This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Marshall chapter.
51 Healthy Habits Every Girl Should Have
- Start fresh every single day. Don’t bring yesterday’s problems into a new day.
- Check your credit card statements, bank account, and pay stubs regularly.
- Consolidate and pay off debt ASAP.
- Adopt a ‘meatless Monday’ mentality. (Meatless Monday is eating environmentally friendly meat-free alternatives; start each week healthy with meatless Monday’s)
- Put down your phone when you’re out with other people.
- Try the 2/30 rule: 2 hours of tv, 30 minutes of exercise.
- Understand that exercise doesn’t have to be a big time commitment. A little exercise is better than no exercise!
- Start biking (even if it’s only a little). Biking is a fun, healthy way to exercise. It also works those core and legs muscles.
- Use youtube for free exercise videos. Even on Instagram there are fitness accounts that have plenty of exercise videos.
- Cut back on (evil) sugar. This would be foods high in high fructose corn syrup and glucose.
- Drink warm water with lemon and cayenne pepper daily. This stimulates the liver. Keeping the liver and digestive system clean helps prevent chronic disease.
- Don’t try to keep up with the Jones’, you’ll lose.
- Use a retinol if you’re starting to get wrinkles.
- Ask HR about benefits you’re probably not using.
- Practice safe sex, always.
- NEVER grocery shop on an empty stomach.
- Keep healthy snacks at home and at work
- Stop beating yourself up. Let it go.
- Likewise, stop smoking or don’t start. Smoking is bad for the skin and the body.
- Take care of your clothing.
- Eat whole foods as much as possible.
- Don’t skip your yearly gyno appointment.
- Don’t overdo the booze.
- Don’t do drugs, it’s that simple. [pagebreak]
- Don’t skimp on sleep.
- Don’t rely on pills if you can’t sleep.
- Don’t snack if you aren’t hungry.
- Use SPF and wear a hat in the sun.
- Drink at least 8 ounces of fluids a day.
- Make your home a place you want to be. Your home is where you should feel the most comfortable.
- Don’t buy things you know you’ll wear once. Buy things you can use for more than one occasion.
- Google ‘how to make your own cleaning supplies’. This could save a lot of money.
- Drop loose change into the same jar daily. Change adds up!
- Stand up for yourself! Never let anyone push you around.
- Avoid tannings beds like the plague. Tanning beds can have bad affects later in life like wrinkles and in some cases cancer.
- Take medication seriously. Always finish an antibiotic given by a doctor.
- Listen to your body. If your body is telling you that you’ve had enough, you should listen.
- Do mental health checks.
- Read labels on everything from food to makeup.
- Prioritize stress management.
- Optimize your fertility, plan on kids.
- Consider drinking chlorophyll water. This may sound weird but it is a blood cleanser, blood builder and an oxygen booster.
- Always wear a seatbelt, even if you’re taking a taxi.
- Wash your hands often. Nobody likes germs!
- Floss after every single brushing.
- Sneeze into your arm, not your palm.
- For every 20 minutes on a computer, look away for 20 seconds.
- Count to 10 when you’re angry.
- Learn to take constructive criticism.
- Never let Google diagnose you.
- Read novels. This keeps your mind healthy and active. It has also been proven to help prevent diseases later in life such as dementia and Alzheimer’s.