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Anna Posyniak‑Dutka HEALTHY MONDAYS

Have you ever heard of Healthy Mondays? They are an international campaigninternational campaigninternational campaign whose aim is to build up good habitsgood habits [good habit]good habits in people, and help them rid themselves ofrid themselves of [rid oneself of]rid themselves of bad ones. It is a public health initiativepublic health initiativepublic health initiative which supports people in creating weekly routinesweekly routines [weekly routine]weekly routines. These, in turnin turnin turn, will make people live healthy lifestyleslive healthy lifestyles [live a healthy lifestyle]live healthy lifestyles and improve their physical and mental wellbeingphysical and mental wellbeingphysical and mental wellbeing.

Leading health organisations cooperate with hospitals, schools, and workplaces to create programmes which guide people from all walks of lifefrom all walks of lifefrom all walks of life on how to organise their diets, plan their daily physical activities, and schedule a reasonablereasonablereasonable sleeping routinesleeping routinesleeping routine. All that to promote healthier lifestyles.

The Healthy Monday movement offers a few different programmes addressed to people who implement some healthy changes in their lives. Perhaps you want to lose weight, reduce hunger cravingsreduce hunger cravings [reduce hunger craving]reduce hunger cravings, stop smoking, or regain your mental balanceregain your mental balance [regain one’s mental balance]regain your mental balance. One of the Healthy Monday programmes is likely to help you.

Let’s have a closer look at Meatless Mondays. This initiative has been created to help people reduce their red meat intakered meat intakered meat intake. ConsumptionconsumptionConsumption of this product has been linked to several medical conditionsmedical conditions [medical condition]medical conditions so cutting down oncutting down on [cut down on]cutting down on the amount of red meat you eat is definitely going to result in reducing the risk of becoming ill. Deciding not to eat meat one day a week is not a big sacrificesacrificesacrifice and it can save you from several serious diseases. The campaign websites will bring you together withbring you together with [bring together]bring you together with other people undertaking the same challengeundertaking the same challenge [undertake a challenge]undertaking the same challenge and provide recipes for some delicious vegetarian dishes.

Another programme is called Quit and Stay Quit Monday. It helps people quit smoking or reduce their tobacco intake by providing professional advice on how to start the process. One of the tips is to use nicotine patchesnicotine patches [nicotine patch]nicotine patches. However, this campaign is not only about smoking. It also promotes mindful eatingmindful eatingmindful eating as a technique to control hunger cravings. It teaches people to focus on their food more and enjoy it. For example, you should turn off all your electronics during a meal and always ask yourself if you’re still hungry before taking a second helpingsecond helpingsecond helping.

Move it Monday gives people practical ideas on how to implementimplement sth into sthimplement more physical activity into their busy schedules. No matter how old you are or what your level of ability is, consistent exerciseconsistent exerciseconsistent exercise has a beneficial impact onhave beneficial impact on [has a beneficial impact on]has a beneficial impact on both your body and your psychic. It’s true that it is sometimes hard to find the energy or motivation for a workout, but with the support of this programme, it will be easier to include it in your Monday timetable. It’s definitely worth it as regular exercise improves blood flow and takes the strain off the heart reducing the risk of heart disease.

Whether you would like to shake off some bad habits or start afresh, joining one of the Healthy Monday programmes is definitely going to make it easier. Don’t wait any longer! There are thousands of other people trying to modify their nutritional choices or just looking for ways to relax on Mondays, and being part of a group will make your goal easier to achieve. Devoting just one day a week to it might bring an impact much bigger than you expect.

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