How to Deal With Rejection the Right Way, Including Expert Tips and Strategies – GoodHousekeeping.com

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We've all been rejected at one point or another whether it be from a new love interest, a job you applied to, or a group of friends. Whichever kind of rejection you're facing, the fact of the matter is that rejection hurts and when you put it out all on the line only to get a heartbreaking "no," it's enough to make anyone want to stop trying to put themselves out there for anything.

When you let rejection hold you back like this, though, it can wreak havoc on all aspects of your personal life. In fact, according to Leslie Becker-Phelps, Ph.D., psychologist and author of Bouncing Back from Rejection: Build the Resilience You Need to Get Back Up When Life Knocks You Down, dealing with rejection in unhealthy ways can not only negatively impact your personal relationships, but can even lead to debilitating conditions such as depression and anxiety.

Fortunately, though, there are ways you can deal with rejection that can help you come out of it stronger. Getting rejected doesn't have to be the end-all be-all, and the experience can actually help you in the long run to become more resilient in your life. So if you're wondering how to deal with rejection from friends, family, coworkers, or a crush, here are some of the best psychologist-approved tips and techniques to help you bounce back from the experience:

Before you learn how to deal with rejection in dating, at work, or in your home life, the first thing to remember is that there's a reason rejection stings so much and it's not because you're weak or too sensitive. In fact, there's an evolutionary reason why we desperately need other people to accept us: According to Lori Gottlieb, M.F.T., psychotherapist and author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, our need for connection traces way back to ancient history, when humans relied on being in groups to survive. "When somebody rejects us, there's a very primal piece to it, which is that it goes against everything we feel like we need for survival," Gottlieb explains.

Beyond an evolutionary standpoint, our response to rejection also depends on something called our attachment styles, or the models in which we develop our relationships with other people. People who interact with their caregivers in a healthy way as infants, Becker-Phelps says, usually develop a secure attachment style in which they view themselves as being worthy and lovable but those with insecure attachment styles come to generally view themselves as unlovable, unworthy, and inadequate. It's no wonder, then, that some of us have a harder time getting through rejection as Becker-Phelps explains, our need of connection is wired into us right from birth!

"In the immediate aftermath of a rejection, we're not really in that space to think about it because we're in so much pain," says Gottlieb. Anger and hurt will probably be your immediate reactions after a rejection, but contrary to popular belief, releasing your anger (for example, screaming or hitting a punching bag) doesn't help bring the negative emotion down in fact, it's likely to even increase it.

In these moments, Becker-Phelps says that self-care is truly important: Activities like exercising and going for a run, doing yoga or meditating are great ways to get in a balanced place, so you think more clearly about the situation instead of getting into the rut of emotional thinking. And if those activities aren't really your thing, try engaging in anything that makes you feel good and helps you calm down whether it's baking, taking a bath, or listening to music.

After you've taken some time to calm down and get grounded, it's important to pay attention to what you're feeling and a great way to do this is write it all down in a journal. One exercise you can do, says Becker-Phelps, is to write down all the emotions you're feeling and then pair them with the thoughts that are going with those emotions. "Just by doing that, you're getting some distance, and then you can cope with the rejection better, because you're not just all tangled up in it," she says.

And whenever you are paying attention to your emotions, remember that it's never helpful to feel like you shouldn't feel a certain way. "Your emotions are never right or wrong, they just are," notes Becker-Phelps.

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Beyond simply acknowledging your emotions, try writing down some things that are positive about yourself in other words, come up with a list of some of your strengths and values, and start your morning off each day by reading them out loud to yourself. "This doesn't mean just talking yourself up, but thinking about what makes you, you," explains Becker-Phelps. By helping you hold onto the things that are a part of you, these self-affirmations will help you feel stronger just by recognizing who you really are and how you identify yourself, especially in the face of self-doubt that often comes with rejection.

When you're faced with a rejection of any type, one of the most important things is to remember that there's more to life than the one rejection from that one person or thing and that there are plenty of other people who are on your side. To remind yourself that you haven't been completely shunned by the world, spend some quality time with friends and family, and make sure that you're still feeling truly connected with other people around you. If you're trying to figure out how to deal with rejection from a crush, for instance, you might want to turn to your friends for moral support and some quality BFF time.

