8 Healthy Habits To Help You Live a Little Longer

So what else is happening today?

Oh yes.

The Queen is 90.

Good going Liz.
I wonder if we’ll live that long?

Maybe if we
 take life a little slower
reduce our stress levels
pay off the mortgage
get oursleves a butler or two…

Well

OK,

maybe we can’t live life like a queen, but we can certainly have a good attempt at going the distance, fit and well

don’t you think?

I’m up for it, I had my children a little later in life so in order to keep up with them I’ve gotta put the work in to stay strong and fit.

Apart from not wanting to touch the seat in a public toilet, 
the reason why I do my many squats every week is to make sure I can get up and down unaided as life goes on…

Heck if I’m around when my kids are my age and they have kids, I’ll be 75 years old…

I want to be like my mum and still playing and having fun when I’m that age.

I want to make sure my knees, hips and ankles stay working so when I’m reaching for something on the bottom shelf I don’t seize up & get stuck down there…

I want to be able to move around with ease, as I age.

The reason I walk every day and put in my cardio time is to keep my lung capacity up so I don’t get out of breath when taking stairs and running around playing.

I don’t want to fall and have my bones break because I got osteoporosis, so I do strength workouts 3 times a week.

You see, it’s not all about having great abs and a flat tummy.

Yeah sure, there’s tonnes of it all over instagram and to be honest aged 40, it’s tough keeping up with those young fitness ‘grammers.

Don’t get me wrong, I want to look good at 40, but I also want to be strong and fit.

Now and for the future.

Putting the right kind of work in now will make a difference.

Mobility problems & lack of strength both come with age, that’s a fact,
 but that doesn’t mean we have to let it happen, get weak and become reliant on others.

Lack of strength to get up and down is totally preventable with a little daily healthy living.

I actually think that if we get in our daily activity now and stick with it, there’s a chance we could add at least another 10 years to our lives AND enjoy those years to the maximum,

and never have to get help using the bathroom…