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Maintain A Healthy Weight For A Healthy Being

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A healthy weight is a weight that lets you make the most of your life. It’s a weight at which you feel lively, live longer, and have a reduced risk of chronic disease. By measuring your BMI, you can check whether you are a healthy weight or not! For a healthy weight, a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is optimal.

It’s rightly said that Health is Wealth. A healthy lifestyle is essential for everyone. Maintaining a healthy weight is critical for health, and a healthy body weight can protect you from various illnesses. Maintaining weight is not only beneficial for your body but also for your mind. When you look better, you perceive better, which gives you more confidence to do things you never thought you could.

Being a healthy weight improves your health and fitness in many ways. Shedding even a small amount of weight will boost your quality of life. With a healthy weight, you will be active and energetic, improve your self-esteem, and reduce your chances of being mentally low. 

Weighing Scale for Healthy Weight
Weighing Scale

Maintaining a healthy weight is a big worry for everyone. The epidemic of obesity is sweeping worldwide. A healthy weight is essential because it helps prevent heart disease, high blood pressure, and other chronic diseases. Millions of people battle with their weight every day. Eating healthy, and finding time to exercise are the biggest complaints of overweight people.

Many people fail at shedding weight because they are laid back. They would like to lose weight, but it is hard for them to find time to exercise because of jobs, families, and busy lives. People seldom consider their health when it comes to losing weight. Just the weight reduction on the scale is not the solution to you being healthy. Being mentally fit also accounts for a healthy being.

Healthy Weight

Consuming a healthy diet and maintaining healthy body weight is essential.The most crucial step to do is to make appropriate lifestyle changes, achieving fitness goals. The second important thing is obtaining the optimum weight level. It’s necessary to undergo fundamental changes with nutrition, exercise, rest to reach the optimum weight. It is imperative to realize that achieving and maintaining optimum health is not a short-term commitment. The goal is to shed weight the right way. 

To maintain a healthy weight, choose foods with a variety of nutrients but not a lot of calories. Choosing healthy foods and remaining active has health benefits for everybody—no matter your age or weight. It’s essential to choose nutrient-dense foods and be active at least 150 minutes per week.

Healthy Weight

When your weight is in a healthy range:

  • Your body more efficiently circulates blood.
  • You feel lively about yourself and have more energy to make other positive health changes.
  • You are less fatigued throughout the day.
  • You feel better mentally and have clarity of thoughts.

It’s about a long term lifestyle change. A healthy outside starts from the inside. Joyscore can help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight through its various activities and games. You can also get help from guided meditation, breathing, sleep management, and stress reduction tools. Joyscore can enhance your living and make your life joyful. Download the app now

Celebrate endings- As they proceed to new beginnings

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Welcome to the new year! Are you ready with your hopes, dreams, wishes, and any new-year resolutions you might want to accomplish? With the COVID-19 pandemic still a going concern, some of your traditional New Year’s Eve celebrations — the kind that includes crowds and parties  — might be off the table this year. Yet, the pandemic can’t stop some of the best New Year’s traditions: the goal-setting. 

Some of the most common goals people set are to eat better, lose weight, stop smoking and get in shape. Those are all excellent choices, but there are other great desires to accomplish, so let’s look at it from another perspective. Would achieving all the goals on your list gives you the ultimate happiness and peace in life?

2021 Resolution List
2021 Resolution List

Before the ball drops on December 31, it’s still a tradition to settle on a couple of New Year’s goals, and this year, a renewed emphasis on your health just might top the list. When the pandemic forced us to stay indoor, it gave us time to reflect on our inner self. Our priorities changed and money wasn’t the only center of our survival. Our health, especially mental health, became more important.  

A new year marks a new beginning and opens doors for limitless possibilities. Hence,this year, explore your inner self. Try simple lifestyle tweaks each day, and you’ll not only jumpstart a healthier body and mind — you’ll feel fantastic and fully determined to make 2021 a much better year than ever before. It’s time to put you first for even more “new year, new you” inspiration. 

The following stands to reason, of course: If it were so easy to reach self-improvement goals, we wouldn’t have to make resolutions in the first place; we would change instantly. Many people observe this New Year’s rite because they believe that their lives will be better if they make a transformation requiring some sacrifice. They face failure because the resolutions they choose don’t match their real goal of greater happiness.