"Connection is so important because it reminds us of all the things that we can't remember in that moment: It reminds us of how lovable we are...that people care about us...that we're worthy," Gottlieb says.

Even if you can't actually spend time with a loved one at the moment, try taking some time to just think of someone who's important in your life. In fact, you can even find a picture of them preferably a photo of you two enjoying your time together and set some time to look at it each day while reminding yourself that this person supports you.

"Sometimes by repeating that and seeing the pictures, you start to take it inside and then you kind of carry it in your heart more strongly," says Becker-Phelps. "So when a difficult situation comes up and you feel rejected, you can go back to the image of that person even just in your mind and feel comforted by them because you've been practicing feeling comforted."

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We tend to beat ourselves up over the things that might have led us to be rejected, but this habit inevitably causes us to feel worse. "The first thing a lot of people do when they get rejected is to be unkind to themselves, and they start coming up with all kinds of ideas about what's wrong with them," Gottlieb notes.

Instead of constantly thinking about what might have gone wrong and dwelling on these negative emotions (a process called rumination), Gottlieb recommends looking at the situation more objectively and asking yourself if there's anything you can learn from the experience and doing so with compassion towards yourself.

Whether you're trying to figure out how to deal with rejection from family or from coworkers, sometimes it's just everyday things in your home or work life that might influence how you respond to rejection maybe you didn't get enough sleep, or haven't been eating well lately. These things can definitely make it harder to handle rejection in a healthy way so one thing you can do to cope better is to work on leading a healthy lifestyle. That means eating well, exercising frequently, and staying hydrated, all of which can help you stay strong in the face of rejection. "The healthier your lifestyle, the more resources you have then to deal with difficult situations," notes Becker-Phelps.

If there's one important skill to learn from rejection, it's that you should never let it stop you from your future endeavors getting rejected is just an inevitable part of life, after all, and e
very single successful person has experienced it at one time or another (yes, even people like Oprah Winfrey and J.K. Rowling!).

So the next time you're turned down for a date or don't get that job you applied to, remind yourself that rejection happens to everyone and instead of allowing yourself to be devastated and beat down, ask yourself what you can do going forward. Says Gottlieb: "The most important thing is to not sit in the rejection, but to say, is there anything I can learn from this experience? And then what can I do moving forward? Where can I go?"

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The wellness industry is selling you the myth that a healthy life is expensive – The Guardian

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I did not intend to have a spa experience. The plan was to go for afternoon tea, but the spa next door was included in the price. And so arrived a wellbeing menu, where one could choose between seaweed wraps to purify and a meditative steam room with energising lights to destress. I thought massage was the least worst option, but after it was explained to me how it would detoxify and re-energise me, I felt a potent mixture of despair and rage.

Wellbeing as a modern concept causes me existential pain. Holistically upgraded hotels (including enemas and medi-spas) offer wellbeing weekends. Employers can buy corporate packages for workplace wellness, which will apparently increase productivity and reduce rates of sick leave. You can take spin classes in London that cost more than 20 a time (you could buy an actual bike for the same price as five of those) where you get offered wellness vitamin shots and earplugs as standard to help drown out the pounding music.

The modern iteration of wellness defined, at least in part, by the need to purchase something to have it piggybacks on the multibillion-dollar diet, supplement and fitness industry. A report from the Sports Think Tank claims that one in seven Brits are members of a gym, with the industry now worth more than 5bn. Some gyms take wellness to surreal levels some offer cryotherapy, which involves standing in a space cooled to extremely low temperatures (to prevent signs of ageing and improve recovery, apparently), others have treadmills complete with oxygen vaporisers (to supposedly increase endurance.) Meanwhile, the diet book phenomenon has reached epic proportions.

Rather than wellbeing being straightforward (dont smoke, dont drink too much, do exercise you like, eat a variety of foods, with lots of vegetables and little processed stuff, see people and do things) the industry has created its own mythology. Wellbeing is presented as complicated, complex, difficult to achieve correctly and best when purchased all while requiring gurus to access it. This entanglement of industries makes what should be straightforward a healthy lifestyle into a complicated consumerist mess.

