52 Ways To Be NICER to Yourself in 2019

Dawn Jackson Blatner
Nutrition WOW (Words of Wisdom)
3 min readJan 11, 2019

Getting healthier always seems to be an aspiration come the New Year and I love it! But we don’t have to go to extremes (detox diets, exercise bootcamps) to get there.

This year…

✨BE NICE TO YOURSELF✨

Being mean is so last year.

I’ve come up with 52 NICE things to do for your body.

TRY IT: Pick ONE nice thing each week & aim to do it EVERYDAY for 7 DAYS. I call this a “7-Day Challenge.”

I love 7-Day Challenges because they are a quick, effective, and FUN way to JUMP START a healthy habit. Use THIS 7-Day Challenge Tracker to help stay focused.💥

52 Nice Things To Do For Yourself

1. Drink 1/2 body weight in water daily.

2. Eat veggies at breakfast daily.

3. Chew each bite 15x.

4. Swap alcohol to club soda w/ bitters.

5. Swap coffee to matcha.

6. Swap dessert to dessert-flavored tea.

7. Have a salad once a day.

8. Have HLW each morning.

9. Walk/jog/sprint 1 mile every day.

10. Do a 7-minute workout every day.

11. TPC every meal & snack.

12. Swap all white grain to whole grain.

13. Make all snacks a combo of P&P.

14. Pause 10 mins before taking seconds.

15. Each AM say, “today’s gonna be a great day.”

16. Put away electronics 1 hour before bed.

17. Commit to no “added sugar” each day.

18. Fast for 12 hours to rest the gut daily.

19. Take a daily contrast shower (alternate hot/cold).

20. Eat 2 cups of veggies at dinner daily.

21. Ditch the scale; focus on non-scale victories.

22. Do a 5-minute meditation every day.

23. Have 1 kefir shot for gut health each day.

24. Eat 1 meatless meal daily like veggie enchiladas.

25. Write 3 things you’re grateful for daily.

26. Eat 1 meal/day outside or near a window for sunshine.

27. Drink sparkling vinegar each day.

28. Eat a veggie bag for a snack daily.

29. Watch an inspirational TED talk every day.

30. Eat a little green salad before dinner daily.

31. Do 25 push-ups every day.

32. Relax like THIS before each meal.

33. Do 50 squats every day.

34. Drink a green juice bag daily.

35. Do a 1-minute wall sit each day.

36. Add sauerkraut to 1 meal each day.

37. Track daily fiber, aim to get 30g/day.

38. Stand up every hour to boost brain power.

39. Do 100 jumping jacks every day.

40. Eat a bowl of berries for dessert daily.

41. Do 50 lunges every day.

42. Pre-log your food each day.

43. Do a 12.5-min daily sprint routine.

44. Floss each day.

45. Catch & flip negative self-talk daily.

46. Take pics of everything you eat each day (visual food log).

47. Hold a plank for 1 minute each day.

48. Do a body scan during each meal.

49. Set daily alarm 30 min early for rush-free AM.

50. Eat a veggie-rich lunch bowl daily.

51. Eat meals on a small plate every day.

52. Have moon milk before bed each night.

✨Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy if someone is mean to you all the time.✨

Originally published at dawnjacksonblatner.com.

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