Three simple (and obvious) lifestyle tips to have great looking skin--drink plenty of water, exercise, eat right, stay happy, and know moderation.
At this point you are probably thinking: “ok, that’s what EVERY beauty expert would say, but it’s not easy to do!” Here is my honest advice--Make them a part of you. To adopt a habit comes down to nothing but repetition. This is almost like having a new color to your room. Say it’s a color you don’t like. First month you hate it. Second month you dislike it. Third month you guess you will live. After a year, you probably don’t think about it anymore. If you keep at something everyday for a period of time, you will get used to doing it. So let’s get down to how to start good habits and slowly make them a part of you.
Drink plenty of water
Water is 70% of our bodies. Water takes away toxins in your bodies and helps with many discomfort and sickness, including constipation. And...I don’t like the taste of water and I am too busy to remember something like drink a glass (1/2 pint) every 2-hour. But I do like the taste of tea, soda, and coffee! I also notice that I would unconsciously take tiny sips if I use straws. So here’s what I did.
Every morning before I drink my coffee, I drink 250 mL of room temperature water. It begins with a rule--if I really want to drink coffee, I have finish the glass of water. At first, it takes me...20 minutes to drink that glass of water and I hate every second of it. Now I do it every morning without thinking about it. I actually feel like I cannot wake up if I don’t have my glass of water in the morning. Drinking a huge glass of lukewarm water first thing in the morning can help lubricating your throat (so virus and bacteria don’t get too comfortable hanging out there and give you a cold/flu) and waking up your digestive system (diluting excessive stomach acid and helping with constipation).
From the list of beverages I like, tea is about the healthiest one. I make batches of unsweetened iced tea and drink it throughout the day. I can drink about 2000mL of tea ( = 8 cups of water) in a day. This part of the drinking-water-habit is easy to adopt because I love tea. It’s not all about torturing yourself to adopt a habit. It’s fitting a good habit into your lifestyle. I’d recommend if you don’t like water, find the best substitute for it. There are plenty good choices other than tea; for example, carbonated flavored water with zero calories is a great substitute for soda-lovers.
I like drinking with straws (as weird as that sounds). Instead of setting an alarm clock to remind myself to drink every 2-hour, I just use straws to drink tea. Even as I am writing this post, I am...*sip*...drawn to...*sip*...drink...*sip*...more...*sip sip*...fluids! What makes you wanna drink more water?
( I am trying not to write very long posts...and failing at it. So you can stop here if you’d like or go on and read other parts of this.)
At this point you are probably thinking: “ok, that’s what EVERY beauty expert would say, but it’s not easy to do!” Here is my honest advice--Make them a part of you. To adopt a habit comes down to nothing but repetition. This is almost like having a new color to your room. Say it’s a color you don’t like. First month you hate it. Second month you dislike it. Third month you guess you will live. After a year, you probably don’t think about it anymore. If you keep at something everyday for a period of time, you will get used to doing it. So let’s get down to how to start good habits and slowly make them a part of you.
Drink plenty of water
Water is 70% of our bodies. Water takes away toxins in your bodies and helps with many discomfort and sickness, including constipation. And...I don’t like the taste of water and I am too busy to remember something like drink a glass (1/2 pint) every 2-hour. But I do like the taste of tea, soda, and coffee! I also notice that I would unconsciously take tiny sips if I use straws. So here’s what I did.
Every morning before I drink my coffee, I drink 250 mL of room temperature water. It begins with a rule--if I really want to drink coffee, I have finish the glass of water. At first, it takes me...20 minutes to drink that glass of water and I hate every second of it. Now I do it every morning without thinking about it. I actually feel like I cannot wake up if I don’t have my glass of water in the morning. Drinking a huge glass of lukewarm water first thing in the morning can help lubricating your throat (so virus and bacteria don’t get too comfortable hanging out there and give you a cold/flu) and waking up your digestive system (diluting excessive stomach acid and helping with constipation).
From the list of beverages I like, tea is about the healthiest one. I make batches of unsweetened iced tea and drink it throughout the day. I can drink about 2000mL of tea ( = 8 cups of water) in a day. This part of the drinking-water-habit is easy to adopt because I love tea. It’s not all about torturing yourself to adopt a habit. It’s fitting a good habit into your lifestyle. I’d recommend if you don’t like water, find the best substitute for it. There are plenty good choices other than tea; for example, carbonated flavored water with zero calories is a great substitute for soda-lovers.
I like drinking with straws (as weird as that sounds). Instead of setting an alarm clock to remind myself to drink every 2-hour, I just use straws to drink tea. Even as I am writing this post, I am...*sip*...drawn to...*sip*...drink...*sip*...more...*sip sip*...fluids! What makes you wanna drink more water?
( I am trying not to write very long posts...and failing at it. So you can stop here if you’d like or go on and read other parts of this.)
Good information. I personally am progressing well on the exercise and eating well bit, but am still struggling with taking water. It is so filling and I keep running to the washroom. I will try and look for a mixture I can love.
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