This doesnt mean that diet and exercise arent important. A global review published in the Lancet in 2017 found that more physical activity was associated with longer lives and fewer heart attacks and strokes. This included not just formal gym-going exercise but walking and housework. In other words, you dont have to tie yourself to a treadmill to get fit.

A review published recently in the British Journal of Sports Medicine concluded: Any amount of running, even just once a week, is better than no running, but higher doses of running may not necessarily be associated with greater mortality benefits. Obsession isnt necessary some space, a pair of trainers and a bit of time may be all you need. If you are spending money you dont have on kit, or neglecting your family or work because of the need to do it, that doesnt sound like wellbeing.

The same goes for the diet industry. Weight loss is certainly a mainstay of treatment for some conditions, and the evidence points to wholegrains, fruit and vegetables, variety and olive oil as associated with better health. Yet the media onslaught of experts arguing for their diet over another is liable to make onlookers believe there is no broad agreement in food science about anything. Many dietitians are standing up for evidence-based advice, but much of the media concoct the illusion that a healthy diet is obtainable only via a particular belief system. Here, the very idea of pleasurable eating is immoral.

The worst thing about modern incarnations of wellbeing is that they devolve responsibility for health on to individuals via a commercial market. The environment we live in should be designed to maximise our health. Exercise should be joyful; at its best, we should hardly know that we are doing it. Street play used to be common now in many areas it requires special schemes to give children priority over cars for short periods of time. We need to turn our understanding of wellbeing on its head: away from individuals and towards populations.

We need better infrastructure for walking and cycling so they become the primary method of urban transport. We should be able to cycle safely in everyday clothes, and it should be easier and faster than driving. It should be possible for children to walk to school without worrying about traffic. Our wellbeing should not be measured by how thin we are. Policies such as minimum alcohol pricing and mitigating the food deserts more than a million UK residents are estimated to live in with limited access to affordable fresh fruit and vegetables are far more likely to yield meaningful improvements in our collective health.

My preferred definition of wellness is not something offered by the contemporary wellness marketplace. It means not being sleepless with worry about a review of sickness benefits; it means not living in a damp house, and not working in a job with hours so variable and erratic that affordable childcare cant be managed. It would be nice for wellness to mean that being poorer wont impact on your lifespan, or your chances of being diagnosed with chronic diseases. Real, societal wellness is about fairness, public responsibility, science and evidence. It will certainly not come to us via an oxgyen-diffusing machine on a treadmill.

Margaret McCartney is a GP in Glasgow who writes about evidence-based medicine

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Community Health is the Top Priority for the Wallingford YMCA – Wallingford, CT Patch

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First and foremost, know that your entire YMCA community is thinking of you, your families, and our community-at-large. We hope you are all staying safe and healthy, and that you're managing as well as you can under the current circumstances. While we may not be gathering in person for the time being, we are together in spirit and want to help support our community during this strange and difficult time. Based on the feedback from the community, we have begun to implement an action plan that goes beyond our typical YMCA programming and service delivery system. We are honored and excited to serve in the following capacity:

Wallingford Community Library - Folks need to pass the time away and without access to our great public library, staff have found a way to repurpose members' donations as another resident's treasure! Books are located on the front porch of our Rotary Teen Center, 55 S. Main St., Wallingford, right next door to our East Side Branch. Take a book or leave one!

Virtual Y - Without access to our highly used facilities, the need for healthy lifestyle and youth development resources during this difficult time is highlighted more than ever. Y staff have developed online workout routines, educational resources, family and kid activities for all to enjoy.

Story Time & Virtual Classroom - Our littlest ones are especially impacted by the drastic changes in our day to day lifestyles. The daily Early Childcare opportunities they used to know have now been replaced by virtual "Facebook Live" learning activities provided by the friendly faces of our YMCA staff.

Calls to members and Coffee & Conversations - Not only does the community miss being informed, but they miss the social interaction they had when the YMCA facilities were open. YMCA staff have responded by making calls to members, especially those at high at risk, during this public health crisis. We have also launched an "open mic" online conversation with Y leadership and the community.

