By Nicola Cucuiet and Sylvia Klinger
Healthy eating isn’t about depriving yourself of the things you like and enjoy, it’s about being responsible and making small chances that have a big impact on you health. Ultimately every persons goal, is to be healthier, more energized but at the same time, being able to still enjoy the things they like to eat. The hardest step is knowing were to begin. After unraveling the beginning, everything comes naturally.
Eating a healthy breakfast is key to every weight management or health program. In order to boost your metabolism, it is important to eat in the morning, during the first hour afterwaking up. Make out of this meal the most substantial and nurturing meal of the day, and choose smaller meals throughoutthe day. Learn to chew your food, and listen to your body. It takes 20 minutes for your brain to tell the body that it has had enough food.
Start by making small changes to your meals like: replacing sour cream with Greek yogurt or using olive oil instead of butter for cooking, and before you know it you will have a healthier life style. Try incorporating big green salads and fresh products with every meal, and start focusing on quality and healthy meals instead of how many calories you are consuming with every meal. With time you meals will get healthier and healthier.
At home use smaller plates to serve your food. This will give you the satisfaction of eating a regular serving. Incorporate all kinds of fresh colorful salads which will provide your meal with a lot of vitamins, fiber and minerals but at the same time helping you feel like you had enough food. Use visual references to know what the correct serving is for whatever it is you are eating . For lean meat and fish, the correct serving size is what you can fit in you palm, for a cut of meat with higher fat content use what you can fit in half of you palm, a slice of bread should be the size of a cd case, half a cup of pasta or mashed potatoes.
Try to incorporate fruits or vegetables with your every meal. They are low in calories but high in dietary fiber, minerals and vitamins and are the perfect match for all your meals. If you feel like you are not satisfied with your meal, try eating some leafy green vegetables or some fruits. They will fill you up in no time.
Water helps our body to ret rid of all the toxins that are stored in our body, so is very important to have an adequate water intake. Dehydration can lead to headaches, low energy levels and tiredness. Even hunger is often mistaken with thirst. Be sure to drink enough water through out the day. Don’t wait to be thirsty to drink water, because thirst is the first sign of dehydration .
Live life and love it. Eat well.
