Do you know exactly what you are putting into your body? Do you even know how much food you are consuming each day? It is said that most people consume as little as TWICE as many calories than they actually need each day.
One of the most important things you need to do to help you reach your goals is to figure out what you are eating and how much you are eating!! There are DOZENS of applications you can download onto your smart devices and they are also accessible on your computer.
You can find an easily accessible and FREE calorie counter site at: http://www.nutracheck.co.uk/
Once you get singed up with these programs feel free to play around with it!! You need to get use to how the program works so you will become efficient as being able to navigate and use the program properly.
Using these types of programs will allow you the change to closely monitor HOW much food you are eating and what kind of foods you are eating.
I suggest a few things:
– when you decide you want to make a healthier change, sign up for one of these programs and track what types of food you eat for a FULL week
– when the week is over go back and look at what you eat a lot of and what you need to eat more of. You will be surprised to see that you consume too much salt, sugar, or another type of food. You will also be able to see that you do not eat enough veggies, fruits, or protein. This will allow you the change to actually see what areas you need to improve on.
– next find some healthy recipes and go shopping! You have to find recipes that will be fitting to your needs! Usually breakfast will be around 300-400 calories snacks will be around 200-300 calories, and lunch and dinner should also be around 300-400 calories! The goal is to spread your meals out throughout the day so you do not feel like you are going hungry! YOU DO NOT WANT TO SKIP MEALS!! THIS CAN HINDER YOUR WEIGHT LOSS! You want to try to stick to a regular eating schedule. I would suggest eating about every 2-3 hours. have breakfast, and then a small snack, lunch, another snack, dinner, and if you are still hungry in the evening have another SMALL snack. You want to try to stop eating about 2-3 hours BEFORE you go to bed. But you do not want to go hungry and you should try NOT to skip any meals
-keep track of what you eat in these applications. They will let you decide if you have the right serving size or more than the suggested serving size. If you stick to the proper serving sizes, a steady workout routine, and drink water you should start to see results in about a month!
Reaching your goals will take TIME! You will have to be patient! You can not eat healthy for a week and expect 15-30 pounds to just vanish! Yes that would be nice but it is not realistic. You have to stay consistent with eating right AND working out. Eating right is the MAIN priority. If you are not feeding your body the right foods it will hinder the results you want to see!! You can spend all the time you want in the gym, but if you eat junk food all of that hard work will go to waste. So this is why it is SO important to get your diet under control so you are able to reach the results you want.
And there you have it! I just gave you the tools you need to help you jump-start your new health and fitness journey!
Any day is a great day to start living healthier…why not start today!?
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