Happy Monday!
Last week we kicked off a new blog series covering how to start a new healthy lifestyle. Every Monday I will tell you how I broke my addiction to sugar and carbs, how I learned mindful eating, how I became a nutritionist, how I practice the 80/20 rule etc etc. Everything to help you get started and live the healthy life you deserve.
The first thing I did when I started my hew healthy lifestyle was to cut out all the processed foods. I didn't worry about portion sizes or calories. I just made sure I ate "clean" food. Each meal had a mix of protein, vegetables and a whole grain carbohydrate (whole wheat pasta, brown rice etc). This helped me to get rid of my sugar addiction without also being hungry. It allowed me to just focus on one thing (not eating any processed foods) to start with. I got a few headaches in the beginning while I got used to no sugar or white flour foods/carbs, but it wasn't too difficult since I didn't have to worry about cutting down calories as well.
So what is processed food? It's everything that has multiple ingredients, contain preservatives, and that is packaged. In other words machine or man-made foods. Check the ingredients on the food packages and don't eat anything containing sugar or anything with more than five ingredients. If it has ingredients you can't pronounce, don't eat it. Everything you eat should either grow out of the ground or have had a mom. Even though I'm not a vegetarian that saying makes me a little ill, but it is an easy way to explain clean food.
If you stick to eating a protein (fish, steak, chicken etc) with tons of vegetables, then you will always know that you are eating right. You never have to worry about if you are eating sugar or refined carbs (white flour bread, flour pasta etc) if you stick to wholesome fresh foods. Also make sure you add a healthy fat (avocado, olive oil etc) to every meal.
Examples of meals
- Breakfast
- Boiled or scrambled eggs with some strawberries
- Scrambled eggs with avocado
- Omelette with spinach and tomatoes
- Whole fat greek yogurt with blueberries
- Lunch or dinner
- Grilled chicken with broccoli
- Steak with a green salad
- Fish with a spinach salad
Ready to start your journey to a new healthy lifestyle? Start this week by cutting out processed foods, which will eliminate sugar and refined carbs from your diet.
Email me any questions you might have about starting a healthy lifestyle at molander@stellibell.com. #astellibelllife
Namaste.