Celebrate Endings
Celebrate Endings

Here are few achievable goals that will calm you down, alleviate your stress, help your skin shine, and organize the chaos in your life — maybe you’ll even start a daily journal to stay on track! You will discover simple ways to squeeze a little more fitness into your busy days and sane strategies for decluttering. Every morning, meet the light with joy and happiness for the opportunity to face another day. Pursue peace every day in a world where it seems to be in short supply. Show gratitude, perform random acts of kindness, and leave the trail like glitter, wherever your footsteps lead you. Laugh about something every day. Remind yourself to take a break for personal relaxation. Enjoy and engage in the simple things in life that bring happiness to you. If you first make 2021 a year to accomplish and fulfill your desire to lead a happier life from the inside out, your other resolutions could be easier to accomplish. Achieve your 2021 goals with Joyscore and live a meaningful life.

Celebrate Endings

We wish you to start the new year with an abundance of joy and zest. We hope that 2021 will be a year our world emerges from the pandemic, refreshed and reinvigorated. Here’s wishing you all a happy, blessed, and heart-and-soul prospering year ahead! Download the Joyscore app now, and get on the optimal path of health, happiness, and success.

6 simple tips for a post holiday season detox

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The holidays are such a fun time: family get-togethers, vacations, treats, drinks, laughter, and constant excuses to skip the gym. It’s the time of year when you can’t avoid the seasonal candy and unhealthy snacks. But it hits you once you’re back to reality. The jeans don’t fit; the dress feels tight. So what would you do? Go on a juice fast? Are you going to live on a watermelon or a cabbage soup diet? The dilemma with these fad diets is that while you may lose a little weight, you’ll go round the bend because they are so restrictive. Plus, they lack the nutrients you need to remain healthy. But most notably, such diets foster an unhealthy relationship with food. 

Holiday Season Detox
Holiday Season Detox

What you need to do to lose those holiday kilos is to keep your eating habits in check. Post-festivities, you may require a holiday reset. And, the good news is that to get back in shape, you don’t have to indulge in a crash diet or hours upon hours of exercise. Your body is rebounding and knows how to repair itself. Here’s a simple detox plan to rid your body of that holiday bloat and bring back your curves without much sacrifice. 

Hydration

The first and the foremost step of the Holiday Detox is to eliminate the water retention and beat the bloat. Remaining hydrated is one of the essential things you can do to help your body detox from accumulated processed carbs and drinks. But you don’t have to chug water to get the benefits. Water supports digestion and elimination, and this can be in the form of juicy fruits and vegetables, soups, broths, and decaffeinated herbal teas.

Eat home-cooked meals

One most effortless way to get your life back on track is to eat home-cooked meals. Plus, you can control the quantity you eat. Aim to have two to three cooked vegetables, one small bowl of yogurt at each meal. All those boxed meals and cup-a-noodles are a complete no-no. This way, you will be able to relieve bloat, rebalance blood sugar, regulate digestion, and recharge your metabolism.

Chart out a Workout Plan and Stick to It

All right, so this one is a little preemptive, but you’ve got to set yourself up to be successful. Don’t wait for the New Year. Plan your workouts ahead of time and make a conscious effort to stick to them.

Workout Plan Sheet

Break up with sugar

There’s no soft-pedaling here. You have to go cold turkey. After all, nothing helps you swift faster than an immediate break-up. Say no to anything sweet or processed. The list is long and includes biscuits, cakes, chocolate, and soft drinks. Indulge your sweet tooth with an occasional date or fig or fresh, juicy fruit like pears, oranges, and melon. And if you simply must, add some sugar substitutes to sweeten things up.

Yoga

Yoga is one of the quickest ways to get your energy system back into balance, plus it boosts your mood. Try to incorporate 20 to 30 minutes in the morning to get back on your exercise track. You’ll feel at home in your body in no time!

Reboot your system

To reboot your body after a festive feast, you don’t have to go to extremes. You can conquer the Battle of the bulge at the boundaries. Sweeping dietary overhauls are impractical. Instead, small, concrete changes that you can easily incorporate into your daily routine will lead to success. Take care of your system with the intention of mindfulness, nourishment, and self-love. 

