What's one health habit you've started that's actually made a difference?

I've been going to the gym three days a week for around a year and feel much better for it. I've found that I can't do more days than this as I'm just too tired so it's counter productive. The gym is just a short bus ride away and the monthly sub is not too expensive.
Also I've been dieting for three months or so, I've not lost much weight yet (just over a stone so far) but people have noticed I look trimmer - though I suspect this is more due to the gym than the diet!
I used to have painful joints and lower back at night and some days had trouble climing stairs, but I'm looking forward to having my annual check-up to see how my blood tests and blood pressure have improved.

I cut out fats and sugars and my bp went down as did my cholesterol. I also dropped a dress size. However I still crave naughty foods.

I love pre-meal nibbles whilst cooking. I was eating crisps, switched to celery sticks and carrots with a very small amount of hummus. It helps even out the blood sugar so you dont get a big spike. If you start with carbs the spike is much larger and takes longer to go away - bad for inflammation and blood sugar control in general. The celery stick/carrot/hummus combo is also good for a between meal snack and M&S do a pre-prepared version in a little pot if you are out and about. Same principle with meals. Eat the protein or veg/salad first and then the carbs.

Daily exercises and 16 : fasting. I think i need to cut our refined ca rbs.....

I changed to lactose free products. Huge difference. IBS flare ups practically ceased.

I started doing a strength class a couple of years ago and it's really made a difference. I now have biceps😁

I have kept moving. I broke a vertebra and recovery was long and painful. The one thing that was emphasised by medical folk was to keep moving no matter what.
That was 9 years ago and I am still moving every day. My dog helps.

Started a one or two mile speedy walk before I eat anything, first thing after awakening. This was suggested by the exercise tutor at my wife’s pre-diabetes class run by the NHS. The latest version of my iPhone Fitness App allows an ‘outdoor walk’ to run in the background which tells me my speed, distance etc and the height I have climbed - my route includes a steepish hill at the end so I get slightly breathless which is really good for cardio and over either route I climb 100 feet in 20 or 40 minutes. I have improved from a 20 minute mile to a just over 16 minute mile since March and doubled my distance without any harm. The NHS Active ten app also encourages moving more and records the number of ‘brisk ten minute’ walks I do in the course of a day - now about 6-10.

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I use interdental brushes, different sizes, between my teeth. Advised by the dentist and it certainly has improved my gums. I think bad oral health can contribute to heart disease and other systemic illnesses so it's hopefully worth the cost and effort.

Walking 3 miles a day at a brisk pace has had a magical effect on my weight and shape.

Going to the gym 5 days a week, 9 classes, weught/resistance training, circuits, zumba, pilates, tai chi., stretch and core classes. All have helped with fitness, posture, 'creaky' bits and stiffness.

Side benefits are a very busy social life, and hoping all the thinking and coordination, esp with the zumba, are helping my brain.

Also very rarely eat bread nowadays, eat lots of 0 fat Greek yoghurt and honey with various 'seedy' additions. My nails are rewarding me now by needing to be cut because they're tooling, rather than because they're brittle and breaking!

Many years ago, when the kids were still with us I watched a doctor on tv recommend taking a daily Zinc tablet to prevent getting colds.
Although I don’t take them regularly I do take one as soon as I feel a cold is starting which always seems to stop the cold from getting worse.

Yoga by the way

Stretching exercises following a YouTube video designed for over 50s. I feel very different if I lapse

Eating for nutrition and not calories.

Ive been taking Nutrition Geeks Glycinate (magnesium) before bed and now im sleeping so much better

Anti inflammatory diet (no white carbs or sadly nightshade veg - which were my favs 😌) and drinking more water with electrolytes .. its made such a difference to my arthritic pain & my energy levels !

Only use olive oil to cook with, eat olives and use olive spread on bread. Blood pressure much lower, no need for pills . I thought it was just chance but they have actually researched and found that olive oil is beneficial.

16-8 fast

Georgesgran, I admire your self restraint, but I have no self control regarding wine gums.

Keeping to just the one Caramel Wafer at a time - yes, seriously!

No sugar, walking each day when possible.

Drinking 2 litres of water a day and raising that to 2.5 litres if it is very hot. I feel quite ill if I do not get my daily water fix.

Most days I do 3 sets of 12 strengthening exercises including squats, biceps and triceps curls with dumbbells, wall press ups and sitting abs.
I have walked every day for most of my adult life, so not a recent thing, but I stopped classes during Covid and nothing suitable is available now.
I no longer have OA pain in my knees, but I don't know whether that is due to squats or RA biologics.

On TV yesterday it was recommended that everyone should do 10 squats or sit to stands every time adverts appear on the TV. That could add up to a lot for some of us!