How to Live the Heart of a Healthy Lifestyle by Changing Bad Habits

Learn to form healthy habits by replacing bad ones. Changing healthy habits for unhealthy people gives you more stamina, a better quality of life - and healthier.

Of course, it's easier said than done, of course, but some simple tips can help you overcome the most indulgent and most difficult habits. Rani Whitfield, M.D., Baton Rouge, La., American Heart Association family and volunteer practitioner, is a mission to help people change their unhealthy habits.

"An unhealthy habits grow easily and are difficult to live; healthy habits are harder to develop but easier to live," said Whitfield, who has earned the nickname "The Hip Hop Doc" through his work to make young people make healthy choices.

Regardless of your age, you can benefit from easy Whitfield dust tips.

First, he said, knowing it took 60 to 90 days to make new habits. You must save it afterwards. If you sometimes forget, or if at first you don't know how to make it work with your schedule, save it.
This helps to remember that unhealthy habits are attractive because they provide instant gratification - which is "immediately felt". But you pay later. Conversely, healthy habits mean satisfying but get greater results on the road.

Think of your work as a substitute, not a shortage. Whitfield said, "Kojak was sucked in the lopipop when he stopped smoking," the famous TV detective in the 1970s said. Of course, too much candy is also not good for you - but some lollipop is much better than smoking when it comes to your heart health. Whitfield said it was important to "find your true motivation." Certainly good and really useful to use other motivations other than being healthier. "Many people will do it for their children," he said. They want to set a good example, or they just want to live to see their children graduate. And then there is good old pride. "If you want a six pack stomach, maybe your motivation is to ask certain women," Whitfield said.

Here are the top tips:

1. Break a big goal into smaller short-term goals. “Don’t go cold turkey,” he says. “Suppose you’re drinking five beers a day, and you want to get down to six a month. Reduce to three a day. You’ll see the benefits and feel more motivated to move toward your longer-term goal.”
2. Tell someone you trust – not someone who will sabotage you. Be accountable to someone all the time. It’s toughest forming a healthy habit if you don’t have support. For example, one spouse might be trying to stop smoking while the other one isn’t. “You have to find some inner strength, some self-motivation and push through it. Or get couples counseling, a safe setting where you can ask your spouse: ‘Can you be supportive and go outside to smoke?’ ”
3. Allow a “cheat” once in a while. “If you’ve avoided sweets all week and you’ve been exercising, and you go to Grandma’s, you can afford that ONE small piece of apple pie. Or let yourself have one ‘crazy meal’ a week.” 
4. Break the TV habit in favor of exercise. “Tell yourself, ‘If I just have to watch Martin Lawrence, I’ll Tivo it and watch on the weekend, or do my exercise and then have the show as my reward to myself.’ “Or, if you have room, you can exercise in front of the TV,” he said. For some, TV seems to be their only friend. “If it’s all about escapism, the underlying anxiety or depression needs to be treated, or if you can’t finish tasks, do your work or the housework,” He says.

The best habits of Doc Hip-Hop for heart health:
Consistent exercise, 30 minutes a day, seven days a week. Read AHA recommendations for adults. Stop smoking.
If you now need medicine for cardiovascular conditions, take medicine honestly. "If you forget, put it with your toothbrush."
Please. Your greatest wealth is your health.

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