Eating healthier - that's how it works with good intentions
Health-conscious all year round - with simple changes to a balanced diet that is good for you and makes you happy.
Feeling healthy, fit and balanced - a balanced diet contributes significantly to this, as is well known. This sounds very plausible in theory, but actually living by it and making healthy eating a priority usually turns out to be a little more difficult. Therefore, today it is about simple principles that help to put exemplary nutritional resolutions into practice.
Tip 1: Create a weekly schedule
The first principle is about proper planning and preparation. It is often the case that we come home hungry or have little time to cook. It's at times like this that many people tend to choose less healthy options that are quick and uncomplicated. A weekly schedule can help here. Just sit down at the weekend and plan what you want to cook and eat this week. When do you eat out? When do you have more or less time to cook? What dish could you make a larger portion of, maybe to have something left over for another day when you come home late? These questions help to gain clarity about what is best possible when and helps to avoid situations in which you stand aimlessly in front of the fridge and end up ordering pizza from the delivery service. The keyword fridge brings us to the next tip.
Tip 2: It is better to make a bulk purchase than several purchases.
The weekly plan is also the perfect reference point for the next purchase. If you have an idea of what you want to eat during the week, you also know exactly what you need to do it. So simply take the weekly plan to hand and use it to create the shopping list. This has several advantages: It saves time and ensures that you have all the important ingredients and groceries to hand throughout the week. It also helps to avoid emotional purchases that many people make when they are whizzing through the supermarket in the evening just before closing time. Therefore Tip 2.1: It is better to avoid going shopping when you are hungry.
"Healthy eating can be incredibly delicious - and that's what's important in making people decide to stick with it. ”
Tip 3: It has to taste good.
There's a common misconception that eating healthy tastes boring. But this cliché needs to be cleaned up. Eating healthy can be incredibly delicious - and that's what's important in making you decide to stick with it. Anyone who thinks that vegetables and co. cannot be a culinary experience should definitely be more willing to experiment. There are countless great recipe books, food bloggers or Instagram foodies that provide enough great inspiration - even for those who don't like to swing the wooden spoon.
Tip 4: Find your individual diet.
Healthy is not the same as healthy. From vegan to keto, there are so many different nutrition philosophies . It's important to keep in mind that there isn't just one right diet. Our bodies , habits and lifestyles are so different that we all have different needs too. Someone might love sipping on a smoothie in the morning while someone else needs more for breakfast. Here, too, the motto applies: you have to try it out to find out what feels right and good.
Tip 5: Snacking (in moderation) is allowed.
This tip might seem a bit unusual. Snacking is allowed? Yes, every now and then absolutely. The trick is: If we completely forbid ourselves to snack, the desire for something sweet will increase and with it the risk of cravings. We would have to be really disciplined and tough and then never give up. Of course, that's no fun and it shouldn't be like that. Allowing yourself to snack every now and then ensures a relaxed approach to the topic of healthy eating. There are also philosophies like the 80:20 rule, where you eat 80% healthy and the other 20% eat what you feel like. All of this helps to stay on the ball in the long term and not throw in the towel after a month.
Tip 6: Watch your blood sugar level.
Another important factor to avoid food cravings: make sure your blood sugar levels are stable. Balanced meals with protein, healthy fats and complex carbohydrates are ideal. Plus: Always have a healthy snack with you for in between meals.
