The topic for today’s Focus Friday is nutrition. I think just about everyone, including you, can make at least one (if not many) positive change in their nutritional habits. However, sometimes it’s easier to make these changes, and stick with them, if you take baby steps. So, for today’s Focus Friday, I want you to choose ONE change you will make to improve your nutritional habits.
Here are 10 ideas for you in case you need help thinking of something:
- limit fast food meals to just one a week (instead of one a day)
- stop drinking soda/pop (or limit your intake)
- have something healthy within 30 minutes of working out
- eat breakfast
- eat breakfast within an hour of waking up
- stop eating at least 3 hours before you go to bed
- no more deep fried foods
- eat at least one serving of fruit per day if you don’t already
- try juicing – one glass of fresh juice per day
- no more candy bars (or limit intake)
So, what ONE positive nutritional habit change will you make starting today? Leave a comment here to share!
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Today is Day 14 of our 21-Day Food Challenge. Just one more week to go! How are you doing? I’m actually doing alright. This weekend, I did have a little “cheat” but also did some extra cardio the very next day.
We celebrated my daughter’s birthday with family by spending a day at the beach. I’m glad it was my responsibility to buy food for this celebration because I could make sure we had lots of snacks and choices that were NOT on the “Do Not Eat” list.
Yes, I did have a cupcake, but other than that, I was pretty good about staying off the “Do Not Eat” list. I bought whole grain bread to make sandwiches and had turkey breast as well as chicken breast and peanut butter and jam for those who wanted. I also bought uncrustables for the kids so they could just grab something on the go because a lot of times, they don’t want to sit and eat. They want to play. With the uncrustables, they didn’t need to grab a plate, fork, and napkins to have a bite to eat. They could just grab an uncrustable open it up and eat – great “finger food.”
We also had chips and salsa, crackers, and fruits!
Like I said, lots of great snacks to munch on while spending the day at the beach.
So…how is your 21-Day Challenge going? Now that you have just a week left and have worked hard to “clean up” what you put into your body, do you think you’ll continue with your new nutrition habits?
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21 Day Food Challenge…Day 9
Okay, so over the weekend, I did cheat (as I told you was fine for this weekend so long as you were good the rest of the time).
You see it was my daughter’s 10th birthday and she wanted to go to a buffet for lunch. No biggie. It’s not that I overate. It’s just that I enjoyed a nice, FAT, crepe…filled with bananas, whipped cream, ice cream, chocolate syrup, and powdered sugar. I know, I know. That should count as a quadruple cheat! It was loaded with “Do Not Eat” stuff.
You know what? It tasted great at the time, but boy did I PAY for it later that evening. My stomach was sooooo upset that it woke me up in the middle of the night. It’s bad enough to have a stomach that annoyed with you, but it’s even worse to have it interrupt a perfectly good night of sleep! Ouch, ouch, ouch!
*sigh* that’ll sure have me thinking twice next time I consider a cheat. Right now I don’t even what to *think* about junk food. I can feel my stomach churning already.
So what about you? Were you good this holiday weekend? Or did you “enjoy” a cheat? If so, what was it and how did it go?
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