The innocent indulger tends to always put their families first and never think of sitting down and taking a few minutes for themselves. These are the people that don't like to waste food ,so when the lunches or the meals are not completely eaten, instead of wasting, they will eat the left-overs. Thinking that they are doing a good thing.... all of these extra bread crusts add up on the hips and belly area right???
A few tips to help you get started;
-Sneak in a 30 minutes power walk somewhere in the evening or while your kids are at a sport practice.
-Always have a healthy snack available with you, this way you will feel full and not feel the urge to save the world by eating those extra calories.
-Always have a nutritious breakfast.
-Try to find time for yourself as well...relax with a good book, take a nice long bath etc...try to put yourself first once in a while...its ok...you deserve it!!
The dieting diva is the person that has done all of the fad diets. She is a yo-yo dieter, loses a couple of pounds and then once she's reached her goal...here comes those pounds again.
Here are a few tips to get you started;
-Berries are great health-boosting food, be sure to add them to your diet.
-Make sure that you eat three well balanced meals a day and include 3 healthy snacks as well.
-Don't think that skipping meals are doing you a favor. You are only leading your body to believe that it never knows when the next morsel of food is coming, so it will go in starvation mode. Instead of burning your next bite it will store it as fat not knowing when you will eat again.
-You need to realize that by eating just proteins or just carbs or counting points is not a realistic way of losing weight in a healthy fashion.
-Get a regular exercise routine going, keep your mind busy. It always works best for you if you have a friend joining you on your health journey. This way you have someone living the same daily challenges as you.
The obsessive calorie-counter is always concerned with the amount of calories going in. They usually will not exceed the daily recommendation. They will always make sure and sometimes abuse their bodies by going to the gym 7 days a week , working out 1 hour every time.
Here are a few tips to get you started;
-First of all don't let yourself get so caught up on your daily calorie intake.
-Some people that count calories may choose to eat all processed, fast food, sugar covered desserts never realizing that this is not healthy.
-You need to try to live the Mediterranean diet, lots of legumes, nuts, seeds, healthy proteins, healthy fats....
-If you start with small healthy changes, like adding to your plate 1/4 protein, 1/4 carbs and 1/2 raw veggies, you will feel great and never have to count and be pre-occupied by calories again.
-You don't have to over do it with the exercises, if you do a 45minute work out 3 days a week, drink lots of water and keep active you will be fine.
-Find ways to relax when you eat instead of worrying about every bite.Put some nice music on, have a nice positive conversation at the table.
The on-the-go-grabber lives in the fast pace lifestyle...workaholic, meetings, sport practices, ballet lessons, errands, banking etc......this person usually grabs whatever is quick to eat never thinking of what she is choosing. These people often eat standing, never taking the time to sit down and really enjoy a nice meal that they've prepared. These are the people that have a freezer full of processed frozen dinners, pogos, pizza pockets etc...often you will hear them say " Oh well, its food right??".
Here are a few tips to get you started;
-Start by taking care of your personal health instead of everyone else . Delegate the daily tasks and responsabilities with your spouse and you will quickly ask yourself why you thought you had to do it all alone in the first place?
-You need to realize that you are not a super hero and you will not win any award at the end of this exhausting, stressful day.
-You need to start cooking in the kitchen, preparing good wholesome homemade meals that you can freeze.
-Using a visual calendar will help you plan your week. This way, when you see that a couple of days during the week will be busy, you can just take out your prepared meal in the morning, warm it up and enjoy it for dinner.....
-Prepare great healthy energy snacks that you can grab anytime when you are feeling more rushed and don't have time to re-fuel right away with a great meal.
-Make sure you get a good night's sleep, this will give you the necessary energy to keep going all day.
-Try to avoid caffeine and energy drinks...
Hopefully these hints can give you a good start to a new healthier lifestyle...good luck on your journey!!
The Health Nut!!!
