Tips for healthy eating
In order to see results from working out, you will need to change your nutrition. Healthy eating isn’t just for working out though, it is important to have a balanced diet for health-related reasons. Unhealthy eating for long periods of time can lead to health-implications later in your life. It can be difficult to change your diet, remember to be easy on yourself when you take the step to change your lifestyle. Here are 3 tips for healthy eating.
1) Pre-plan
Whenever you are going to do a food shop, write all of the meals that you are planning to have that week. Plan each meal carefully and ensure you take into account all of the three main meals through the day and any snacking that you may plan to do. One tip is to look at the nutrition colours on packets (red, orange and green). The more green on an item, the healthier it is. This does not mean you have to avoid the red items, but it is good to be mindful.
2) Meal prep
One of the greatest challenges I face when thinking about meals, is knowing what to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday. If you work away from home, or do not always have time to cook, it could lead you to getting take-away or ready made meals more often than you may like. One way to beat this is to meal prep. This involves creating a large meal and splitting it into pots to eat during the week. You could also freeze it if you do not think you will eat all of it in one week. This saves you time on cooking meals everyday.
3) Do it gradually
If you wish to change your diet completely, it is best to do it gradually. Usually if people jump straight into changing a certain aspect of their normal routine, they end up quitting within a few weeks or months. Think of it like this, it can take around 3 months for someone to form a new habit. That is why its encouraged for people to start slowly when they start a new hobby or activity, so they can ease them themselves into it. This is the same with your nutrition. You could start with changing your diet twice a week and work up to 5-7 days a week.
Hopefully this helps. Remember that it is important to listen to what your body needs. If you feel like having a take-away then do it! Just try to ensure that it is not an everyday occurence if the food is unhealthy.