The beginning of a new year is always a good time to start a healthy/healthier lifestyle. I myself have gained a few pounds since summer and now that the new year is here, I’m ready to start my healthy eating again. Now, a lot of people think in order to lose weight, they need to practically live at the gym and work out nonstop. NOT TRUE. A lot of the weight comes off with simple modifications in your eating. Here are just a few changes I did while dieting..
BREADS: Goodbye white, hello Wheat. ONLY WHEAT BREAD. If you have it for breakfast, make sure you don’t eat it for lunch/dinner.
Beverages: h2O. Water. Agua….OR unsweetened iced tea.
This is something I had trouble with in the beginning. I LOVE diet coke!!!! The first two weeks were the hardest but after a while you really just get use to it.
For those who drink flavored iced teas and think it’s healthy, it’s not. It has TOO much sugar. It’s ONLY healthy if it is unsweetened. Same thing with lemonades, they have TOO much sugar.
I know how hard it is to completely stop drinking flavored iced teas and lemonades so, if you can’t make the switch to only water, start with half water and half tea/lemonade.
Protein: LOTS of Protein; Turkey, salmon, fish & chicken.
Ditch the ham for some turkey. & when eating chicken, make it the breast. White meat is the healthiest.
Milk: I went from 2% to 1%. Modifying my milk was surprisingly not hard.
CEREALS: I LOVE CEREAL!!!!!!!! I can eat it for breakfast, lunch & dinner. But, I don’t. Cereal can be VERY UNHEALTHY if you buy the ones that have TONS of sugar. When buying cereal, read the nutrition facts & make sure how many calories it has PER SERVING. But, most importantly, make sure your serving is at least ONE CUP. Some cereals say 100cal per serving but the serving is not even a cup.
If you pick a cereal with 100cal per cup.. & you eat 3 cups, that’s 300cal WITHOUT the milk already. So, be smart when you eat/buy cereal again.
Salad dressings: VERY IMPORTANT NOT TO OVER DO IT WITH THE DRESSING.
If you choose to eat a salad, it’s most likely because you’re trying to eat healthy. BUT, if you add TONS of dressing to it, there is nothing healthy about it; you’re better off eating a burger. Dressing is used to give your salad a bit of flavor since you’re basically eating water (lettuce is 95% water).
How much dressing is enough?
Dip your fork in the dressing; letting ONLY the tip of the fork touch the dressing. I did this for every other bite when I was trying to lose the baby weight. For those who want to lose more weight, ditch the dressing and eat your salad with lemon & pepper.
Find the motivation…
A lot of people think getting to their “dream weight” is impossible but it’s not. Little changes make a BIG DIFFERENCE. I know most of us were once thinner; so, grab an old picture of your thinner days and use that as motivation. USE a picture of YOURSELF that reflections how you want to look because you looked like that once before && no one says you can’t look like that again. EVERYTHING is possible, if you MOVE and do something.
For those who need inspirational stories on weight loss, BUY THE NEW ISSUE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE! Hurry! I bought it this morning and it inspired me to write this blog.
I’m really hoping I inspired at LEAST ONE reader. && If you do decide to make healthier changes in your diet, let me know how it goes. I’d really love to hear all about it.
Till next time,
Dani
DRINK LOTS OF IT.
People Magazine.
Must Read.
This is the picture that motivates me.
Aug 2011.. only 6mon after Mateo.
5 pounds lighter.
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