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Here are some quick tips to help you pick better foods to eat.....
It doesn't take any more time to eat well. I hear it all the time: "I just don't have time to exercise." So be it, this may be the case. I don't buy it, but let's just say this is the reality for a lot of people. What's our
excuse for our choices for the foods we stick in our mouth and into our bodies? How did food get thrown into the "lack of time" mix?
1. Convenience - It's just easy to find packaged foods or "snacks" that you can throw in your mouth and keep on moving. It is amazing how many of us don't sit to enjoy our meals. We are on the go!
2. Comfort - A lot of people (including me, chocolate is my food of choice) use food to help them deal with stress, anxiety, loneliness, or other emotionally charged situations.
3. Habit/discipline - We have just gotten into the habit of eating certain foods, or we don't exercise our self control.
4. Fun/social - Let's face it, yummy food is fun, and we set up "eating dates" for our social lives. Plus, food that is often times more "nutritional" is quite frankly more boring.
5. Cash - A tough one; all in all healthy food is more expensive.
6. Conditioning/education - Our parents ate a certain way, and we have just been raised with particular foods. In some ways a lot of people just don't know better.
7. Pure flavor - Are fast food fries better tasting than steamed broccoli? Would you like that diet soda with crushed ice or a glass of water?
8. Point of view - Some people haven't even really connected their health and how their body works with the food they eat. It's really a disconnect.
I'm sure that I'm leaving some of the reasons out but I think this is a good start. Well, all I can say is if you really don't have the time to exercise, then you do have an opportunity to improve your health through the
foods you consume. Oh, and the other good news is it may take a little imagination and organization but it won't take more time. Look at eating as an opportunity to lose weight and get energized. I say "eating"
because it is critical to eat the right kinds of calories every day. People don't think starving yourself is going to be the way to lose those inches.
Can you improve in your nutritional life? How?
1. Portion control - Eat until you are full. If you go out to a restaurant, get half of your meal to go. Believe me, here in the good old US of A we know how to plate a big meal. No one needs that much food at one
sitting.
2. Avoid packaged and processed - In other words don't eat food you should store in the bunker just in case there is a huge storm or war. Eat food that is going to go bad in the same calendar month you are
presently living in. Your special body is alive, and needs you to eat the nutrients it needs to do its job for you.
3. Don't nuke it. I know this is "quicker," but ask yourself if it is normal to heat something up in two minutes to scalding hot but the plate and the microwave didn't get hot? Did you see a flame, or doesn't it bother
you that your food gets zapped before you put it in your stomach? My favorite is take the "frozen dinner" and then put it in the nuker. Yumm. No, try dead food. May as well eat calorie-laden cardboard.
4. Go green - The more green you have with your meals (lettuce, broccoli, string beans, kale, etc.), the better.
5. Fiber - Eat it and you will make your body much happier. Bathroom, people. Food just doesn't go into our mouths. Something has to come out, as well.
6. Eat regular meals - Remember to eat so you don't find yourself looking for anything to stuff your face because your blood sugar has dropped and you need fuel. Please don't skip breakfast.
7. Drink water - Forget the juices, sodas, and diet sodas as your "regular" method of hydration. Have those things be a treat or something you do now and again. Water is your best friend.
8. Get busy - When I want to snack is when I am bored. Keep it moving.
9. Experiment - Believe it or not there are "healthy" recipes that taste good. Explore and try to discover a new way of approaching different kinds of foods.
10. Notice - Recognize what you are putting in your mouth and why. Hunger? Good. Sadness? Is there something else you can do (call a friend, take a bath, go dancing, say a prayer) that will help other than food?
11. Don't buy it and bring it home - Whatever you are trying to eat, keep that in your fridge. Why tempt yourself by stocking your fridge or shelves with food you are deciding is better not to eat?
12. Get some healthy support - Hang with people who are trying to do the same. Believe me, if you are trying to eat well, and your friend just has to make a quick stop at the drive-thru... Who needs the torture?
13. If you can't pronounce the ingredient, then don't eat them. Lots of chemicals. Stay away. Look for basic ingredients. Remember if they took something out (i.e., "fat free"), what did they put in its place?
14. Don't diet - They never work, and it's just hell. This is about creating new habits. I love food. I love all kinds of food. Cheese, fried, fast, greasy, pizza, burger, chip, cookie, pie, ice cream, canned, boxed, gooey,
yummy, just like the next person.
I just know how much better I feel when I'm eating the good stuff, and quite frankly, I don't hate the way it makes my skin and rear look. I know in my mind that it's more natural for me to eat the healthy foods.
That if I can get in some harmony with myself, my body and my food, it may just make the rest of this insanely fast life easier.