Action items in the works

Emergency Childcare Services - As we speak, Y staff are working hard with our local hospital partners and the Office of Early Childcare to determine the need of childcare services for our health care providers. These professionals will be needed the most during this epidemic and if there is a need, the YMCA can help by taking care of their children; infants, toddlers, preschool and school age, to allow them the confidence to do their jobs in caring for the COVID-19 patients.

Blood Drives - Another high demand commodity is blood donations. Due to facilities being closed down, blood supplies are at an all-time low. The YMCA has offered both of our locations to help provide a host draw station to address that demand. Stay tuned for blood drive dates.

We look forward to connecting with you virtually, and in-person in the near future. Please reach out at any time if the YMCA can help in any way to make this awful situation just a little bit better.

Be well,

Sean Doherty

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Are school lunches the root of American obesity? Or is a healthy lunch program a lost cause?

It has become known over the past decade that American obesity is on the rise. From 23% obesity in 1962, to 39.6% in 2016, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. These figures solely counted Americans who were clinically considered obese, which is determined by a Body Mass Index(BMI) of 30 or higher, and an overweight person has a BMI between 25 and 30. In fact, 17% of American children are obese, and a forecast based on early long-term trends suggests that more than 85% of adults will be overweight or obese in the U.S. by 2030.

The roots of obesity lie in the foods we eat, and how we were taught to take care of ourselves. Todays students are offered a variety of options at lunch time, most of which have little nutritional value. Instead of spending more money to provide fresh, healthy lunch options for their students, American schools opt to buy cheap, processed, and unhealthy food, which in turn leaves the children feeling tired, unfocused, and lazy. In an environment where kids are supposed to be learning healthy habits, why are they fed chicken nuggets, tater tots, and cookies, calling it a balanced meal? For some students, school lunch is the only real sustenance they will eat in a day, and many arent learning how to live a healthy lifestyle at home. Therefore, a nutritious meal at school serves as an extension of the classroom in learning to live a healthy lifestyle. While school lunches do lack nutritional value, they seem to do a good job of keeping sugar levels low in the provided meals, as the sugar students do receive comes from chocolate milk, which some students opt not to take. Being a high school student myself, I walk into the lunchroom everyday to see my classmates eating macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, and tater tots for lunch, which is not what we need as students to fuel our brains to finish out the day.

Many researchers have tried to tackle the difficult topic of school lunches, but few have considered the solution of providing fewer options in the cafeteria in order to save money, and provide only one or two meal options per day, using the money to serve healthier food. This begs the question: is the solution to todays lunches attainable, or are healthy school lunches a lost cause?

Because such unhealthy foods have been served in American schools for so long, students have gotten used to the foods they get to eat, and may not want to buy school lunch if it were healthier, thus reducing the profit each school makes from selling lunch. This brings into question the priority and purpose of providing school lunch; is it for profit or to provide students with a mid-day meal to boost their minds and bodies through the rest of the school day?

Tying back to my original argument, if students are not learning how to build a healthy meal as part of their education, then they are not learning to lead a healthy lifestyle. Thus, American obesity originates in unhealthy eating habits, which are provided in school lunches. The lunchroom should be an extension of the classroom, where students learn to make healthy choices to benefit their bodies and brainpower.

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Sadly, despite the highest per-capita health care spending in the world, our statistical life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for three years running. It's past time to address the issues of chronic disease at the root of this trend. But to do so, health insurance needs to take a few lessons from auto insurance.

Auto insurance companies regularly offer discounts for safe driving. Conversely, traffic accidents and speeding lead to rate increases. In addition, Car Insurance.com reports that a DUI can increase an individual's auto insurance rates anywhere from 80% to 371%.

Without these potential auto insurance policy rate increases, our roads would be less safe while being more expensive for the habitual safe and responsible drivers. Interestingly, nobody ever decries these traffic law and auto insurance policies as "nanny state" techniques.

Auto insurance rewards healthy driving while penalizing poor driving.

On the other hand, health insurance fails this sustainability test.

Via commercial insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare rates and taxes rise for everyone because of the unhealthy behavior of some while offering insignificant rewards for healthy behavior. This is a perfect recipe for financial unsustainability in any health-care system, let alone within the most expensive one on the planet.

