Let’s imagine.
You have decided to maintain your healthy lifestyle. One of the most important steps is changing of your poor eating habits. This is especially significant when you are overweight. Easier said than done!
Does it mean that you can only eat steamed broccoli, chicken breast, greens? Does it mean that your food should be boring, unappetizing, have flat taste? No way!
Can food be both healthy and tasty? Sure thing!
Food is one of the sources of delight. We should not forget about it. You can cook healthy and tasty food using your imagination.
Two most important things to pay attention to are QUANTITY and QUALITY of food.
How much do we eat?
We overeat very often. So try to reduce your food amount. BUT never ever starve yourself! It is better to eat more frequently, but eat small portions! Gastroenterologists advice to eat 5 times a day, but eat small portions and not to take long pauses between meals. If you eat for example only twice a day, you feel hungry during the day. The more hungry you feel, the more food you eat. This eating habit (eating rarely and much amount) leads not only to overweight, but also to intestinal issues.
What do we eat?
One of the acute problems of modern city inhabitants is lack of time. As a result people try to save a little time for food preparation. We buy frozen food in supermarkets, eat in second-rate restaurant, eat high-carbohydrate food. But what if we should try to revise our food habits? Think before we buy food, think before we prepare food, think before we EAT.
Here is the list of products which should be avoided or at least limited:
- canned and preserved food (high concentration of salt, hidden sugars);
- ketchup, salad dressings (high concentration of salt, high amounts of hidden sugars);
- sausages, preserved meats (salt, preservatives);
- sweet carbonated drinks (SUGAR, SUGAR, SUGAR);
- frozen food (loss of vitamins)
- potato chips and similar snacks (salt, sugar, preservatives, fast sugars);
- pastry, candies, ice-cream (fast sugars).
On this plate we can see tasty but UNHEALTHY food:
Usually we think that obesity is a result of fatty food consumption. To a certain degree, yes. BUT one of the main enemies of a healthy figure is sugar addiction.
One important hint: If you eat this unhealthy food, try to reject it step by step, not all at once. Otherwise it will be an emotional shock for your body.
How do we eat?
Do you eat slowly or hastily? Do you eat in a comfortable atmosphere? Do you read books, watch TV while eating? Is your tableware beautiful?
When you eat, try to do it slowly, concentrate on the process, do not read magazines or books.
Use beautiful plates, cutlery, tablecloth. Beauty of the tableware helps to appreciate your food.
As I mentioned above fast sugars should be avoided or at least reduced, if we are speaking about healthy food. Many people (especially women) love candies, tarts, buns, etc. Eat these delights rarely and try to vary your diet using healthy products.
For example, if you like candies, replace them with some sweet fresh fruit.
