First 3 Steps To A Healthier Flight Crew

Everytime I speak to my fellow pilots and cabin crew about health and fitness the questions I get are usually the same:

What should I eat for breakfast?

Can I eat this? Should I eat that? 

Should I join the gym?

Whooooah!!! Slow down and let's start with the basics.

For this post I wanted to give you the first steps you can take to be a healthier you, what can you do TODAY!

Here are my 3 tips to start your journey to health and fitness as flight crew:

1. Get The Junk From Your Trunk

We all know that junk food is bad for us, right? Keeping it at home allows your subconscious mind to keep telling you to get it, it's a battle you won't win! Especially if it's been a hard day flying, or a tiring roster thr week.

Clear your junk food, such as crisps, chocolate, biscuits, cakes,sweet yogurts and sugary drinks.

Now if you really want it you have to meek the CONSCIOUS decision to go to the shop...leaving you in control!

2. Increase Your Activity Levels

Activity levels are exactly that - activity NOT training! 

Make the effort to sit LESS, walk MORE and be aware of how much activity you actually do. It could be just playing with your children or walking the dog, do any activity that keeps you moving and try to make it FUN if you can!

Take the stairs not the elevator, park away from the supermarket front door and walk in, all these small lifestyle changes make a BIG difference as you start to build healthy habits of a lifetime.

Remember, modern ways of transport and life are there to make things easier for us, but unfortunately it has reduced our activity levels to an extent that we all don't move enough!

3. Drink More Water

Water has many benefits for our body, mainly reducing dehydration, which can be a factor whilst flying every day in a cabin environment that's so dry! 

Fluids through our body allows us to clear our body of its toxins whilst avoiding dehydration allows our muscles to function more efficiently, making everyday movement easier.

Many people mis-judge the feeling of thirst for hunger, mistakenly eating more calories but not solving the problem of thirst! 

Water is calorie free and the liquid our body is designed to consume. There is no exact amount I recommend to drink exactly but drink when you are thirsty and aim to keep your urine colour pale.

Best of all .....it's FREE!

I hope these 3 starter tips will get you moving towards a healthier you.

Let me know how you get on in the comments below.

Take it easy,

G