So what is the health insurance equivalent of speeding or driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol? More importantly, what happens to an individual's health insurance premium for avoidable and well established behaviorally related health problems? Other than some rate adjustments for smoking nothing happens. Worse yet, as the total cost of care for a population increases from avoidable chronic disease states, health insurance rates for everyone increase. Plus, we pay more in taxes to fund Medicaid and Medicare.

The challenge in health insurance is to find a method to reward healthy behavior without driving up health insurance premiums for the chronically ill and those with unfortunate health-related events of no fault of their own.

We could offer relatively inexpensive health insurance to a healthy cohort of patients. Unfortunately, this policy would drastically increase health insurance rates for the sick and chronically ill. Given the extraordinary cost of health care in the United States, it is necessary to spread the cost of care over the majority of the population.

So how does a community, state, or nation rise to the challenge and find a mechanism to reward healthy behavior while disincentivizing unhealthy behavior? An advanced society with affordable health insurance will boldly address this challenge.

The answer lies in the ability to utilize the health insurance equivalents of speeding or reckless driving. Fortunately for us, the Centers for Disease Control or CDC has already accumulated the necessary data. The CDC has identified the most costly behaviors relevant to health insurance: the use of tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-based beverages. As per the CDC, the United States' health care system spends over $700 billion per year treating acute and chronic disease related to the use of these products.

In effect, the "safe drivers" among us are paying this annual $700 billion tab. It's time for a refund. We must begin rewarding healthy behavior in health insurance. Currently, the cost of public and private health insurance includes the cost of caring for many chronic diseases caused by human behavior. The public can smoke, vape, drink, chew, eat and ingest a well-documented variation of unhealthy products. Correspondingly, the price of health insurance increases for everyone.

This is why the largest physician organization in the state of Colorado has enacted policy that could help Colorado lead the nation in addressing the chronic disease epidemic. In November, the Colorado Medical Society voted to support increased taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-based beverages as long as those taxes be used to address the high cost of health care by addressing chronic disease where it starts and by rewarding those who choose a healthy lifestyle. The Mesa County Medical Society led the charge.

The policy does not support taxes on these products if the revenue is allowed to go to the general fund. If revenue is used for prevention and reducing premiums, there is a healthy return on investment for a Colorado consumer who chooses a healthy lifestyle. It is a tax that is then returned to the well- deserved healthy consumer of health insurance.

This tax policy works like our traffic laws. Healthy living is rewarded while we simultaneously work to reduce the rate and ill effects of unhealthy behavior. And, at the same time, we preserve the insurance pools such that health insurance rates don't go up for the chronically ill with "no-fault" health problems.

With enough support, Colorado could pilot this innovative health policy design for a nation in desperate need of more value per health care dollar.

To learn more, view Dr. Pramenko's TED Talk: "Marketing Healthy Behavior."

Michael J. Pramenko M.D. is the executive director of Primary Care Partners. He is chairman of the Board of Monument Health and is a past president of the Colorado Medical Society.

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by Sean Paul Curry

I am on the healthy living craze and I am loving every minute of it.

Living life the healthy way will prolong life and work wonders for your mental Health.

My personal healthy living journey has been long and tough and I am still working at it. I try to train at least three times a week mixing both cardio,muscle building and core exercises. I have been doing it now for just over two years and it has made huge difference both physically and mentally.

Physically Ive lost a bit of weight and toned up and mentally Ive never felt better. I can now wear clothes that I would never have dreamt I could wear before. Strangely I have become less clumsy and my reactions are a lot better which I didnt expect.

One of the good things about living healthy is when other people start to notice you have lost weight and tell you look great and you are doing well. I think we find it hard to say thank you to people for saying this. Maybe we find it hard because we dont see a difference but we should become comfortable with saying THANK YOU.

Luckily in Fermanagh and south Tyrone gyms are popping up everywhere as are classes in local halls and couch to 5k programmes in villages and towns across the counties. The same is happening with Slimming World and Weightwatcher groups. The 'in thing' to do now is to live the healthy lifestyle.

The gym in the Lakeland Forum in Enniskillen is excellent and the staff are great.

