Everybody wants to eat healthily but most people don't, not
because they are too lazy to discipline themselves to do so but because they just
don't know how. Many have tried to eat healthily but after a short while they
seem to regress, and it is still for the same reason of not knowing how to eat
healthily. To help with this, here are 4 surprising tips for healthy
eating.
Eat What You Want
Surprising right? But you can totally eat what you want when
intending to eat healthily, the only thing that really matters is 'portion'.
Every food has benefits and detriments, meaning there is no food that is
well-prepared or packaged that is completely bad for you, it always has a
benefit or two. However, some foods should be taken in moderation because
taking them liberally will ultimately be bad for your body and end up
frustrating your intention to eat healthily. You can also think of it this way
– 80% of the time you should eat healthily while the remaining 20% of the time
you can eat whatever you want in moderation.
Don't Have Cheat Days
Having cheat days unconsciously makes you develop a diet
mentality that can be detrimental to your healthy eating plans. Healthy eating
should be a lifestyle, something you do because it makes you feel good about
yourself and is good for your body and well-being. It should not be a diet
thing and as a result, you don't have to have 'cheat days'. As explained above,
there is no food that is in itself bad for you (as long as it is well washed,
prepared, packaged etc.), what matters is just the quantity. If you must take
something sugary, simply take it in moderation, you don't have to wait for a
'cheat day'. Cheat days can really be very counterproductive and the main
reason for this is that they encourage indulgence because you tend to 'overdo
it' on these days since you're more prone to shun the concept of healthy
eating.
Focus More on 'Abundance' than 'Restriction'
Rather than focusing on what you should not be eating, it is
more productive to focus on what you should be eating. This 'abundance'
mentality will make it easier for you to adjust to eating healthily than the
'restriction' mentality. For example, rather than obsessing on not being able
to eat this or that because of this or that, focus more on the things you can
or should be eating or eating more of, which include – proteins, fibre etc.
Understand The Need to Boost Your Activity
The reason why, as humans, we have so many joints in our body is
because we were created to move. No matter how healthily you eat, if you are
not active, eating healthily will do little for you. You simply need to move
your body. Working out is one way to do so but it is not the only way - this
one thing most people fail to understand. There are many people that lose
weight or keep fit without necessarily working out because they move around a
lot, they don't live a sedentary life. If you simply become more active in
your daily life, you might not even need to work out or rather your activity
can easily become your work out.
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