5 Easy & Healthy Choices!!!!
Whether you are looking to loose weight or gain weight (I know it seems crazy to lot of people, but I know people who are trying to gain weight) or maintain weight, you always want to stay healthy and eat healthy. Eating healthy has a lot of long term benefits (like keeping your health issues and doctor away, hence lowering your medical bills), but it also shows its effect immediately (like reducing skin problems, glowing skin, addressing weight issues).
These are very simple 5 choices that you can make in your daily eating habits to start your healthy day today!!!
- Water is life: Try to take 3-4 glasses of water each day. Yeah, you don't have to take 8 glasses. Juices, tea, curry, soups, fruits and vegetables are great source of water in your diet. If this is the case, how will I know how much water to drink? Great question, now here is the answer. If your urine is clear, you are properly hydrated. However, if it is not; it is time to hydrate yourself with water or other things which has water content in it.
Will Soda count in it? Unfortunately, YES. Here is a trick. Substitute your soda cravings with a glass of water. A normal soda has about 100 calories on an average. So if you substitute three soda a week by glass of water, you are cutting down around 16000 calories/year, which is about 5 pounds/year.
I drink Diet ones? They are only good if you count calories. They have high Sodium content, which results in water retention in our body, which leads to weight gain and high blood pressure.
NOTE: Add lemon/lime to give a little flavor!!! Healthy and refreshing!!! Lemon is good for detoxing purposes.
- An Apple a Day: Fruits are a great source of vitamins and minerals. Oh, you don't like fruits or don't have time to eat them or include in your diet. My husband make the same excuses, "I do not snack, so when would I eat my fruits?" Start with a fruit a day. You can include them in your salads, desserts, or midnight snack. I give him fruits when he comes from his work, before his dinner.
Try to get seasonal fresh fruits. You can get them from farmer's market or go to local seafood stores. Replace your midnight snack or dessert with a fruit. Toss your favorite fruit in salads. Make fruits and vegetable plate as appetizers.
- Add Veggies: I know you are tired of this, but vegetables are very necessary in our diet. But they do not have to be only green. Yes, that's true. Why would we have so many colors is we need only green? Do not restrict to green, add colors to your salads, pasta, pizzas, and basically anything.
Apart from good source of vitamins and mineral, they are also good in fibers. Fibers are very important in our diet. Fibers make us feel 'full' after meals.
- Yogurt: If you in love with ice-creams like me, yogurt is a great low-calorie substitute. Try places like Yogurtland or Munchees. They have nice flavored yogurt with lot of toppings. Low calories and healthy choice. Yogurt has good bacteria which helps in digestion. Even the McDonald's Vanilla cone had 150 calories and low on nutritional facts, where as yogurt has around 100 calories.
- Portion Size: Sometimes it is not about what we eat but how much we eat. I was surprised when my nutritionist showed me the portion sizes. Like a rounded handful - or about half a cup coked or raw vegetables or cut fruit or 1/2 cup of cooked rice or pasta. I know... I too hate portion sizes, but this is the truth.
EAT HEALTHY!!!!
STAY HEALTHY!!!!
FEEL HEALTHY!!!!
