Healthy Eating Trilogy Part 3
- BunnyZ
- Jun 30, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 15
Today we’ll talk about a few things, let’s start with what food we should eat more what we should avoid eating.
First of all, we should eat more fruit and vegetables, it’s got antioxidants, vitamins, mineral and fiber. After we get the most important food out of the way, we should also eat these food more: fish, broccoli, spinach or leafy greens, kale, nut butter, mangos,
See? These are all pretty yummy, Also eat whole grain instead of refined grains.
And avoid eating these: food with added sugar, low calory sweeteners, no calory sweeteners, foods high in salt (like canned food, hot dogs, frozen dinner), foods high in mercury (like shark, I mean who would eat shark, please eat normal fish, bigeye tuna, not sure what that is, must be a weird fish), unpasteurized food or drink (I think this one everyone agree on)
If you want to know what fish to eat here’s a chart, most fish are good to eat, but there are weird ones:
Now let’s talk about how we can eat,
First, we can meal prep, there’s a lot of benefit, for me, if I meal prep when I want to eat the food is there, especially if you make it yummy, when you want to buy outside, you just think of the yummy food you can just heat up and eat, then you won’t buy restaurants that meal. It is healthier because you can follow nutritional guild line when meal prepping, it saves money, and you’ll stress less on weekdays. Secondly, you’ll plan it out and use the exactly amount of grocery you bought; it reduces food waste.
Here are some tips on how to meal prep! 1.You can start small by making a few meals and snack first if your cook skill and kitchenware is limited, this is my case, I would cook 10 tea egg and once, and eat 1 or two a day, when I feel tired of making omelet everyday, or if I have to work, I’ll cook one big pod of meal, and divide them into around 4 to 5 containers, then I don’t have to remember to bring lunch everyday, and when I have yummy meal waiting for me, I won’t buy lunch.
2.Get organized, organize your fridge and cabinet, knowing what ingredients you have, write down the ingredients you need to cook what you want to cook, and mark out the ingredients you need to buy, so there’s won’t be duplicate.
3.Prepare the containers for meal prep, once you are done you can divide some necessary ones you need to put in containers in containers.
4.have in the pantry what you need, like whole grains, oil, baking essentials
5.meal prep is a lifestyle, block out a time a week to do it
6.Vary your menu, this way it’s yummy enough that you don’t want to buy outside when you think of your meal
7.have a place for your recipes, this way you can accumulate recipes you cook and feel really good about your progress, if some recipe you like very much you can also cook it again
Ok, here’s meal prep, next is mindful eating, being mindful when you eat can help you eat less, better your digestion, and you’ll be aware of what you are eating so you make better food choices next time.
You can mindful eating by making eating a ritual, sit and eat, eat slowly, savor the food, and chew thoroughly. Basically if you can gather your family members, sit together at a round table and just eat and do nothing else, and enjoy the food, it’ll be really helpful.
Next one is hydrate, can’t emphasize enough on how important it is to have enough water in your body. Drinking water can help bring nutrient to cells, get rid of waste, protects joints and organs and maintain body temperature. See how important that is.
How you can drink more water is to have a big bottle that you like, fill it with water, when you are thirsty you can sip some, and you have a few sip every half hour, but if you enjoy drinking water you don’t need to do that, you can also make some tea without sugar or cream, like Chinese green tea, or Indian Chai, their flavors are light, and just add a bit of twist in water to make it taste better, don’t have it so dense, just a few tea leaves would do.
Ok, I know it’s a lot of tip in the trilogy I wrote, you can pick a few easier to do to start first, or if you want to make a big change in your diet now then go for it! Make it fun, buy the new pot, make that nut snack, make that tea! Make that chart for your calory counting, buy and cut that cucumber!
If you have something to share you can leave me a message in Contact Me session, I’ll share it with everyone if it is helpful, now go and eat something healthy.
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