Holiday Season Detox

Learn more about mindful practices at JoyScore that will help you detox your mind and body and help you develop healthier behaviors for sustainable living. Download the Joyscore app now.

The Story of Tea

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Your immune system is a natural defense against disease-causing viruses that may be present in areas like the workplace, shopping malls, and even airplanes. However, this defense often fails: a virus may successfully invade you and make you sick due to your immune system being weak. So the question is: can improvement in your immune system prevent you from falling ill quite as often? The answer is yes. Research indicates that drinking tea will boost your immune system due to the tea’s polyphenols and theanine.

For thousands of years and for the right reason, people all over the world have been drinking tea. Numerous studies have shown that different teas can improve the immune system, fight against inflammation, and even prevent heart disease and cancer. Although some brews have more health benefits than others, there is plenty of proof that drinking tea can have a lasting effect on your well-being.

Evening Tea
Evening Tea

Tea polyphenols for enhanced immunity

Modern medicine acknowledges that tea’s therapeutic benefits are plentiful. A substance in tea called L-theanine increases the germination of disease-fighting cells. Experts recommend drinking 4 – 5 cups daily of handpicked, unblended, and garden-fresh tea packed at the source of either black, oolong, or green tea per day to help boost immunity.

Here are some of the most potential benefits hidden in the world’s most popular teas.

  • Herbal teas, also called tisanes, are very similar to white teas, but in addition to tea leaves, they contain a combination of herbs, spices, fruits, or other plants. There is no caffeine in herbal teas, which is why they’re known for their soothing powers. There are various kinds of herbal teas, all with distinctive advantages. Some of the herbal teas most consumed include:
  • Chamomile tea reduces menstrual pain and muscle spasms, improves sleep & relaxation, and reduces stress.
  • Rooibos – enhances blood pressure and circulation, boosts good cholesterol while reducing bad cholesterol, makes hair and skin firm and healthy, and provides relief from allergies.
  • Peppermint: Contains menthol that can soothe an upset stomach and serve as a treatment for constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and motion sickness. This tea variety also offers relief from tension, headaches, and migraines.
  • Ginger – Helps to cure morning sickness, can be used to treat chronic indigestion, and helps to relieve joint pain caused by osteoarthritis.
  • Hibiscus: Lowers blood pressure and fat levels, improves overall liver health, stave off cravings for unhealthy sweets, and may prevent kidney stones.
Different Tea
Different Tea
  • Green tea: It’s made with steamed tea leaves and has a high EGCG concentration. Antioxidants from green tea can interfere with the growth of cancers of the bladder, breast, lung, stomach, pancreas, and colon. It can prevent clogging of the arteries, burn fat, reduce the risk of neurological ailments such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. It can reduce the risk of a stroke and improve cholesterol levels.
  •  Black tea: Black tea, made with fermented tea leaves, has the highest caffeine content and forms the base for flavored teas such as chai and some instant teas. Black tea can protect the lungs against damage caused by cigarette smoke exposure. It could decrease the risk of stroke, as well.
  •  White tea: One study showed that white tea has the most potent anticancer properties than more processed teas.

So, put on the kettle and enjoy the benefits of tea. Integrate healthy beverages in your diet on a more regular basis to benefit from these health-promoting properties. It’s not only about the foods; it’s about what you drink, as well, that can contribute to your health.

At JoyScore learn more about mindful activities that will ensure keeping illness at bay and help you develop healthy habits for sustainable living. Download the JoyScore app now. 

There Is An Ability In Disability

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It is not always essential to portray physical strength to be powerful. It’s not necessary to observe the imposing routines of physical power, forms, and sizes. It is not a validation of emotional and mental failure to have an impairment. At times, strength signifies a more subtle sign that can happen internally. Meaning, anyone can be the smallest individual but still has the power to get over every bad day’s effects. That is why a person with a physical disability happens to be mentally more substantial than those who are not. 

Living Well with a Disability

It’s never easy to adapt to life with a disability, but there are ways to help yourself cope with disabilities, overcome obstacles, and develop a rewarding life.

