How to Make Any Meal Into a Healthier One
Remind yourself before each meal that your stomach is (or should be) only the size of your fist., Eat slowly., Drink some water before your meal and continue to drink throughout the meal. , Add more fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, nuts, and seeds...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Remind yourself before each meal that your stomach is (or should be) only the size of your fist.
Granted, you can eat more than a fistful of most foods because the food is compacted as you chew it and the water and air escape from it.
Just try to envision the entire plate of food in front of you in that small fist size stomach of yours and hopefully that will remind you to eat healthy. -
Step 2: Eat slowly.
Take the time to chew each bite and appreciate what you are eating.
It takes times for the signals from your stomach to reach your brain.
Listen to the signals your stomach is sending to you as you eat.
If it says "I'm still hungry" eat another bite, if it says "I'm just fine" then stop eating for a while and only eat again if that signal changes back to "I'm still hungry"
if it says "I'm too full" stop eating immediately. ,,, When you are "just fine" stop yourself from eating by getting up and clearing your plate, or if you are in a situation where you can't do that, put your napkin on the plate to serve as a reminder that you are not eating anymore. ,, Carbohydrates are converted to, and stored as, fat, if not used or burned relatively quickly. -
Step 3: Drink some water before your meal and continue to drink throughout the meal.
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Step 4: Add more fruits
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Step 5: vegetables
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Step 6: grains
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Step 7: and seeds to your meals to get more fiber and anti-oxidants.
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Step 8: Do not let yourself overeat.
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Step 9: Avoid hydrogenated oils
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Step 10: high fructose corn syrup
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Step 11: too much salt and sugar
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Step 12: processed foods
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Step 13: and cholesterol.
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Step 14: If you are able to cut back on foods with carbohydrates
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Step 15: you can actually eat more saturated fat
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Step 16: since it becomes the bodies first priority to burn as fuel when no carbohydrates are available.
Detailed Guide
Granted, you can eat more than a fistful of most foods because the food is compacted as you chew it and the water and air escape from it.
Just try to envision the entire plate of food in front of you in that small fist size stomach of yours and hopefully that will remind you to eat healthy.
Take the time to chew each bite and appreciate what you are eating.
It takes times for the signals from your stomach to reach your brain.
Listen to the signals your stomach is sending to you as you eat.
If it says "I'm still hungry" eat another bite, if it says "I'm just fine" then stop eating for a while and only eat again if that signal changes back to "I'm still hungry"
if it says "I'm too full" stop eating immediately. ,,, When you are "just fine" stop yourself from eating by getting up and clearing your plate, or if you are in a situation where you can't do that, put your napkin on the plate to serve as a reminder that you are not eating anymore. ,, Carbohydrates are converted to, and stored as, fat, if not used or burned relatively quickly.
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