
Intimacy and emotional connection depend on communicating with your partner, including outside the bedroom. Investing in excellent communication will ensure that you get the utmost from your partner, resulting in a healthier relationship in the long run. Yet, you must understand how to approach the topic of both your sexual needs, as it could be a little sensitive. The following insights will help ensure that the talk is successful.
Sinks are one of the busiest places in any home. They are also one of the dirtiest. One way to protect your countertops and cabinets from messy spills is to use an under-sink mat. Not only will a mat protect your surfaces, but it can also help keep your sink area clean. Let’s look at some under sink mat benefits to understand why it is important for your health and for your kitchen to use this often-overlooked item.
Exercise is good for your health, both physically and emotionally. Sometimes, though, you just can’t muster the energy to make it through a workout. While feeling tired once in a while is normal, persistent fatigue could be a sign of a problem. Some lifestyle habits can have a big effect on your energy and will ruin your workout.
Consider these six things that can sap your energy and stop your workouts before you’re done.
Smoking is one habit that’s difficult to kick, especially if you’ve been doing it for many years. It’s hard to stop because smoking leads to an addiction to nicotine. Once you start, your body craves more. If you don’t supply this need, you may suffer from withdrawal symptoms, including jumpiness, restlessness, or irritation. It’s important to understand how quitting smoking will improve your health to help encourage taking that first step.
When you start working out, one of the first things that you might notice is a lack of energy. It’s a common issue, and one of the reasons comes from (often) not hydrating yourself well enough. This is a common problem, and will often lead to various issues including cramping and overheating. Not only will your workout often be quite weak in comparison to how it should feel, but you will find it harder to get through the workout – and to recover.
So with that in mind, let’s look at some useful tips to help you stay hydrated.
Being healthy is not always easy to achieve. You have to work hard to stay fit and healthy. Especially during this global coronavirus pandemic, it has become a tough challenge to maintain a healthy lifestyle. As we stay home, isolated day after day sometimes unhealthy lifestyle habits start to set in. We can possibly start to reverse those habits by introducing regular exercise.
Let’s take a look at how the addition of exercise into your routine, can help reverse those unhealthy habits.
No matter how you work out or for how long, taking a water bottle with you and remembering to drink is important. You may wonder what exactly the health benefits are to staying hydrated. Learning more about the reasons to hydrate and the role water plays in your bodily health can help you remember to eat foods with water in them and drink after an intense workout.
Whether we like it or not, stress is a huge problem in today’s world. It could be that you are having problems in the workplace, personal issues – or even money issues that can result in you feeling stressed or anxious. We have collated a list of activities to relieve stress that can hopefully put you well on your way to a stress-free life.
The start of a new year is the perfect time to improve yourself. Hitting the treadmill day after day can start to feel tedious and repetitive. This year, try something new to help you stick to your resolution. Of course, you can use a full-body workout routine, you can add HIIT to your daily routine, and you can try 3×5 workouts in 2022, but if you think outside the box you’ll realize there are a ton of other classes you can try.
Yoga, spin, kickboxing, jump rope, and even the hula hoop have conditioning benefits. If you’re ready to get in shape, here are the best workouts to try in 2022.
How many times has anything like this occurred to you? You get home after an exhausting day of work where you’re already attempting to function without enough sleep. then you have a refreshing bath, sit down to eat your meal, and power down on your couch or bed. Just as you’re about to fall asleep, you’re startled to awaken by the cackling laughter next door, dogs howling outdoors, or a car honking someplace nearby. If you’ve returned home after a night shift and are attempting to sleep during the day, a flood of sunshine flowing in through your windows may interfere with your slumber. Can blackout shades improve health by blocking out these intrusions? We think so!
Thankfully, there are methods to prevent these hassles while still getting a decent night’s sleep. Blackout shades are the finest solution since they completely block light and sound. These are soft and long-lasting window coverings that provide various benefits like room darkening, noise cancellation, heat resistance, energy savings, and personal privacy. Here are some of the best reasons to utilize thick, dark curtains in your house.
Personal trainer and fitness coachHaylee Colannino sometimes struggles with insomnia as I do, and likely as you do. Life is stressful, anxiety is real, and sometimes you just can’t shut off your brain when it’s logically time to sleep. Shit happens. So, how do we function without enough sleep when we have to work, work out, tend to family needs, and the rest of life’s adulting demands?
You’re going to have a happy Swole New Year in 2022 because you have all the resources here that you need to turn the corner and live a healthier life. Live your best, fit life by adopting a maintainable nutrition strategy, a reasonable full-body fitness plan, and upgrading your healthy lifestyle habits to be even healthier.
Whatever You Choose, Give it 4 Months to Gauge Results
Start slowly, phase in more complex habits, don’t make yourself sick or sore in your first week. This is the only way to position your lifestyle enhancements for success. Too much, too soon, is a recipe for burnout. No need to go all-in, all-out, on January 1st – start slow, but start seriously. No need to wait until the next day, next week, or next month. Just start slowly, but start tomorrow (nearly no one starts anything on January 1st).
Once you are able to workout 3-4 times a week… once you understand basic macronutrient breakdowns… once you finally grasp calories in vs. calories out, you will be on your way to success in the Swole New Year 2022. Don’t start fast, but don’t wait to start, the faster you commit to healthier habits, the faster you’ll feel healthier.
Carpets are an incredible way of adorning your space and will transform the look of your home. However, they attract allergens and dust, and a dirty carpet will likely cause asthma and breathing problems for your loved ones. For this reason, carpet cleaning is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Although you can go the DIY way, hiring professional green carpet cleaning services has numerous health gains.
There are only 6 more days until Christmas and boy are we excited to dip into the egg nog!
Have you kept your fitness and nutrition in check this holiday season? Have you been able to stay slim this holiday or at least maintain your current progress?
Relax a Little
Hopefully, you have, so you can let your guard down a bit during Christmas or your main celebration day of choice. There’s no need to be a pig and eat ALL the fudge and cookies, but there’s also no need to avoid all desserts and gravies like the plague. (Have you finished all of your shopping and most of your wrapping?)
The holiday season is such a fun time of year. There are parties, decorations and so many reasons to enjoy life. But a lot of times, all the celebrations come with a cost. It can be easy to fall out of your fitness routine and healthy eating habits during the holidays. Here are some tips on how to stay active during the holidays.
