How to start eating healthy

Like any other unhealthy habit, an unhealthy diet is difficult to break. It takes determination, knowledge and diligence to make your way into a healthy lifestyle, to live free of illness and to keep a healthy weight. The first step towards success is to eliminate the temptation: inspect the kitchen, pantry and refrigerator and dispose of everything that is considered unhealthy. Other candidates for the distance are those who have been identified as a contribution to weight gain in their nutrition diary. You keep a nutrition diary, don't you? If not, read my article about the first steps. Then cover ...
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How to start eating healthy

Like any other unhealthy habit, an unhealthy diet is difficult to break. It takes determination, knowledge and diligence to make your way into a healthy lifestyle, to live without illness and to keep a healthy weight.

The first step towards success is to eliminate the temptation: inspect the kitchen, pantry and refrigerator and dispose of everything that is considered unhealthy. Other candidates for the distance are those who have been identified as a contribution to weight gain in their nutrition diary. You keep a nutrition diary, don't you? If not, read my article about the first steps.

then cover up with healthy alternatives to these products such as fresh fruit, whole grain bread/pasta and water.

Now it is time to think about a meal and shopping plan. Write down your menu with healthy meals for every day of the week, check your pantry and create a shopping list for the things you need. It is important to consume more small meals and snacks over the day than one or two big meals. This will make a major contribution to preventing you from snacking on sugar -containing things during the day. Also remember to take some time to prepare lunch packages to avoid unhealthy fast food lunch! If you regularly have little time, take a few minutes in the evening to prepare your lunch for the next day.

With your shopping list, only buy the items on the list - buy nothing else! Go shopping once a week instead of going to the store every day, or something! Spend your time in the store carefully, make it a habit of reading the labels on the food you buy. This habit alone can make a major contribution to deleting certain foods from your diet when you start to understand your daily nutrient requirement and the portion sizes.

Of course, Rome was not built in one day either, so it's okay to tackle it slowly. It can be an expensive undertaking to dispose of and replace half of the content of your pantry! Take your time and try to find out about dietary and nutritional requirements and food labels during the changeover. A slow transition also makes it less likely to start long for unhealthy foods that they are used to. When it comes to weight loss and a healthy life, the turtle always beats the rabbits!