Food & Nutrition

Being healthy doesn’t have to be difficult or stressful.
Often times we beat ourselves up if we fail to follow our diet exactly to the “T” or we miss a day of exercise and then we give up on the whole idea of being healthy. If this sounds like your dieting experience, don’t give up!

Here’s some tips to help you reach your goals:
Evaluate your circumstances and make your goals attainable. Take small steps in the beginning. For example, instead of trying to exercise 5 days a week, start out with 3 days and then work your way towards 5. Start with 15 minutes a day and work up to 30 minutes a day.

Track your progress. Make a diary of when you exercise and what food you are eating, when you eat and how much. Sometimes we don’t realize how much we eat until it’s down in writing. Control your portions. Your vegetable portions should be 50% of your meal. Eating big, heavy meals late at night makes for accumulation in the stomach, this can lead to major health problems down the road.

Reward yourself. Be sure to occasionally reward yourself modestly when you have stuck to your diet and exercise. It makes being good all worth while and you don’t feel deprived.

If you fail, don’t beat yourself up. No one is perfect. Evaluate the situation and see what interfered with your program. Be determined to avoid the cause and start again.

BALANCE. If we enjoy a nice cold coca-cola or a piece of chocolate cake, it’s ok to have these things, as long as we don’t make it a habit .