Like I have mentioned before, the eating portion of weight loss is much harder to follow through with than working out is. To get up and moving is fairly simple, go take a walk or even go to the gym. The struggle is really understanding how to fuel our bodies properly. Just because you went and worked out doesn’t mean you can go reward yourself with any food you’d like for that day. Even if you didn’t workout, choosing to eat a salad once isn’t going to make you loose weight.
Some of you might also be thinking that you just don’t like anything that is healthy. Sorry to tell you, but if you eat like shit you are going to feel like shit. Eating food that is good for you might take some time. If you don’t like vegetables, try fluffing it up a but to where you can eat it. Use some salt and pepper, cheese, or even some hot sauce to add some flavor. There are so many ways to make veggies taste better, just go look on Pinterest! 🙂 Now I don’t recommend too much salt or cheese in meals but if you really hate veggies and are trying to mask it to eat them, then go ahead and try it to see if you like it. I personally really love veggies in their natural glory and don’t need to add anything to them to enjoy them. After changing some of the ways you eat, you might find yourself liking different foods more and won’t need to add anything to your food to like it.
To really set yourself up for success, try planning out your meals weekly. This is a great way to monitor what you eat, prevent yourself from spontaneous food purchases, and even save some time throughout the week. Even though I am home all day, it is just as easy for me to eat like crap so I plan out my meals. For this week I am eating a lot of brown rice with different veggies and protein for my meals. I also got various fruits and veggies to snack on. I’ll do another blog on how I prepare my meals so that I can go into more detail.
I am focusing on WHAT I am putting into my body. This picture is some of what I just purchased to give a better idea. As you can see I only purchase fresh veggies and fruit. Depending on pricing the only alternative to fresh produce that I will purchase is frozen. DO NOT BUY CANNED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES! The amount of crap they put in the cans to preserve them for shelf life is not anything you want in your body. Go take a look in your food pantry and fridge and read some of the labels, can you even pronounce some of the ingredients in your food?
Another staple for my household is ground Turkey. A lot of recipes call for ground beef, try switching all your normal recipes from ground beef to turkey. Also, most of the time when I grocery shop the ground turkey is cheaper than the beef. I promise that you won’t even notice the difference and turkey is so much better for you!
A common misconception about food is that carbs are bad. Carbohydrates are not all bad, there is such a thing called good carbs. A standard rule of thumb that I go by is that I only buy 100% whole wheat products, I know I don’t want to eat bleached food. You’d be surprised how many great whole wheat products are available. This Nature’s own bread has all natural ingredients plus the extra protein, so why not?! Now I’m not really one to put jelly or anything on my toast, but my son LOVES it! So after standing in the jelly isle for a good 10 minutes, I decided to go with this Welch’s Natural Strawberry Spread. As you can see from the last picture the ingredients are simple and I actually know what they are, so for me this was a clear choice.
If you take anything away from this, I would hope that you are a little more careful of what you are purchasing at the store for you and your family.
Keep a lookout for my next blog on how I meal prep! I might just do a video for that one to give everyone a better insight.
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