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If you haven’t purchased Halloween Candy yet, don’t do it until Saturday. Because otherwise you know what will happen. You’ll probably end up eating half of it between now and then and will have to go out and buy more! If you already have purchased, then put it somewhere very inconvenient to access. For example,…
Nutrition Principle #8 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition Habit #8 – Avoid or Limit alcohol in your Diet I’m probably not going to be very popular after today’s posting… Although alcohol is low in fat content, it is very high in empty calories. In addition, alcohol activates the enzyme that uptakes fat from our bloodstream and stores it in our fat cells….
Nutrition Principle #7 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition Habit #7 – Eliminate any unhealthy temptations from your environment (work, home, car) and replace with healthy alternatives. This is one of the most important principles for me. If you’re like most people myself included, if it’s there staring you in the face, you’ll eat it. Make it more difficult to access the foods…
Nutrition Principle #6 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition Habit #6: Commit to Shopping at least once per week and stocking up on healthy choices. What happens if you get home and you are starved and there is nothing to eat? You are more likely to choose a less-healthy item or dial up a take-out restaurant and order something high in fat and…
Nutrition Principle #5 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition habit #5 – Control your Portion Sizes This is an important principle – you’ve got to pay attention to your portion sizes. We are victims of a society that is hooked on supersizing everything…supersize drinks, monster size cookies, muffins and bagels and astronomical sized restaurant entrees. For many of us, it may not be…
Nutrition Principle #4 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition Habit #4: Stop Eating Three Hours before Bedtime If you have planned your meals correctly throughout the day, you shouldn’t need to eat anything right before bed. Often the calories that are consumed after dinner are those that are eaten not because you are hungry and need the energy but because of habitual patterns…
Nutrition Principle #3 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition Habit #3: Plan your meals so that you consume 5 small meals and snacks throughout the day See if you recognize yourself in any of the following. You skip breakfast, guzzle coffee all morning and then, practicing great self-control, you eat a tiny lunch. By mid-afternoon, you are starving and so you grab a…
Nutrition Principle #2 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition Habit #2: Drink More Water Did you know that 50-70% of our total body weight is water? The brain is composed of 70 percent water, lungs are nearly 90 percent water and our blood is about 83 percent water, which helps digest our food, transport and eliminate waste and toxins, mobilize fat, and control…
Nutrition Principle #1 to Losing Weight and Looking & Feeling your Best
Nutrition Habit #1: Consume a balanced diet that is rich in FiberCarbohydrates (CHO): are fruits, vegetables and whole grain breads, pastas and rice. Carbohydrates in your diet will be sent to your liver and either burned for energy or stored as fat (70% conversion ratio). Did you know the only energy your brain can use…
Understand these simple nutrition principles to help achieve and maintain your ideal weight.
Most people approach nutrition and dieting with unbelievable will power and determination. But unfortunately, will power will only last so long then biology and physiology takes over. Here’s an analogy – Try holding your breath under water for as long as you can. No matter how much you want to stay underwater, eventually biology kicks…
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