During the Christmas season we often think about kindness and generosity, towards others. This is wonderful and deserves to be celebrated but what about generosity towards yourself. Day to day decisions turn into regular behaviors and these behaviors either help or harm your future self, in every respect.
When you spend in excess of your income you give your future self debt. The same holds true for your lifestyle decisions. They lead to an abundance of health or the loss of it. Choosing and maintaining regular exercise and daily activity gifts your future self a strong and mobile body. Lethargy has the opposite effect. Balancing activities like exercise, personal and professional responsibilities with the appropriate rest time allows for adequate recovery, optimal stress management, and quality sleep. Without this much needed balance, systems suffer to varying degrees. Consuming whole plant foods and water delivers quality nutrients, fiber and hydration to your body. This supports effortless fat loss, weight management, illness prevention and treatment. A diet rich in heavy and highly processed foods, on the other hand, often leads to weight gain and illness.
The decisions you make daily become your behaviors and these behaviors have a profound impact on how you will feel in the future. As such, making healthier choices now is the easiest way to pay it forward to yourself.