What's your ONE best health tip?

**AnyDream** · January 23rd, 2014, 10:52 PM

Ok, here's the idea: if we all share just ONE of our very best tips for HEALTH and WELLBEING, we can all gain from it.

Try to pick something that has really worked for you without repeating someone else's tip.

**AnyDream** · January 23rd, 2014, 10:57 PM

So this is mine: magnesium supplement. When I take magnesium, I'm calmer, I sleep better, and it seems to take care of my dreaded summer cankles AND my pmt (which usually coincide with terrible, horrible results sometime during the month of january). If I had to throw everything else out, I would keep the magnesium.

**peanutter** · January 24th, 2014, 04:49 AM

Find a physical activity you enjoy. If you like it, you'll do it! That simple.

**Astrid** · January 24th, 2014, 06:27 AM

Set a date and prepare for it. I find going "I'm going to eat better and exercise more now" rarely sticks, but if I say "It starts Monday!" I have greater success.

**LimeSlice** · January 24th, 2014, 06:30 AM

Water. Always water, all the time.

**meow** · January 24th, 2014, 06:41 AM

Eat real food.

**Bloom** · January 24th, 2014, 07:19 AM

Well, my top two were already taken so here's is another one.

Be kind to yourself.

Marydean - interesting re the magnesium. I'm going to look into that!

**meow** · January 24th, 2014, 07:21 AM

I strongly second magnesium too! The Magnesium Miracle is a great book about why we all need more magnesium.

**Kazzo** · January 24th, 2014, 08:17 AM

Moderation - Denying yourself something can make you want more and end in a binge.

**~clover~** · January 24th, 2014, 09:27 AM

Sleep. My biggest issue. It's hard to motivate yourself when you feel like you need another 6 hours sleep everyday.

I'm working on it!

**Phteven** · January 24th, 2014, 10:06 AM

Consistency.
Doesn't matter what your physical activity of choice is just as long as you keep doing it.
You don't need a fad diet. Doesn't matter if you have some junk food or cake every now and then just as long as your usual lifestyle is eating normal amounts of non-processed food.

**AnyDream** · January 27th, 2014, 10:05 AM

Clover, I take your point about how important sleep is. What steps are you taking to improve the amount/quality of your sleep?

**Ladylove** · January 27th, 2014, 11:50 AM

Love.

**~clover~** · January 27th, 2014, 01:22 PM

MD- trying to get to bed earlier, but that's really up to the kids some nights. Drinking water, eating right & making myself keep going. Less PC/phone/iPod time.

If I get to bed before 10, I'm usually awake by 6.30 at the latest. But I'm still tired & if I'm awake that early I usually start going down by 10am. By 3 pm my eyes are burning :/

I've been up & swimming in the mornings. We started at 6, but I'm glad we moved to 6.30 coz it was just too early for me! By 8 I was ready to go back to bed.

I think 12 years of sleep deprivation have finally caught up with me. Dd3 has only recently started sleeping through.

**~me~** · January 27th, 2014, 01:30 PM

Have garlic and ginger in your diet and lots of it!

Will get onto the magnesium, I have been hearing so many positives about.

**meow** · January 27th, 2014, 01:58 PM

To improve our sleep hygiene we turn off the modem at night and we have nothing electrical in the bedroom (no phones in there and we switched to battery operated alarm clocks that don't emit constant light). I use flux on my computer but to be better you should go screen free for 1 hour before bed and dim the lights in the house at the same time. Try to go to bed earlier and rise earlier. Get outside in the daylight as early as possible- helps your circadain rhythm. You can also use block out curtains if you need them.