Be consistent. Research has shown that to lose 10 percent of your body weight, and keep it off, you need to exercise for one hour, five days a week. This level of exercise is only required if you are overweight, as you have an accumulated an exercise debt that must be repaid to regain your health.
According to a 2003 study in the the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, gratitude could also boost pro-social behaviors, such as helping other people who have problems or lending emotional support to another person. It helps you sleep better.
Seven Principles for Cultivating Gratitude: 1  Gratitude is independent of our objective life circumstances. 2  Gratitude is a function of attention. 3  Entitlement precludes gratitude.  We often take for granted that which we receive on a regular 1  basis. Gratitude can be cultivated through sincere self-reflection. Expressing gratitude, through words and deeds, enhances our experience of gratitude. Our deepest sense of gratitude comes through grace, with the awareness that we have not earned, nor do we deserve all that we've been given.