Gyms themselves can be very daunting and scary for some people who are body conscious but once you realise nobody is looking at you and that they like you are there to concentrate on making themselves fitter and stronger, then the gym will become a much more welcoming place to be. Fitness rooms can be quite expensive but I think if you are getting the use out it, its well worth it to see the physical and mental difference in your body and personality

Some might say there is pressure on people to look a certain way and to be honest there is a certain amount of truth in that. I think it certainly gives you encouragement to live healthy. When you start to feel the difference it becomes likea positive addiction.

Dont get me wrong I still enjoy my treats but it is very important to find that balance. I have a treat day every week but I mix it with eating healthy during the week and training at least three times a week.

The internet Is packed full people showing you how to live a healthy lifestyle, Joe Wicks AKA The Body Coach is one of these people. He has travelled the world showing people how to exercise and creating recipes for healthy eating and even showing us all how to prepare his food.

Living a healthy lifestyle is now literally at your fingertips. The emergence of Apps for your phone that can help you plan your session and Fitbit watches that measure everything from heart rate and sleeping pattern to counting how many steps you take in a day are all things that are helping people live healthy and more importantly making you more aware of how your body is working and coping with your current lifestyle.

The hardest thing to do is to find the will to keep going when times get tough, I sometimes buy myself gym gear or download some gym music so it makes me think now that I have bought I have to use it.

The healthy lifestyle is the in thing to do and I for one have proudly jumped on that bandwagon. Being healthy is a state of mind you adapt to and it does wonders for your mental health, but its not for everyone. If you are happy with way you look and feel then there is no need to change.

In my opinion even if its just a hobby being healthy will make a huge difference in your lifestyle the fact that its now fashionable makes it easier and more possible for people to get into a healthy living lifestyle.

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Humpday Health: Bodybuilding is about a healthy lifestyle – WWAY NewsChannel 3

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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) Body building is not new. It started long ago, but today it has grown to be much more.

Now you have several divisions, Michael Broadway said. Theres womens physique, figure, mens physique, classic physique, and bikini. So now its broader and bigger.

No pun intended.

Michael Broadway is the coach of Team Broadway here in Wilmington and he says that to be a body builder, you have to have a certain mindset. But in addition to a mindset, being an athlete like this takes a lot of work. However, despite misconceptions, these athletes say theres more to body building than working out.

Its a very healthy lifestyle and its all of it combined but you cant just come in here and work out, you cant just take the supplements and you cant just eat, Adrian Gonzalez said. Its the whole lifestyle in general.

If youre ready for the work, you can be a body builder. Kristina Bell is a mom of three but still loves the lifestyle.

I love working out, its always been a part of my lifestyle, Bell said. Its a good stress reliever and it keeps me level and calm. It just makes me feel good and an endorphin rush.

The rush of endorphins comes when they hit the stage. For members of this team, theyre living a healthy lifestyle while building confidence.

I feel like its the best me when Im on point and on track, Saraa Sydnor said. Sometimes I dont want to struggle but I think thats what makes you stronger.

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JUMPSTARTING a healthy lifestyle for 2017 – Nevada Appeal

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Each year, millions of Americans make New Year's resolutions to achieve personal or professional goals. For many, that means focusing on improving health and wellness. You tell yourself this is going to be the year you join a gym, eat better or drink more water. Yet that commitment often falls short, as a recent survey suggests less than 10 percent of Americans achieve their resolutions.

There are many reasons people fall short of their goals, including setting the bar too high or being overly restrictive, which can lead to small failures and setbacks. However, there are easy ways to get back on track. A Global Water Survey, published by Nestl Waters and Kantar TNS, revealed 94 percent of American respondents believe drinking water helps maintain a healthy lifestyle.

One key to jumpstarting a healthy lifestyle is staying hydrated by drinking more water. With so much focus on food, beverage choices are often overlooked. With no calories or added sugars, water is a smart choice to stay hydrated. Here are four tips from Sarah Ladden, a registered dietitian and Director, Nutrition, Health and Wellness at Nestl Waters North America, to help you stay hydrated in 2017 and beyond.

