What Can You Do to Improve Your Health in 10 Minutes?
I’ve been subscribing to O Magazine almost since its inception, several years ago. The articles and features really resonate with me although in recent years, as I’ve become increasingly busy, I don’t have time for cover to cover reading. These days, I’m lucky if I sneak in a few pages here and there - some months I read a lot of it, but some months I hardly touch it.
So I was excited when I got the September issue recently. I was thumbing through and came across the article, “Got 10 Minutes?” The article focuses on those things we can do to improve our health that don’t have to take a lot of time, be it exercise, relaxing or some other means of getting and staying healthy, yet they can be incredibly impactful. So instead of feeling like everything has to be done in 30 minute or more increments, the idea is to get a little bit in, in small doses.
I love that idea because I think that even in short time periods, we can work toward our larger health goals and results. And because I’m so busy, I do try to take advantage of those small windows of precious time.
Here are just a few of the ways I like to take advantage of short time frames to support my health:
- Chop up veggies for the next night’s meal
- Make a fruit salad
- Make a fresh juice in the juicer (celery, cucumber, carrots, Swiss chard, and an apple - yum!)
- Do a few minutes of stretching
- Make my short list of items to pick up from the store during the week
- Get a short walk in around the block a few times to up my steps for the day.
- Use my resistance bands to build and tone my muscles (perfect example: the power went out in the gym yesterday in the middle of my workout! Can you believe it? We all had to evacuate and I don’t have time to go today so the bands are perfect)
- Watch 10 minutes of my favorite yoga video
- Make delicious and healthy popsicles (see Friday’s post for the recipe)
To me, getting healthy is less about volume, more about consistency. One of the biggest obstacles many people face is how to keep up with their routines and not fall off the wagon. I think small increments is the way to go.
What about you? Do you like the 10 minute increment strategy? What can you do in 10 minutes to support your health?
Filed under: Time Saving Tips, Optimal Health, High Quality Food, Soul and Spirit, Fruit
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