Nutrition
Don't let anyone tell you it is easy to change our eating
habit's, it's not as simple as someone saying: "Put down
the cheese burger it is going to kill you!"
I know how it is to be in a rush I have to be early to
everything and it is really hard for me to fit everything all
of the time, work, school, family, personal time. Eating
almost seems to want to take a back seat to all of this
and not even happen well don't do it this is a big no no.
This is what it can do to your body:
Store fatty tissue in the body
Increases irritability
Loss of strength and tire easily
Possibly lead to organ failure if led on to long
Loss of to much muscle mass
The best way to start to get used to watching what you
eat is plan your meals in advance. At least a day or two
in advance, ideally a week to two weeks in advance.
That way you are never caught off balance and you
always have the inter-net as a resource to help you plan
meals or even restaurants that you would like to go and
eat at, look at their menus online and see what they
have, but remember portion sizes!
Your menus should have you eating small meals up to 7
times in one day. I know that seems like a lot but it isn't
and you will not feel so hungry during the day and you
won't want to gorge down that cheese burger either
when you drive by the fast food chains.
Breakfast: Grain, Fruit, Juice or Milk.
1st Snack: Two of either of the food groups but not
two from the same group.
Lunch: Grain, Fruit, Vegetable, Meat, Dairy. You
can have multiple fruit or vegetables but you need
the meat in this meal.
2nd Snack: Two of either of the food groups but
not two from the same group
Dinner: Grain, Fruit, Vegetable, Meat, Dairy. You
can have multiple fruit or vegetable but try to
stagger this menu from you lunch menu.
3rd Snack: Two of either of the food groups but
not two from the same group.
And always drink water what ever you do carry a water
bottle with you or have one at your desk nothing beats
hydration.
The best snack is fresh fruits and Green vegetables
they are great for everything.
Try it for a week see if it helps, modify it and make your
own style it isn't written in stone or go to a professional
and have it written in stone. Be Healthy!
For some tasty Protein Shake
recipes that I really enjoy,
click here.
A little something about portion size; remember to
always look at the correct portions of foods. A single
serving of fruit is generally a half cup chopped or a small
fist, a serving of meat is the size of a deck of cards or a
cassette tape, milk is 1/2 a cup, juice 1 cup, or in the
case of packaged foods look at the intended portion size
on the table of contents to know how much a single
serving is know your proportions an excellent source for
this is www.mypyramid.gov.