Eating Healthy To Lose Weight
A whole lot of people never give
eating healthy to lose weight a try for a number of reasons. They claim they
don't have the time or the willpower, or they just aren't happy with healthy
food, or being fat is their natural body makeup, or they're too tired. Some
even blame it on the weather. If they have cold winters, they say they can't
lose weight because it's too cold. If they have hot summers, they say it's very
hot. Some say they don't have time even though it takes the same amount of time
to eat unhealthy as it does to eat healthy. Then some have simply never learned
how to eat healthy to lose weight
There is no doubt, hundreds of
excuses people use to protect you from healthy eating. You and I know these are
merely excuses. If some people can eat healthy, there's really no reason
everybody can't eat healthy.
How To Conquer The Excuses and Eat Healthy To
Lose Weight
Get out of bed
If it's too cold, too popular,
you lack the willpower, you don't like healthy food, you're too tired, whatever
your excuse... just get out of bed in the morning. Nothing is healthier than
simply getting out of bed. Your heart beat increases, your lungs open up taking
in life-giving much needed oxygen, and your blood begins delivering that oxygen
to all parts of your body. With that activity, your brain and nervous system
come to life and the drowsiness begins leaving your body.
Light exercise
Institute a light, 15 minute
exercise routine every morning when you are free from bed. It doesn't need to
be strenuous exercise. Just enough movement to increase your heart beat, open
your lungs, and lubricate your joints. Then, eat breakfast.
Eat a small, nutritious breakfast
Eating breakfast is one of the
most important things you can do to control unwanted weight. If your body is
not accustomed to eating breakfast... change that behavior. Your body will
adjust to eating breakfast very quickly. Your body wants breakfast. It has gone
without food all night and needs refueling (healthy refueling).
Your body wants carbohydrates,
protein, fiber, and waters. Carbohydrates for energy to wake up and get all
your organs started protein to keep your blood sugar level in check, fiber for
efficient digestion, and water. All body organs, especially your digestive
system need plenty of water to function efficiently.
Drink water, even if you've
probably heard you don't like water. Acquire a taste for water. Your body wants
and needs water, pure, clean water. Not these so-called fruit juices (unless
freshly squeezed with nothing added). These processed fruit juices are full of
sugar type additives and flavorings that your body does not know the direction
to go with, so it simply stores them as fat. Your body craves water.
No coffee! Coffee offers your
body no health benefits whatsoever. Coffee is merely an addictive drug; it is
the world's biggest drug addiction. Coffee dehydrates your body and is a
contributing factor in numerous diseases and conditions falsely attributed to
growing old.
No bread or potato products
(doughnuts, sweet rolls, hash browns, etc.). These are starchy carbohydrates.
Starchy carbohydrates break down to glucose very quickly making your blood
sugar spike. Also, if you're not active enough to burn the only thing that
glucose, your body will store it as fat.
What
is a small, nutritious breakfast? Fresh fruit, a bowl of oatmeal, and a tall
glass of water. Or, a freshly prepared fruit smoothie along with your favorite
nuts.
Healthy Eating To Lose Weight
To lose weight you must eat
several small, healthy meals every day. Yes, it's true. One of the major
contributors to being overweight is failing to eat regular meals. When your
body does not receive nourishment on a regular schedule it starts storing fat
for the future, because it doesn't know when it can receive food again. If you
feed your body every few hours, it relaxes, stops storing fat, and you start
losing weight.
Eating breakfast, lunch, and
dinner with a healthy, small mid morning and mid afternoon snack is critical to
your health and weight loss.
Your three main meals really need
to include lean meat for protein. Salmon, turkey, or lean beef. Plenty of
freshly cooked or raw vegetables. A green, leafy salad with nuts. And fresh
fruit.
Your mid morning and afternoon
snack could include carrot sticks, lettuce, or nuts.
Body Movement
The human body was devised for
movement. Movement quickens the heart beat and opens the lungs, thus
distributing needed oxygen to all parts of the body. This increased blood flow
stimulates the brain and nervous system making them more attentive and alert.
The exercise does not need to be
strenuous, but it is required to be often. If you sit at a desk all day, get up
and take a short walk every hour. When you arrive at work and before you leave
for home, take a quick brisk walk around the parking lot.
Every morning and evening, go
through your light, 15 minute workout.
To summarize,
1) get out of bed every morning,
2) go through a 15 minute
exercise routine,
3) eat a light, healthy
breakfast,
4) have a mid morning snack,
5) eat a healthy lunch,
6) have a mid afternoon food,
7) eat a light, healthy dinner.
Follow these seven steps and your
excuses will become healthy eating habits. You'll find you are eating healthy
to lose weight and loving it.
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