Everyone wants to be the best version of themselves possible, but making the necessary changes to improve one’s life often feels overwhelming. You can set illustrious goals for health and wellness, but the odds of sticking to them are slim. Most of us are more successful with smaller health goals that fit into our lifestyles. 

If you have kids at home, your family can enjoy health goals together. Activities such as Taekwondo or gymnastics with Total Impact Martial Arts make fitness a fun family activity. When the kids are engaged and having a great time, parents are more likely to stay involved and stick to fitness goals. Track the healthy choices your family makes using a chart or sticky-note recognition system.

Working together and making good choices for health can be a fun challenge. Taking on one sustainable behavior at a time can create habits the whole family will adapt to willingly. You do not need a lot of fancy equipment to increase fitness at home, you can use what you already have and develop a simple family exercise routine.

Using What You Have for Fitness 

Wall pushups, wall sits, and bodyweight squats require no equipment and work a range of muscles to build strength and endurance. You can host a friendly competition with your family to see who can do the most in each category and chart your results each time. Channeling your family’s competitiveness can be a good opportunity to recognize each person’s abilities and strive toward improvement as a team. Sturdy chairs are great for tricep dips and stretching exercises. Sit-up competitions are another fun way to get competitive with your loved ones.

After your family works out, everyone will be ravenous. Stock up on healthy foods for snacks and meals so that your family is consuming nutrients that promote wellness. You do not need to make drastic changes to your family’s diet, but slowly incorporate healthy foods into the mix. 

Transform Nutritious into Delicious

Healthy foods have gotten a bad rep. Often the most nutritious foods taste the best — they just need to be prepared to showcase their flavor. Remember to choose veggies and fruits that span the rainbow of colors to get the best nutritional variety. Healthy grains, plant-based foods, and filtered water are also great choices.

Preparing meals as a family can be a fun way to make memories and boost your overall wellness. Take turns choosing from healthy recipes and let the recipe-chooser be the meal-prep “boss,” delegating different family members to wash and chop veggies and reading each step of the recipe aloud. The collaboration of meal prep and talking about the health benefits of varying ingredients will keep health goals at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Exercise and good food are a great start toward better health, but healthy choices should also include mental wellness. 

Environmental Health Considerations

You and your family spend so many hours of your lives at home. Work together to create a space that reflects wellness and peace. Create a family chore chart so that everyone takes part in the process of decluttering and cleaning. Decide whether you want chores to rotate or if your family would prefer having the same set of cleaning activities each week.

Consider lighting options that reduce stress and fatigue and bring in houseplants to create a relaxing, healthy atmosphere. Sometimes temperature adjustments can make a big difference in the way your home feels and the type of energy it elicits. Perhaps a meditation space would be helpful. Teaching your family the importance of solitude can help them have a better relationship with themselves and improve self-soothing skills. 

Healthy habits can be achieved over time through adopting incremental changes. Small, steady changes are sustainable for the family. Rather than having one great week or a month of healthy choices, small changes can bring long-term solutions that will stick. 

If you are looking for a fun way to get healthy with your family, contact Total Impact Martial Arts to talk about how we can help!