Eating Habits can be defined as ,”
the way a person or group eats, considered in terms of what
types of food are eaten, in what quantities, and when”. Bad Eating Habits are your
absurd food choices, over-eating issues and your inconsistent meal timings.
Unhealthy choices are the biggest hurdle
in our fitness goals. It narrows our ability to lead an active lifestyle and causes
some severe health issues. Now it’s not easy to change any habit overnight. You
have to put in a lot of effort to make these changes. You need to plan your
meals in such a way it easily mends with your daily routine.
Here are few points you need to keep in
mind to fix those habits:
1. Never skip your breakfast: The most obvious and basic
solution. We all know how important the first meal of the day is. And we always
have some lame excuses to skip them. Now you don’t need a platter of delectable
meal on your table in the morning. That’s practically not possible to have a
full meal. Have a small but healthy meal. A meal which has all the nutritional
value your body requires. If you don’t have time to prepare in the morning,
half prepare it in advance a night before. Breakfast gives you that energy you
require to sustain all day and skipping them triggers over eating unhealthy
stuffs. Click the link below to check out some quick and healthy breakfast smoothies recipe.
2. Lock those trigger foods away: Trigger foods are those foods
which you can endlessly binge on. Foods like- chips, cookies, junk foods etc. Swap
them with nuts, fruits and veggies. Now, it’s hard to avoid those tempting
foods when you are at a public gathering.
Don’t try to completely eliminate them from your diet. You can indulge
in your favourite foods in moderation as special treats, maybe once or twice a
week but not every day.
3. Be creative with healthy foods: The way healthy foods are presented to us as boring
and tasteless is slowly fading away with people, but it’s still a long way to
go. There would be days you don’t feel like having fruits or having grilled veggies.
Mix those fruits with yogurt and make a quick healthy and tasty smoothie. Add
nuts, seeds and fruits to your simple bowl of oats. Make a wrap out of those
steam veggies, there are endless and simplest ways to be creative with food you
don’t need to be a chef for that.
4. Be smart with post dinner snacking: Late night snacking never
falls into the good snacking category and is usually driven by cravings or habit
rather than genuine hunger. You mostly crave for something sweet or salty or for
a high calorie food or drink. First, of all you have to make sure you had a
good dinner which was balanced and nourishing. Now, that doesn’t mean you have
to over eat in large quantity. Go for roasted nuts or a small piece of fruit or
dark chocolate. Your midnight snack should always be easy to digest so you can
have a nice and proper sleep.
5. Seek an expert advice: The main reason you have a bad eating
habit is that you aren’t sure what food is good for you and what’s not. You are
always conflicted what to go for. Food items you feel are good for you actually
isn’t and the food you usually avoid is actually good for you. If you are
having this issue its better to seek an expert advice. Seek advice from a
genuine and well known nutritionist or dietician; they will help you in long
term.
Sticking to your regular eating habits
won’t take you places. If you’re really serious about your diet and you want to
reach your fitness goal you need to get out of your comfort zone and take some
harsh decision. The worst part is you might not even realize what you’re doing
to your body if you stick to your regular habits.
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