Eat in Healthy Ways

More is less. Try eating smaller meals more often throughout the day. This can be challenging so start by slowly reducing the portions of your meals. It will get easier to eat less food each meal, but more meals over time.

Appreciate your food. Try slowly decreasing intake of salt and other excessive seasonings. Learn to appreciate the taste of your foods without masking them with excessive flavors and dressings.

Build your own program. Instead of focusing on all the different advice on how to build your diet (food diagrams, fad diets,etc.) make sure you vary your foods daily. Try all the different colors in the vegetable and fruit groups. Everything standard does not work for everybody. Discover the healthy foods that you enjoy and give you satisfaction also learn cleaning and maintain your coffee maker.

Enjoy your food! If you take the time when eating to truly enjoy the food, you are more likely to be satisfied and not over eat. Take the time between bites to savor the flavor and chew the food.

Plan your meals. Take the time to plan your meals and snacks for a week at a time. If you know ahead of time what you are eating it makes it easier to stick to your healthy eating habits and achieve your goals. I have found that when I am in a crunch and do not have any idea what I have in the kitchen this is when I fall to junk food or other less desirable eating habits.