A Healthy Diet For Life

Written by Namita Nayyar


Having established that your body needs a well balanced diet, with a good supply of carbohydrates, especially high - fiber foods, water vitamins and minerals, and a certain amount of protein, fat and bacteria, you need to know how to put it into practice. Much media attention is focused on foods that one should not have, yet there has been very little to tell women how they can use food to enhance their life rather than make it more difficult. Forgetrepparttar labels; every figure is relative and food manufacturers are frequently very selective about what they tell you, making your task of deciding what is right for you an impossible one. Instead build your choices onrepparttar 115817 following guidelines.

RESPECT YOUR MOUTH AND BODY: GET INTO THE HABIT OF ONLY EATING THINGS YOU LIKE AND NEED

Before you put anything in your mouth, ask yourself three questions: Do I want it/ Do I like it/ Do I need it?

If you want it and like it then go ahead and enjoy it, if you don’t why bother wastingrepparttar 115818 eating experience? Throw allrepparttar 115819 boring, unnecessary eating out of your life.

The worst thing you can do with food is to feel guilty about eating it. If you have eaten something that you know is notrepparttar 115820 healthier but you really fancied it or were in a situation where you didn’t have any choice, enjoy it an forget about it. Don’t beat yourself up with guilt. Guilt is a negative emotion, which is likely to lead you to bingeing on comfort foods. This can then get you into a negative sugar or salt cycle in which you eat more of these foods, which in turn makes you feel even more guilty. You might then decide it’s not worth continuing with you healthy eating lifestyle. It is always worth persevering. Remember that life is for living and food is there to help us, not hinder us.

AIM TO EAT FIVE PORTIONS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY

This provides your body with a good source of vitamins, minerals and fiber, to maintain your body in peak condition to fight diseases. Fiber helps your food to move effectively throughrepparttar 115821 body, keeps you feeling pleasantly full and satisfied and in control of your eating habits, and your energy levels steady.

EAT THREE MEALS A DAY

This is usually made up of one main meal, a smaller snack or lunch-type meal and breakfast. You may, however, feel that you need two smaller snacks, such as a piece of fruit, a small sandwich or a piece of cake, in between two smaller meals. It all depends on your body rhythms. Meals should be based on carbohydrates, such as pasta, whole-meal bread, wholegrain cereals, rice or potatoes, along with fruits and/or vegetables. The main meal should include a source of lean protein, along with carbohydrate and plenty of vegetables and fruits.

CHOOSE LEAN SOURCES OF PROTEIN

Fish, shellfish, lean red meat, game, poultry, eggs or pulses meet your body’s protein requirements without overloading on fats.

TRY TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF USING JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF FAT

You can use butter, olive oil, sesame oil or walnut oil to enhancerepparttar 115822 flavor of your food or for cooking, but do try to keeprepparttar 115823 quantity low.

KEEP YOUR INTAKE OF REFINED SUGAR FOODS LOW

Too much sugar disrupts your natural energy balance, and can cause headaches; mood swings and – if eaten in large quantities – sugar sensitivity problems such as hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus. It is much better to get intorepparttar 115824 habit of usingrepparttar 115825 natural sugars in fruits to provide sweetness.

INCLUDE SOME DAIRY PRODUCTS OR ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF CALCIUM IN YOUR DAILY DIET

Death to Discouragement!

Written by Randy Mclean


Alright, so you started your new diet, you haverepparttar 'eye ofrepparttar 115816 tiger' (again), and you are all excited. "This time it's gonna work" you say to yourself. The first day isn't so bad, andrepparttar 115817 second day you still have a little of that fire you originally set out with... But when day three comes that's when you start to feelrepparttar 115818 same feelings of discouragement and despair that you might have felt inrepparttar 115819 past.

Hopefully, this is your first time out but with many dieters it is a common problem. This article will teach you how to put those thoughts and feelings into perspective. It is usuallyrepparttar 115820 same with everyone but in varying degrees. Depending on your will power it will be more or less. Here are some great guidelines and tips to help you on your way to achieving your goals:

1. Keep focussed on your goals - This isrepparttar 115821 first and foremost priority for anyone who is undertaking a weight loss program. A common thought that will come into mind when we start to get discouraged is "why am I doing this?" I'm sure most of us have been there before. Therefore we must keep track of our goals. Write them down if you have to. Things like:

- What do I want to achieve? - How long do I think it will take? - What do I want to look like? - Who am I trying to impress?

A quick note onrepparttar 115822 last question would be to make sure you are mainly doing it for yourself. If you are trying to change to please others you will not be as happy and you will be a lot less motivated.

2. The first week is alwaysrepparttar 115823 hardest - No matter what your eating plan is, whether it be low fat, low carbohydrate or anything else you will no doubt feelrepparttar 115824 uncomfortable feeling of hunger pangs at first. A quick rule is that if you can make it throughrepparttar 115825 first week or two you have it made. Your stomach will shrink and you might not even notice it. For example, before your diet you can put down three hamburgers relatively easy. Try that again in two weeks on a treat day and you might find it a little more difficult. This is a good sign. Keep it up!

3. Take scheduled rests - This might seem obvious to some but to others it might not be. Instinct (doing what's right for you) is a hard principle to master. After five or six weeks of hard dieting and exercise it is not that hard to experience burnout. You are more tired than you should be, you lostrepparttar 115826 motivation to train... These are good signs of overtraining and too much dieting. What you want to do is cycle your eating and training to avoid this. Every fifth or sixth week tone down your training a little as far as intensity is concerned or maybe even takerepparttar 115827 week off to recharge your batteries. Same goes for your diet. Up your calories a little for a few days to give your metabolism something to work with again therefore speeding it up. If you go too long constricting calories a slow metabolic rate will result. This is not a license to go to town on your eating either. You don't want to counteract what it just took you a month and half to achieve.

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