Eating healthy to lose weight

Many people never try to eat healthy to lose weight for various reasons. They claim that they don’t have the time or the willpower, or that they just don’t like healthy food, or that being fat is their natural constitution, or that they are too tired. Some even blame the weather. If they have cold winters, they say they can’t lose weight because it’s too cold. If they have hot summers, they say it’s too hot. Some say they don’t have time even though it takes the same amount of time to eat unhealthy as it does to eat healthy. So some have simply never learned to eat healthy to lose weight.

There is no doubt, hundreds of excuses people use to avoid healthy eating. You and I know that these are mere excuses. If some people can eat healthy, there’s really no reason everyone can’t eat healthy.

How to beat excuses and eat healthy to lose weight

get out of bed

If it’s too cold, too hot, you lack willpower, you don’t like healthy food, you’re too tired, whatever your excuse… just get out of bed in the morning. Nothing is healthier than just getting out of bed. Your heartbeat increases, your lungs open to absorb life-giving oxygen, and your blood begins to carry that oxygen to all parts of your body. With that activity, your brain and nervous system come to life and sleepiness begins to leave your body.

light exercise

Institute a 15-minute light exercise routine every morning when you get out of bed. It doesn’t have to be strenuous exercise. Just enough movement to increase your heartbeat, open up your lungs, and lubricate your joints. Then have breakfast.

Eat a small, nutritious breakfast.

Eating breakfast is one of the most important things you can do to control your weight. If your body isn’t used to eating breakfast… change that behavior. Your body will adjust to eating breakfast very quickly. Your body wants to eat breakfast. You’ve gone all night without eating and need to refuel (healthy refueling).

Your body wants carbs, protein, fiber, and water. Carbohydrates for energy to wake up and start all the organs, protein to keep blood sugar under control, fiber for efficient digestion and water. All organs in the body, especially the digestive system, need a lot of water to function efficiently.

Drink water, even if you think you don’t like water. Acquire a taste for water. Your body wants and needs water, pure and clean water. Not these so-called fruit juices (unless they are freshly squeezed with nothing added). These processed fruit juices are full of sugar-like additives and flavorings that your body doesn’t know what to do with, so it just stores them as fat. Your body craves water.

No coffee! Coffee does not offer your body any health benefits. Coffee is simply an addictive drug, it is the biggest drug addiction in the world. Coffee dehydrates your body and is a contributing factor to many of the diseases and conditions falsely attributed to aging.

Bread or potato products (donuts, sweet rolls, hash browns, etc.) are not allowed. These are starchy carbohydrates. Starchy carbohydrates break down into glucose very quickly, which raises your blood sugar. Also, if you’re not active enough to burn all that glucose, your body will store it as fat.

What is a small and nutritious breakfast? Fresh fruit, a bowl of oatmeal, and a tall glass of water. Or, a freshly prepared fruit smoothie along with your favorite nuts.

Healthy eating to lose weight

To lose weight, you need to eat several small, healthy meals every day. Yes it’s true. One of the main contributors to being overweight is not eating regular meals. When your body doesn’t get nutrition on a regular schedule, it starts storing fat for the future, because it doesn’t know when it will get food again. If you feed your body every few hours, it relaxes, stops storing fat, and you start to lose weight.

Eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a small, healthy snack mid-morning and mid-afternoon is essential for health and weight loss.

Your three main meals should include lean meat for protein. Salmon, turkey, or lean beef. Plenty of freshly cooked or raw vegetables. A green leafy salad with walnuts. And fresh fruit.

Your mid-morning and afternoon snack might include carrot sticks, lettuce, or nuts.

body movement

The human body was designed for movement. The movement accelerates the heartbeat and opens the lungs, thus distributing the necessary oxygen to all parts of the body. This increased blood flow stimulates the brain and nervous system making them more attentive and alert.

The exercise need not be strenuous, but it should be frequent. If you sit at a desk all day, get up and walk around every hour. When you get to work and before you go home, take a brisk walk through the parking lot.

Every morning and evening, do a 15-minute light workout.

Conclusion

To sum up,

1) getting out of bed every morning,
2) perform a 15-minute exercise routine,
3) eat a light and healthy breakfast,
4) have a mid-morning snack,
5) eat a healthy lunch,
6) have a mid-afternoon snack,
7) Eat a light and healthy dinner.

Follow these seven steps and your excuses will become healthy eating habits. You will find that you are eating healthy to lose weight and you love it.