Reasons for wanting to lead a healthy lifestyle may include:

Your emotional and mental health needs taking care of too:

The most common tips for improving your health include:

• Weight management and dieting[+]
  

  Dieting is a very important part of living a healthy lifestyle for many people. If you are struggling to keep your weight under control then it is worth looking into what is going wrong. While dieting it is crucial to ensure you are getting the right nutrients, vitamins, minerals and fats. It is definitely not just a matter of cutting down what you eat and doing this could mean that you have a lot of trouble maintaining your weight management plan in the longer term.
  
  There are many diets out there that people have success with, but your aim should always be to adopt a diet that is balanced, nutritious and tasty! This will ensure that you can stick to a diet much more easily, and you will probably end up enjoying it!
  Life coaches are great at helping people find the motivation to stick to a diet and also having that extra person keeping track of your diet goes a long way to helping your long term weight management. They can explore the reasons behind why you’re diet has been slipping and help you get back on track.
• Time to get fit - Exercise & fitness advice[+]
  

  Any time is a great time to get fit.
  Finding the motivation to exercise can often be a struggle but is also a massive part of your new healthy lifestyle. Our bodies were not made to sit in front of the television or in front of a computer all day. Many of our lifestyles and careers demand that we do this. However, it is possible to counteract the detrimental effects of this lack of physical activity.
  
  The key to finding the motivation to exercise is to make a start, visualise your desire to get fit and try to stay positive and keep your goals in mind. Exercise releases the bodies natural chemicals: endorphins, serotonin, dopamine and adrenaline. It also decreases the stress hormone, cortisol. So just getting started will make you feel much better before it has any effects on your physical body. There are countless studies that link exercise with an enhanced state of well being and improvement in mood even for those with depression.
  
  If the thought of all that sweating in a gym and getting hot and bothered on your quest to get fit is putting you off, then stop thinking about it! Focusing on the negative aspects of exercise won’t help you get started and it certainly won’t help you stick to an exercise plan. However, instead, you could try visualising the benefits that you will get from exercise. Keep your mind on the positives when things are getting tough and enjoy the effects of doing what your body was built for. Getting outside while you exercise can also help a lot with sticking to your new "get fit" program. Find somewhere with fresh air and open space which will help your motivation to exercise and help you to feel happier in general.
  
  If you are finding exercising hard then enlisting the support of a life coach can be really helpful. Not only will they be able to help you find the motivation to exercise, but they will provide great motivation for sticking with it long term.

• Take control of your mental health[+]
  An often overlooked part of healthy living is the health of your mind. We focus a lot on keeping our bodies healthy, but neglect the fact that our bodies are controlled entirely by our brains, so until our mind is healthy, getting our body healthy will be very difficult.
  
  Our minds are a wonderful place, full of possibilities and knowledge of ourselves. You are able to do amazing things with the power of your mind, but some people struggle to tap into this potential. The modern world can be very stressful and things tend build up and get on top of all of us at some point. Take back control of your mind and decide how you are going to go about improving your mental health.
  
  A life coach can assist you with problems you are having with your metal health such as stress, anxiety, confidence and getting a better work/life balance. All of these things can affect your mental health negatively but all can be dealt with as well and help is at hand and well worth taking advantage of.
• Sleep well[+]
  

  Sleep is an often underestimated part of a healthy lifestyle. Getting your 8 hours a night not only goes a long way to helping you feel more awake during the day, but it is vital to ensuring your body works properly. Sleep affects process and function in your body, so not getting enough sleep or a good enough quality of sleep can seriously affect your everyday and long term health and fitness.
  
  There is still a lot that we don’t know about sleep, but the main consensus seems to be that sleep aids our brain and body by rejuvenating and replenishing cells, consolidating memories and regaining energy.
  
  When we sleep is controlled by chemical reactions within our brains and bodies. Some of these processes are concerned with working out how long we have been awake for and so when we should be falling asleep, and others use signals from the outside world to determine the time of day and so the right time to be going to sleep. Our internal clocks determine that when the light is reduced and it becomes night, we should fall asleep. This is why many shift workers will have issues with sleeping during the day, and also the main reason behind jet lag.
  
  Our sleep patterns are pre-determined by our brains, however, they can be easily altered when we are under stress, anxious or in a bad environment for sleep to occur successfully. This can leave us feeling tired and if it happens often can seriously affect our concentration, body temperature, metabolism, circulation, memory, and many more of our body’s processes.
  
  If you are having trouble with your sleep, a life coach can be very beneficial in trying to address the issues which are causing your sleep issues. Sleep is a major building block of life and neglecting it is the same as neglecting to eat or drink, so make sure you address your sleep problems soon which will have a knock on positive affect on the rest your your healthy living program!