- You come first: eat breakfast as soon as you get up. Your body is working at a different energy level when you wake up.
- Keep a strict meal schedule. teach your body to feel hungry at a certain time each day.
- Eat fruit as a snack: make a habit to eat them every day, you need the antioxidants.
- Be organized: assigned a time for grocery shopping
- Prepare a quick nutritious meal: don’t buy ready-t0-eat, you’ll be healthier.
- Eat sensibly: parties, social gatherings should not be an excuse to overeat.
- Going to the movies? Make sure you don’t eat, no good options, extremely unhealthy.
- Exercise: do want you want, just keep on moving, dance, jump with music, etc.
- Plan meals the night before, you won’t regret what you eat.
- Keep 2-weeks of recipes for quick meals.
- Always have frozen fruits and vegetables in your freezer, in addition to fresh ones.
- Avoid eating because someone else is eating, keep your schedule apart.
- Don’t eat on impulse, if you do it, keep track of the times, you must change.
- Lazy to cook? Share meals with a friend that eats healthy, or cook for 2-3 days.
- Eat fish twice a week: you’ll have a healthy heart.
- Eat a wholesome meal, not a sandwich.
- When planning a meal: think of vegetables first.
- You ate too much? Don’t regret it, just think how you will fix it and stick to it.
- Think of food only at mealtimes.
- Never push anybody to eat more, especially children.
- If you drink alcohol: eat first.
- Dessert, sweets, chocolate, regular sodas, bottled juice may lead you to diabetes.
- Don’t skip meals: train your body to meet its needs.
- Train your body to spend more calories: do exercise.
- Eat all colors of vegetables/fruits: each has a different nutrient to enhance your health.
- If you are overweight or obese: consult a dietitian, avoid increasing more weight.
- Eat to perform: don’t skip lunch.
- Sleep deprivation may push you to eat more, sleep at least 7 to 8 hrs daily.
- Drinking sodas often takes away the calcium from your bones.
- Wondering why your belly is showing bigger? Alcohol is metabolized to fat.
- Eat beans, lentils, lima beans, dry peas, garbanzo beans: great nutrition.
- Eat at least one citrus fruit each day, i.e., orange, grapefruit, clementines.
- Salad? Eat a variety of veggies: beets, radicchio, avocado, asparagus, red pepper, etc.
- Soups can be a meal: veggies, beans and noodle, quinoa with chicken, etc.
- The more red meats you eat the higher your risk of cancer.
- Variety is the key to good nutrition.
- Drink water: you need it for the thousands of chemical reactions in your body.
- Feeling down? Try an activity other than eating.
- Feeling happy? Celebrate with a fun activity.
- Grocery shopping: make a list, stick to it.
- Celebrations: offer plenty of vegetable and fruit dishes, limit meats and heavy desserts.
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