Eat Healthier, Get Slimmer – Part 1

There seems to be a new diet every week out there claiming that their “cutting-edge” nutrition plan will help you to lose weight quickly. But when I read about how they challenge people to eat, I cringe. Whether it is no carbs or staying in the zone – they vary from taking all of the joy out of eating to unhealthy. Run away from the latest and greatest weight-reduction plans and start to eat healthier, and not only will you start to lose weight, you will get sick less often and have more get-up-and-go too. Most people that I am familiar with that have lost weight with a fad diet had no energy while they were on the diet. They were losing weight, but the fact that they were always feeling terrible makes it nearly definite that people will not continue to follow the diet for any length of time, leading to the yo-yo. Here are 5 basic to follow suggestions that will lead you to eat healthier and get slimmer in a way that you can stick with for life.

Eat Healthier Step #1 – Eat Your Veggies First

This is something that my grandma used to tell me to do so that I could get the “yucky” vegetables out of the way and finish dinner with an enjoyable taste in my mouth. There are two reasons that this is important. First, a very practical reason. If you are going to fill up before you finish your meal, better to have already had the nutrient rich vegetables and fruits than anything else on your plate. And second, the sugars that are in fruits and vegetables break down in digestion much faster than the other foods on your plate. If you eat fruits and vegetables first, they are able to make it through your digestive system unobstructed. If you eat the fruits and veggies later in a meal, they can get caught behind slower digesting foods and cause more gas and stomach discomfort.

Eat Healthier Tip #2. Process? We Don’t Need No Stinking Process!

Stay away from processed foods! Your body is unable to make sense of processed food. The “process” typically leeches the fiber, vitamins and enzymes naturally occurring in the ingredients and to make it appear healthy they “enrich” the item with synthetic or animal derived vitamins that aren’t nearly as good for your body as the originals. This is the hardest of the tips as almost everything in the supermarket contains processed something or other. But remember, nothing good can come from eating processed foods. read the ingredients and if there is anything that you cannot pronounce, put the box down!don’t buy it!

Eat Healthier Tip #3 – Match, Don’t Clash

I still hear my mom calling, “You are not going to leave the house wearing that!” As a kid I did not understand that some clothes looked better together. I picked a shirt I liked, some pants I liked, and flips I liked and I wore them proudly. It is the same with food. There are certain foods that “match” better with others. If you are going to eat a food that has sugar, make sure it’s balanced with fiber to help from spiking your blood sugar and to aide in digestion. Your body needs Vitamin D and “good” fats to make sense of, or unlock the true goodness of several types of vegetables. Often, if you’re going to eat carbs, balance them with protein to make feeling full last longer.

These are 3 simple to follow tips (and 3 more will follow in the next installment) to help you to start a habit of eating well. If you stick to these rules, you will see in increase in your energy level and a decrease in your weight. And, while the weight loss will not be as rapid as some of the fad diets, it will come and you will be able to keep it off for good. If you would like some more tips to help you to eat healthier and get a leaner body, visit my site and sign up to get a free ebook that will help you to begin your journey.

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