Hey there my Flawsome Friend,
How is the day seeing you? Well I hope!
Living a healthy lifestyle is not about strict diet limitations, trying to be unrealistically thin or depriving yourself of the foods you love. For me, it’s all about feeling great, having more energy, improving my outlook on life and stabilising my mood.
There is some very overwhelming and conflicting diet advice out there, don’t be discouraged, you’re not alone.
Let me help you cut thought all this confusion and learn how to create a healthier lifestyle that is good for mind and body.
Whether your goal is to lose weight, gain weight, build muscle, become fitter, feel better, feel stronger, have more energy, check out my tips to help achieve a healthier improved you.
Today we are contining on with my mini Top Tips to a Healthier Lifestyle and we are going to talk about the importance of Treating Yourself or as I like to call it, Enjoying Without Guilt!
If you have stuck to your plan and completed what you set you to do this week then reward/treat yourself!
Treat yourself once a week-once a week have a meal that is ‘off plan’ and ‘Enjoy Without Guilt’. This creates balance and ensure longevity of your healthy lifestyle.
- Don’t feel guilty if you have had something you shouldn’t. It takes 3500 extra calories to gain 1 pound. So one off day/one meal/food item isn’t going to have any significant weight gain.
- Being consistent is key, so get back to it!
- Starvation is not the answer!
Food Prep-Preparation is key!
- So make your own healthy meals and treats.
- Have plenty or spices, fresh herbs and lemons in your fridge/cupboard. It’s amazing what a bit of this and that adds to dish. And your diet. Experiment with your dinner tonight!
- Regardless of what you’re doing, preparing yourself in advance give you the best foundation to accomplish those goals. Try preparing all your food in advance to ensure that you do not eat unhealthy foods or skip meals.
- Shop once a week-stock up the fridge it’s amazing how much easier being healthy is if the foods there.
- One day a week set aside time to write down a meal plan, shopping list, go shopping then come home and prep.
- Prepare more of your own meals-Cooking your own meals means you are in charge of what you eat and can monitor what goes into your food.
- Read the food labels-It’s important you are aware of what’s in your food, as manufactures often hide large amounts of sugars or unhealthy fats in packaged foods, even food that’s claiming to be healthy.
- Cook at home-You can control what you eat, what goes into your food and how much you are eating. That makes for a much more detailed entry in your food diaries.
Let me know how you enjoy yourself without guilt today! Hope you are enjoying my mini series so far, a few more to go. And I hope you are finding helpful and useful.
Stay Flawsome!
Lots of love,
Jem xoxo
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I am not a dietician or a doctor.
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