A healthy body, a healthy mind and a healthy life. Ageing Gracefully...

Claudia Schiffer. One of the ladies who's ageing gracefully

I found few websites that offer great advices on ageing gracefully. Here are some of my favorites :

• Throw out non-essential numbers. This includes weight.
• Keep only caring friends. 
• Keep learning. 
• Enjoy the simple things.
• Laugh often, long and loud. 
• The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.
• Be ALIVE while we are alive.
• Surround ourselves with what we love
• Cherish our health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
• Don't take guilt trips. 
• Tell the people we love that we love them, at every opportunity.
• Make sure that we drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. It will help your body stay hydrated and flush it free of toxins as well. At the same time, it will make our face glow and shine.
• Always wear a sunscreen lotion when we go out in the day, to protect our skin from harmful ultra violet (UV) rays. Make sure that we are using a sunscreen with at least 15 SPF.
• Visit our hairdresser.
• Pay attention to the lipstick color. Try and avoid bright red and brown shades and stick to neutrals, like beiges and pinks.
• Do not overdo with our eyebrows outlining. 
• Get manicures and pedicures done on a regular basis. Go for a facial sitting at least once in a month.
• Avoid wearing round neck blouses, which may draw attention to a drooping posture. We should always prefer wearing V-neck clothes, which direct the eye up.
• Always maintain a proper and confident posture. It not only makes us look younger, but also help us appear slimmer than we are.
• A young fragrance always makes us seem much younger than we really are. According to a survey, women wearing scents with pink grapefruit in it appeared, on average, 6 years younger than their actual age.
• Try to get at least 7-8 hours sleep on a daily basis. It will help us feel younger as well as extremely refreshed.
• It is said that love can make we feel as well as look years younger than our age. Fall in love with our spouse once again. Better yet, fall in love with ourselves.
• Avoid processed foods as well as those food items that have too much sugar in them.
  Eat lots of fruits and vegetables. Increase our consumption of food items that are rich in proteins.
• If we are overweight, try to lose those extra pounds, by sticking to a healthy diet and indulging in exercise. No crash dieting please!
• Include the basic steps of cleansing, toning, moisturize and nourishing our skin, in our daily routine.