Ability in Disability

Making the Adjustment

It can be a tough adjustment to adapt to life with a disability. We all tend to take our well being for granted—until it’s gone. But while you cannot reverse the situation or wish away your limitations, you can alter your thinking and cope with your disability. You are still in control of your destiny and can strengthen your freedom, sense of empowerment, and outlook in several respects. No matter your disability, it is entirely possible to overcome the difficulties you face and live a joyful life that is complete and satisfying.

The majority of us expect to live safe, long lives. So, when a disabling illness or injury hits you, it can trigger various disturbing emotions and fears. You may wonder how you’ll be able to work, find or sustain a relationship, or even be happy again. But while it isn’t easy to live with a disability, it doesn’t have to be a tragedy. Having a disability is difficult, but it’s also one of the wealthiest classrooms a human can experience, too. And you are not alone. Millions of people have traveled this path before you (the CDC reports that 1 in 5 Americans is disabled) and discovered ways to survive and prosper positively. You can, too.

  • Disability is an obsolete word. True happiness is possible in a “broken” body.
  • Patience can get you through almost anything. Let not physical inability be a deterrent.
  • Don’t sweat the little things.
  • Being different is an opportunity. Weakness isn’t always negative.
  • Life is short. Embrace everything.
  • Be Mentally healthy and outshine.
Ability in Disability

Defining by Ability

Don’t ever allow self-pity to cloud your dreams because there’s an ability in disability. What you label disability today could be a springboard to your success tomorrow. If you talk about your disability, then almost everybody has something about them they don’t like. It may be height, skin color, and to some, their physique. Therefore, you know that disability is a thing of the mind.

Whatever challenges you’re facing right now prove that you are healthy and resilient. So pursue your dreams and make them real. Stay strong and focused. And you can set an excellent example of such perseverance! Follow Joyscore for insights on leading a happy, content, peaceful, and grateful life. Download the app now! 

Thanksgiving Every Day

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How often in a given day you say Thank you, God. Mostly, it is when we are distressed and in need that we remember God. What about when you wake up in the morning when there’s no inspiration for you? Throughout the year, we see God’s greatness, love, and blessings in such incredible ways, but we are not as grateful as we ought to be, and we don’t express it as often as we ought to do. 

There is one such day, however, in the United States and Canada which celebrates the past year’s harvest and other blessings. This day is called Thanksgiving Day.  An essential Thanksgiving tradition is a big meal with family or friends. Thanksgiving is an opportunity to express our gratitude for the abundance in our lives, whether that’s the good relationships we have with our friends and families, our prospects, and our health.

Thanksgiving

Expressing gratitude towards God is very important. Every day we wake up, we can still see, hear, walk, and eat. In other words, all the functions we enjoy every day. So, why not wake up every morning and say thank you, God. Do the same during the day also. Something good comes our way, we should thank him. We should live the lives of Thanksgiving all the time. Thanksgiving is offering thanks to God for his forever endurance, love, and blessings under all circumstances.

Thanksgiving Reminds Us to Be More Than Grateful

Let’s help those who need it. Let’s not be mad that the world isn’t helping the needy. Let’s see what we can do as an individual. Compassion is the key, and empathy is essential, and that’s one reason that we should focus on trying to help those in need. It may mean that we are in a space in our lives where we feel we can’t currently help anyone, but certainly, there’s just one person out on the street we can impact. We could change their experience, maybe just for a moment. Thanking God keeps us consciously aware that God is always there in our life and helps us trust him more and more. Thanksgiving is essential to our rejoicing amid suffering. 

Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving Dinner

For many people, Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful. Gratitude is an attitude, and giving thanks is an action. It appreciates the blessings in one’s life. Gratitude can take us from feeling sorry for ourselves to feeling joy. Doing a daily gratitude exercise will make us happier, more self-disciplined, accomplish our goals, even healthier physically. Perhaps best of all, gratitude frees us from emotional pain. If we want to let go of emotional distress, choose gratitude, or simply if we’re going to feel more happiness, choose gratitude. When we experience more joy, we make the world more joyful.

We should teach our children gratitude and Thanksgiving very early in life.  It should be a part of our thinking, our experience, and how we operate. This thanksgiving festival, give yourself and others good health and joy, download the JoyScore.