7 Things You Can Start Doing Now to Age Gracefully the Rest of Your Life ...

By Heather

7 Things You Can Start Doing Now to Age Gracefully the Rest of Your Life ...

Nearing 30 this year, I’ve decided that instead of being so worried about my jean size like I was in my early 20s, I’m now more concerned with how I can age gracefully for years to come. Aging gracefully isn’t just about your looks, though that is part of it. Aging gracefully is about enjoying the rest of your life, managing your stress and allowing your physical appearance to reflect that. Aging gracefully to me is all about showing our happiness through our looks. It should be genuine, apparent to others, and become natural to our everyday routine. If you’re looking to learn how to age gracefully, try some of my simple tips, which are really easy, yet proven to help you age gracefully and be happy in the process.

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Eat Smart

Eat Smart Eating smart is no longer about counting calories if you’re looking to age gracefully. Eating smart is about eating the right foods, which are cleaner for your body and the planet, about eating enough calories to maintain your energy and a good mood, and eating foods that improve your metabolism, heart health and manage stress. These foods include leafy greens, veggies, raw sources of plant protein, lean sources of protein, healthy plant fats, low glycemic fruits, and root vegetables. Don’t count calories, but count quality! Your skin, hair, nails, body weight and mood will thank you every single day of your life.

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Move Regularly

Move Regularly I tell myself everyday I was given legs to use them, not put them to waste! Aging gracefully is about being energized from the inside out. To keep your energy up, you’ve got to use your muscles. I’m not talking about extreme exercise either. I mean standing for most of the day, moving throughout your home and yard, taking care of chores, playing outside with your dogs, or taking a simple walk. Take a stroll on the street and participate in daily exercise. Anything you can do to move will improve your heart health, your metabolism and decrease your stress.

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Laugh Often

Laugh Often We need to laugh more! Spending time with your friends, watching a fun comedy, reading a funny book, engaging in conversations with your family and learning to even laugh at your own faults and mistakes is important. A heavy heart is not a pretty one and it will cause you to age faster than many other things will. I’ve been through many, many hard things in my life, yet I still make it a priority to see the lighter side of life however I can. Besides, I’m a firm believer that laugh lines on a woman’s face are one of her prettiest features!

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Be Compassionate

Be Compassionate Offering compassion to others is an amazing way to age gracefully. Not only does it improve what you give back to the world and others, but it also improves your heart health, mood and confidence.Do nice things for others.They'll benefit and so will you!

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Go Natural

Go Natural Clean up your beauty routine and go more natural. This is a great way to remove toxic chemicals and harmful environmental toxins from your beauty products and your cleaning products that can harm your health, age your skin and even hurt many bodily functions like your thyroid or hormone health. I cleaned up my beauty routine the last year and I look better than ever when it comes to my skin. I use natural soap to wash my face, sea salt as a body scrub, coconut oil to moisturize my hair, skin and as a wrinkle cream, and to take my makeup off with. These simple changes are great ways to improve your skin and take the toxins off your face!

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Stay out of the Sun

Stay out of the Sun The sun is a great source of Vitamin D, which we need, but sunbathing is not the way to get it! All you need to get the recommended amounts of Vitamin D is 15 minutes in quality sunlight, or take a supplement. To age gracefully, be sure to stay out of the sun if you’re not wearing high SPF to protect your skin. This won’t only keep the wrinkles away, but also protect you from cancer, which is affecting more women year after year. I can deal with paler skin, but I’m not willing to deal with wrinkles from the sun alone, or a cancer scare either.

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Sleep More

Sleep More Sleep is such a wonderful thing girls, and one of the best ways to age gracefully of all. Your hormones depend on sleep to manage stress, and one of the best anti-aging hormones you have known as DHEA is actually manufactured while you’re asleep. It is also known as the growth hormone and affects everything from the way you look and age, to how slim you are. Eight hours a night is optimal, but if you can get nine, go for it!

I don’t know about you, but in 10 years, I will be so glad I practiced good aging tips, not only for my body and skin, but also for my mind. What about you? Do you have a good tip to age gracefully?

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Definitely agree with the water, and would like to suggest: do yoga consistently :)

I would like to add: drink more water ladies!!!

Thank you for this article! Sometimes I get so caught up in trying to manage my weight that I forget what's really important.

Meditation does wonders! Keeps you stress free and relaxed.

Read more and take the time to really breathe. :) Thank-you for the reminders

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