Saturday, May 26, 2007

Top 8 Ways To Help Yourself Eat Right

The benefits of eating health and right are numerous, it changes not only the way you look and feel about yourself, but the health benefits are also numerous. Here are the top 8 ways you can help yourself to eat right, look better and feel healthier.

Establishing a regular schedule for eating is a great way to train yourself to eat right. This not only includes main meals but also snacking. Never be tempted to miss out on breakfast and just grab coffee. By doing this you are setting yourself up for snacking around mid morning.
Always start off your day with a healthy nutritional breakfast with juice. Have a sensible lunch and don't forget to include fruit and vegetables, follow this by a healthy dinner with plenty of fresh vegetables. If you do snack then keep vegetables and fruit handy to nibble instead of reaching for the cookies.

Always make sure that you keep plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables around the home to snack on. You can cut up carrots into sticks or celery and put them in the fridge, the same goes with fruit, try making a fruit salad in the evening, cover it up airtight and chill it overnight.

Motivate yourself to eat better, if you don't get enough exercise then start up a routine. Work out or go for walk before meals to build up an appetite and always think about eating healthier when shopping for food and planning meals for the week ahead. If you are stuck for ideas then check out the numerous healthy eating recipes online.

Instead of just picking ready meals from the shelves of supermarkets, sit down and think about your meals and write out a shopping list before you go shopping. Remember to include lots of healthy foods such as fruit, vegetables, nuts, and chicken, fish and lean meat.

Take notice of what you are drinking; this is as important as what you eat. Do you drink a lot of coffee or tea? This is a stimulant, so if you do cut down, drink more water, natural juices and milk and keep a track of the soft drinks with sugar and additives.

When shopping always remember to read the labels on food packaging. It can be surprising how many calories packaged food contains along with large amounts of salt and additives.

If you like take away food then limit yourself, there are a large amount of calories in many of the fast foods. Only eat out every once in a while or why not try a salad or pasta instead of burgers, fries or pizza. It's a lot healthier.

If you like snacking then consider replacing chips, cookies and candy with nuts or health food bars. There are numerous health food bars available which contain a set amount of calories while providing a nutritional and tasty snack. If you have to eat crisps and chips then go for the ones which are low in salt and oils.

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