SIMPLE HABITS THAT IMPROVED MY HEALTH
Are you doing 'everything you can to lose weight but still seem to struggle?
Well there are a lot of things that you could be doing wrong, little mistakes are easy to neglect.
Those things could be ruining all the hard work you’ve been putting in to this.
That why it’s important to take a step back and oversee everything for a moment and check if you aren’t sabotaging yourself by accident.
- Have been moving or working out enough?
- Did you make sure to finish your 10k steps everyday?
- Are you prioritizing your protein?
- Did you take enough rest days?
- Did you sleep 7/8hours a day?
- Are you sure you were still in a deficit without miscounting the sauces you added or milk that you put in your cereal?
All those little things are small but they are big for change, so they do matter a lot
That’s why you should the rights things your daily habits.
The best way is to create a routine in your daily life, plan things by almost perfection.
If you want to keep going to the gym even if you work late shifts, just make sure to create a time schedule that works the best for you to go before/after work.
If you just go whenever it works out then this will never become a habit.
Habits come by creating a routine.
Oh yes believe me there will me plenty of days that you will not be wanting to go but those moments you will have to be disciplined and remember what you a doing this for!
There are many more smaller things you could be doing to make this go a little bit easier, like swapping a few items.
For example: turn that white bread into rice crackers or whole grain bread or grain crackers.
Add some chicken slices/filet with lettuce on top and Boom you got healthy protein rich breakfast now.
You could add anything you prefer on top honestly.
Cream cheese with salmon and seasoning is another great option.
Got a sweet tooth and you’re craving ice cream?
Get some plain or fruity greek yoghurt add some diced up apples or any fruit you like and you even add granola, nuts, chia seeds, dates, peanut butter, dark chocolate or cinnamon.
Play around with those bowls and find something that covers your sweet tooth and makes your heart happy. 🙂
Just like this
Protein chia pudding with granola, cinnamon and strawberries
Greek yoghurt with dragonfruit, mango and dates
Fruity greek yoghurt with granola, chia seeds, blueberries and cinnamon
It’s very important to have a breakfast that’s healthy and high in protein.
It will keep you more full trough out the day, and gives you a good head start on reaching your protein goal.
They say you need at least around 60-120g of protein a day to make muscle mass.
So if your breakfast is around 30g and you have a lunch consisting of around 40g of protein, that means you’re already halfway there.
You could easily create a protein rich lunch by:
-Making scrambled eggs with turkey bacon or some avocado for healthy fats.
This could easily be put on toast or inside a wrap.
-Quinoa salads with a protein source are super good as well, you could add anything you want honestly.
From proteins like chicken, shrimp or tofu and toppings like nuts or fruits or even edamame.
Another thing that will make healthy eating a LOT easier is meal prepping.
Sounds like a thing that only bodybuilders do right?Â
Well no everyone could do it to make their life a tiny bit easier.
Start off by prepping your:
veggies, protein and carbs by choice
and you can definitely play around with different things here as well.
Try out new things
Go for re-usable containers
I would definitely recommend to use re-usable containers for your meal preps in stead of plastic ones that you can’t heat up.
These containers are easy to stack and are microwave friendly so you can have your meal preps warm or cold.
So that when you go to work you still can have your healthy meal in stead of going out to buy something that you aren’t sure of what the actual ingredients are.
When we buy certain foods or meals outside that are ‘healthy’ they mostly aren’t.
Crazy enough, even a salad can be unhealthy when being bought outside.
The sauces or dressing they put in the meals can be mostly made out of fat.
That’s why this is the safest option!
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I used to make simple chicken fried rice with veggies and prep that or sweet potatoes with salmon and broccoli.
Put that in containers and store them in the fridge and voila you got a couple healthy meals stocked.
You don’t have to be a master cheff, as long as it tastes good and feeds you in the right way.
You can do the same thing with a sweet healthy breakfast.Â
Make some simple protein chia pudding with: Almond milk, a protein powder of choice, chia seeds, cinnamon and honey.
Store it in the fridge for a night and the next morning you could add it in a bowl with some yoghurt and fruits and have a delicious nutritional breakfast!
I used to make huge containers of this and have it everyday but would just simply add different things to everytime.
Chia pudding also as a lot of good qualities and is stocked with protein & fiber.
I definitely recommend to put this into your routine, personally this has helped me a LOT in my weight loss journey.
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Another habit that will have a HUGE impact on your journey is walking.
Just that simple yes, believe it or not but walking burns a ton of calories.
So if you just plan a walk in the morning or after dinner everyday that would improve not only your physical health but also your mental health.
 It doesn’t have to be a marathon, even 5-10 min is good as long as you get up and move your body outside for a short time.Â
Combine all these things together and eat mindfully and you will be good to go!