Good habits shouldn't feel bad. Overly restrictive commitments can set you up for failure. Instead, adopt small and manageable changes to your daily routine and they can add up to big changes over time. For example, swapping just one 12-ounce (140 calorie), sugar-sweetened beverage with water each day could cut up to 50,000 calories and more than 65 cups of sugar from your diet in a year.

Replace what you lose. Adults are made up of 60 percent water, which needs to be replenished throughout the day to help you maintain a proper fluid balance. Keep water within reach all day a pitcher on the kitchen counter, a bottle in your car's center console, a refillable bottle at your desk to keep healthy hydration top of mind.

Add some sparkle to your day. Sparkling water is a great option for those who favor something other than plain water. With zero calories and no added sugar, sparkling water is a delicious, refreshing choice for healthy hydration. When entertaining, consider adding a DIY sparkling water bar to your repertoire just put out some sparkling water, sliced fruits, vegetables and herbs, and your guests can do the rest.

Turn your water bottle into your travel companion. The survey revealed that American consumers are 72 percent more likely to drink water in their cars. Whether you're commuting to work or running errands, you're constantly on the go and a bottle of water could be your best companion.

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Saudi Sports Federation Promotes Healthy Homebound Living – Al Bawaba

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Around the world, the coronavirus crisis has brought everyday life to a standstill. Social distancing is no longer an option but a necessity.

And just as the home has also become the office for thousands of Saudis in recent weeks, so it is set to become their gym as well.

Staying in, according to the Saudi Sports for All Federation, does not have to mean the end of exercising, or ignoring your health.

Under the banner of the campaign and hashtag Baytak Nadeek (Your Home, Your Gym), the federation is hoping to promote an activity and health campaign in the coming months.

Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal, president of the federation, has acted quickly to tackle an issue that could have led to physical and mental problems down the line.

Given the new regulations that Saudi is facing in terms of staying indoors, we decided to pivot to a more campaign-driven approach that was focused on our secondary messaging: Overall health, wellness and community well-being, he said.

We moved very quickly from outside active living to indoor active living. This is showcased in our videos all across social media and on the website.

Prince Khaled praised the role that Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah is playing in the campaign, and the backing received from the Saudi government.

Im really proud of having a government that knows whats good for the people, Prince Khaled said, adding that Al-Rabiah has been super transparent and a high-level communicator, keeping everyone informed, and thats whats bringing Saudi together as one to keep health and wellness the first nationwide priority.

The federation is going to keep pushing on every front to support the governments aims to keep us healthy and strong, Prince Khaled said. This is what our new Healthy Living information portal is about.

The Healthy Living section of the federations website has over the last week been populated with articles and programs that cover a range of topics that seek to maintain physical and mental well-being in the current crisis.

Weve pivoted, literally in less than 48 hours, from an entity thats event-focused to being both events- and campaign-focused, Prince Khaled said.

Were driving public awareness initiatives and frontline campaigns. We have diversity there too. Theres everything from home workouts to the best in-class nutrition advice, he added.

Everything is scientifically derived. Weve got workouts, fun ideas, we even curated playlists for people in Saudi to use and get motivated.

Nutrition is seen as especially important, with more and more content expected on the Healthy Living portal, which the federation sees as essential going forward in line with the Quality of Life program.

Nor is this campaign designed to be solely a quick fix. The idea is that taking up homebound activities will remain a blueprint for a healthy lifestyle even after the coronavirus crisis has passed.

I definitely think this is sustainable. This is one of our main objectives, Prince Khaled said, adding that the federations drive toward making health and wellness information readily available and accessible to all is perfectly timed in line with the governments goals to secure the safety and welfare of Saudi.

He said: As for the sustainability aspect, if theres any silver lining to whats happening now, we consider that the federation is responsible for getting people increasingly educated about nutrition, health, and how advisable it really is to stay active.

He is aware that the enforced change of lifestyle due to the spread of coronavirus could have certain long-term effects in the coming months, and sees the Baytak Nadeek campaign and similar ones as necessary consequences.

Its no secret that one of the federations top priorities is peoples health. We have a duty to Saudi and were up to that challenge, he said.

Were getting creative with online coaching. Were recruiting freelance health professionals too, he added.

Weve done a number of private sector partnerships to help us get the right content out at the right time, Prince Khaled said.

