Healthy living is a long-term commitment, and you're in charge. Its your choice, love yourself and make successful lifestyle changes.

1. Live Healthful: Healthy living means making positive choices that enhance your personal physical, mental and spiritual health. Healthy living choices are affected by where you live, work, learn and play.

Keeping yourself informed about positive health practices is an important way to improve your overall health and sense of well-being.

2. Get Cracking: Take a more active role in your health make informed choices about healthy eating, physical activity, mental health and leading a balanced life. Many health problems can be prevented or their occurrence put on ice by having a healthy lifestyle.

3. Set Goals: You'll need to set your healthy living goals. Assess your activity and determine how much physical activity you get in a typical week. Set up a regular exercise regimen. Be aware of and acknowledge your food habits and make appropriate dietary changes.

Maintain a healthy weight and be prepared eat a balanced healthy diet.

4. Boost Mental Wellbeing:  Mood and relationships matter. Verify your mood, check for symptoms of depression or anxiety. Are you experiencing any such symptoms? If so deal with it without delay.

Weigh up your social network and the connections that enrich your life. And line up interventions to bring new energy to and strengthen any weak links. Strong relationship is a health bonus

Make every effort to have safe trustworthy relationships. It's important to build a circle of social contacts to create a supportive environment of people who care for and esteem you.

5. Early Health Screenings: Make plans for sorting out and catching up on your routine health screenings and immunizations.

6. Nurture Balance:  What you eat and drink, to how much exercise you do, and whether you smoke or take drugs, all will affect our health. Choose to not smoke, to exercise regularly and eat nutritiously. Choose a variety of foods from all the food groups.

Curb addictions: Put an end to other negative lifestyle practices or addictions like illicit drug use or excessive alcohol consumption

7. Keep Moving: Stay physically active to keep your body strong and improve your energy levels.

8. De-stress: Reduce stress. Chronic stress is a key contributor to the development and progression of preventable chronic diseases. Healthy living includes emotional wellness. So, find ways to effectively handle stressful situations that flare up without warning.