Set yourself up for success!
Diet is a four letter word. No one, in all honesty, needs to diet. There is no reason to deprive yourself from the foods that you most enjoy, but your food choices should make you feel good. They should provide you with energy, keep you satisfied, and they should keep you healthy. All this is possible. All that is needed is some basic nutrition education, and understanding how your food choices effect your life.
Basic Nutrition 101 starts with healthy eating. You need to learn how to eat smart, and not just in what you eat, but how you eat. Healthy food choices will do just that…keep you healthy. Those choices will reduce your risk of illnesses like heart disease, cancer and diabetes. They will help reduce anxiety, stress and thus reduce the risk of depression. Healthy eating can boost your energy, help your memory, and keep your mood stable. Therefore, learning how to choose your food, and how to plan ahead will put your new healthy lifestyle to your advantage.
Let’s set ourselves up for success! Think about taking small steps at first, instead of changing everything completely. Big changes too soon will surely make us fail because it will overwhelm us. Approach the changes gradually, and you will find that they are easier to commit to. Here are a few starter tips:
Simplify, Simplify, Simplify! Don’t start weighing and measuring your food right away. First, focus on buying the right foods! Stick with the items around the perimeter of your supermarket. This includes fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, poultry and fish. It includes your dairy, yogurt, cheeses, and healthy snack choices like nuts and whole grain breads. Stay away from anything that comes in a can or box. Fresh is always best! Replace any enriched white flour products in your home with whole grain items instead. Choose brown rice instead of white rice, and whole wheat pastas instead of the traditional dried pastas. Keeping your diet fresh is a great first step in switching to a healthier lifestyle!
Give it time. Trying to change everything immediately isn’t always the best for everyone. Drastic changes lead to cheating or giving up entirely. It is important to take small steps, like adding a colorful salad to your diet once a day. Replace your fruit juice in the morning with a bowl of fresh fruit. Switch from butter to olive oil or another natural oil when cooking (stay away from the unhealthy vegetable oils). Eventually your body will be begin to crave more, so you can start adding other items every week.
Every step counts. Just remember that you can’t reach the finish line if you aren’t headed in the right direction. Every step counts. Every correct food choice you make will help you become that much healthier, that much more energetic, that that much more in control of your own destiny. When the changes start happening, you’ll be ready to take on the extra steps of adding additional exercise to make that checkered flag come into view. This will be a change that you will want to incorporate for the rest of your life. So remember, do it right. Start making the right choices today!
Basic Nutrition 101 starts with healthy eating. You need to learn how to eat smart, and not just in what you eat, but how you eat. Healthy food choices will do just that…keep you healthy. Those choices will reduce your risk of illnesses like heart disease, cancer and diabetes. They will help reduce anxiety, stress and thus reduce the risk of depression. Healthy eating can boost your energy, help your memory, and keep your mood stable. Therefore, learning how to choose your food, and how to plan ahead will put your new healthy lifestyle to your advantage.
Let’s set ourselves up for success! Think about taking small steps at first, instead of changing everything completely. Big changes too soon will surely make us fail because it will overwhelm us. Approach the changes gradually, and you will find that they are easier to commit to. Here are a few starter tips:
Simplify, Simplify, Simplify! Don’t start weighing and measuring your food right away. First, focus on buying the right foods! Stick with the items around the perimeter of your supermarket. This includes fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, poultry and fish. It includes your dairy, yogurt, cheeses, and healthy snack choices like nuts and whole grain breads. Stay away from anything that comes in a can or box. Fresh is always best! Replace any enriched white flour products in your home with whole grain items instead. Choose brown rice instead of white rice, and whole wheat pastas instead of the traditional dried pastas. Keeping your diet fresh is a great first step in switching to a healthier lifestyle!
Give it time. Trying to change everything immediately isn’t always the best for everyone. Drastic changes lead to cheating or giving up entirely. It is important to take small steps, like adding a colorful salad to your diet once a day. Replace your fruit juice in the morning with a bowl of fresh fruit. Switch from butter to olive oil or another natural oil when cooking (stay away from the unhealthy vegetable oils). Eventually your body will be begin to crave more, so you can start adding other items every week.
Every step counts. Just remember that you can’t reach the finish line if you aren’t headed in the right direction. Every step counts. Every correct food choice you make will help you become that much healthier, that much more energetic, that that much more in control of your own destiny. When the changes start happening, you’ll be ready to take on the extra steps of adding additional exercise to make that checkered flag come into view. This will be a change that you will want to incorporate for the rest of your life. So remember, do it right. Start making the right choices today!
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