The positive side of all this is that I think this is something with a long-term health impact. People are now thinking about how nutrition and physical activity impact immunity. This is exactly how we want people to think: Be healthy, eat well, live well, and youre fortified to some degree.

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10 healthy and cheap ways to fill your lunchbox – Telegraph.co.uk

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How much do you spend on lunch during the week? Lets say 5 a day. Over a 48-week working year, thats 1,200. Making your own lunch not only means you can save some of that for more exciting things (holiday, anyone?), but you can bask in the satisfaction of packing in the nutrients and eating food you really enjoy.

Get into some meal prep on a Sunday afternoon with the radio on, and absorb yourself in some therapeutic chopping, roasting and boiling; make extra portions of your evening meals and package them up for the next day or prepare quick lunches while the kettle is boiling for your morning cuppa.

Below, top Harley Street nutritionist Kim Pearsonsuggests delicious ideas that are packed with goodness. Use them as inspiration swap ingredients in and out as you see fit, and add your favourite toppings such as toasted seeds or a scattering of walnuts.

Use a muffin tray to make these little single-portion frittatas that you can fill with your favourite veg, such as red peppers, broccoli, peas and tomatoes. The eggs are a source of quality protein. Make them for Sunday brunch and then keep them in the fridge for a weekday lunch.

Find the recipe here: kim-pearson.com/new-ways-to-eat-eggs

Make your Sunday roast go further roasted (organic and free-range) chicken pairs beautifully with a fresh and crunchy raw slaw. Finely slice or grate red cabbage, mild onion, carrot and apple, and combine. For the dressing, shake together in a jar equal parts of olive oil and apple cider vinegar with a little Dijon mustard. Olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fats, which can help to maintain healthy cholesterol levels.

This tasty salad can be made in five minutes. Mix a can of tuna with a can of mixed beans and combine with a good handful of rocket leaves. Whip up a dressing (tahini, lemon juice and olive oil works well) in a jar and pour over at lunchtime to stop the salad going soggy. Beans are affordable and nutrient-dense, providing protein, fibre and a variety of vitamins and minerals.

Sushi can be hard to make at home and keep in one piece until lunch, so try making deconstructed sushi in a jar for your lunch. Layer a portion of brown rice with avocado (which provides healthy fats and fibre), nori sheets, cucumber and smoked salmon. Pour over a dressing made from soya sauce, sesame oil and a little wasabi powder.

Roast chunks of sweet potato and red onion the night before and allow them to cool. In the morning, combine with halved cherry tomatoes, cooked king prawns and fresh, torn basil leaves. Use the mixture to fill three romaine lettuce leaf shells and pack them into your lunchbox. Sweet potatoes contain beta-carotene its converted by the body into vitamin A, which helps support normal skin and vision.

A nutritious leftover dinner that tastes great cold the next day is vegetable stir-fry with salmon, coconut oil and soy sauce. Salmon is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, an essential part of a healthy diet.

Lunch boxes arent just for kids. Pack a sectioned lunch box with carrot and celery crudits, cherry tomatoes, a generous dollop of hummus, some juicy cooked king prawns and a portion of fruit such as berries. Berries are a great addition as they are one of the fruit options with the lowest sugar.

Put your soup on before your morning shower and it will be ready soon after you get out. Gently fry onion and garlic, add three or four of your favourite vegetables (the more you add, the wider the variety of vitamins and minerals it will give you), pour in hot vegetable stock until the veg is just covered and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Season to taste and whizz up with a hand blender, if you like your soup smooth. Pour into a flask and it will still be warm at lunchtime. Butternut squash, sweet potato, red pepper, chickpeas and ginger is an especially delicious combination.

Roasted veg is a great accompaniment to an evening meal and the caramelised flavours work beautifully in a lunch the following day. Add some falafel and hummus thats made with extra-virgin olive oil (available in supermarkets) pulses such as chickpeas are a good source of vegan protein.

Try strips of delicious smoked tofu (you can eat it raw), thrown over steamed spring greens and a serving of quinoa, doused with a punchy lemon and olive oil dressing. Dark green leafy veg contains iron, which contributes to the normal formation of red blood cells and haemoglobin that transport oxygen around the body.

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