It doesn't take any more time to eat well. I hear it all the time: "I just don't have time to exercise." So be it, this may be the case. I don't buy it, but let's just say this is the reality for a lot of people. What's our
excuse for our choices for the foods we stick in our mouth and into our bodies? How did food get thrown into the "lack of time" mix?
1. Convenience - It's just easy to find packaged foods or "snacks" that you can throw in your mouth and keep on moving. It is amazing how many of us don't sit to enjoy our meals. We are on the go!
2. Comfort - A lot of people (including me, chocolate is my food of choice) use food to help them deal with stress, anxiety, loneliness, or other emotionally charged situations.
3. Habit/discipline - We have just gotten into the habit of eating certain foods, or we don't exercise our self control.
4. Fun/social - Let's face it, yummy food is fun, and we set up "eating dates" for our social lives. Plus, food that is often times more "nutritional" is quite frankly more boring.
5. Cash - A tough one; all in all healthy food is more expensive.
6. Conditioning/education - Our parents ate a certain way, and we have just been raised with particular foods. In some ways a lot of people just don't know better.
7. Pure flavor - Are fast food fries better tasting than steamed broccoli? Would you like that diet soda with crushed ice or a glass of water?
8. Point of view - Some people haven't even really connected their health and how their body works with the food they eat. It's really a disconnect.
I'm sure that I'm leaving some of the reasons out but I think this is a good start. Well, all I can say is if you really don't have the time to exercise, then you do have an opportunity to improve your health through the
foods you consume. Oh, and the other good news is it may take a little imagination and organization but it won't take more time. Look at eating as an opportunity to lose weight and get energized. I say "eating"
because it is critical to eat the right kinds of calories every day. People don't think starving yourself is going to be the way to lose those inches.
Can you improve in your nutritional life? How?
1. Portion control - Eat until you are full. If you go out to a restaurant, get half of your meal to go. Believe me, here in the good old US of A we know how to plate a big meal. No one needs that much food at one
sitting.
2. Avoid packaged and processed - In other words don't eat food you should store in the bunker just in case there is a huge storm or war. Eat food that is going to go bad in the same calendar month you are
presently living in. Your special body is alive, and needs you to eat the nutrients it needs to do its job for you.
3. Don't nuke it. I know this is "quicker," but ask yourself if it is normal to heat something up in two minutes to scalding hot but the plate and the microwave didn't get hot? Did you see a flame, or doesn't it bother
you that your food gets zapped before you put it in your stomach? My favorite is take the "frozen dinner" and then put it in the nuker. Yumm. No, try dead food. May as well eat calorie-laden cardboard.
4. Go green - The more green you have with your meals (lettuce, broccoli, string beans, kale, etc.), the better.
5. Fiber - Eat it and you will make your body much happier. Bathroom, people. Food just doesn't go into our mouths. Something has to come out, as well.
6. Eat regular meals - Remember to eat so you don't find yourself looking for anything to stuff your face because your blood sugar has dropped and you need fuel. Please don't skip breakfast.
7. Drink water - Forget the juices, sodas, and diet sodas as your "regular" method of hydration. Have those things be a treat or something you do now and again. Water is your best friend.
8. Get busy - When I want to snack is when I am bored. Keep it moving.
9. Experiment - Believe it or not there are "healthy" recipes that taste good. Explore and try to discover a new way of approaching different kinds of foods.
10. Notice - Recognize what you are putting in your mouth and why. Hunger? Good. Sadness? Is there something else you can do (call a friend, take a bath, go dancing, say a prayer) that will help other than food?
11. Don't buy it and bring it home - Whatever you are trying to eat, keep that in your fridge. Why tempt yourself by stocking your fridge or shelves with food you are deciding is better not to eat?
12. Get some healthy support - Hang with people who are trying to do the same. Believe me, if you are trying to eat well, and your friend just has to make a quick stop at the drive-thru... Who needs the torture?
13. If you can't pronounce the ingredient, then don't eat them. Lots of chemicals. Stay away. Look for basic ingredients. Remember if they took something out (i.e., "fat free"), what did they put in its place?
14. Don't diet - They never work, and it's just hell. This is about creating new habits. I love food. I love all kinds of food. Cheese, fried, fast, greasy, pizza, burger, chip, cookie, pie, ice cream, canned, boxed, gooey,
yummy, just like the next person.
I just know how much better I feel when I'm eating the good stuff, and quite frankly, I don't hate the way it makes my skin and rear look. I know in my mind that it's more natural for me to eat the healthy foods.
That if I can get in some harmony with myself, my body and my food, it may just make the rest of this insanely fast life easier.
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