Monday, May 31, 2010

A healthy body for a better YOU

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I promised you I’ll talk to you about staying fit. The most important thing is having a healthy body weight. It may happen that what you consider your ideal weight has nothing to do with being healthy. So, if you started losing weight make sure you don’t cross the line going under weight or fall into diverse eating disorders.
Consult a doctor – nutritionist or just google it – you’ll find some ways in calculating an ideal healthy weight in relation with your height. And very important stick to that!

You may have a body that consumes a lot – so, you may be able to eat more and not gain weight – or you may have a body that tends to be lazy and you`ll gain weight easily. If you know your body well, let`s start the process of keeping you in shape.

Breakfast – you really have to eat breakfast – so, depending on what type of body you have you may have a thin sandwich or an omelet, but better just have a boll of cereals (just one!) or 1-2 cookies with a cup of coffee, tea, jus or milk or a fruit or two.
I`ll tell you my preference – during the week days when I`m in a hurry for work I go for the easy breakfast, while during the weekend I may try some pancakes or an omelette.

Around 10 have a snack – ideally a fruit or a small yogurt or maybe a cereal bar

Lunch – don`t forget what I told you in my last post…the small plate! Ya! Stick to that if you know you may be unable to control how much you put in your plate. Avoid greasy food and roasted meals. Make sure you have veggies in your plate, or a salad aside. Add as desert a fruit.

3-4 pm - have a snack – ideally a fruit or a small yogurt or maybe a cereal bar – something different than before

Dinner – if you know you have a lazy body do not eat after 7.00pm. Or…follow instructions!
First of all – eat at least 1-2 hours before going to bed. Dinner is very important as well –but, don`t exaggerate. Keep your small plate measure if you have to eat something solid – but, ideally in the evening have a salad of vegetables or fruits or a soup. Nothing more!

Secrets of being fit and healthy:
1. Make sure every day you have– at least 5 portions of fruits or vegetables, eat milk products – in milk 6 liters (ok – including cheese, yogurt), and drink 1-3 liters of liquids.

2. You have to eat slowly! Enjoy your food and masticate well. Your body starts to feel fool after 20 minutes, so if you eat fast you`ll have much later on that feeling. Better find your limits in time!

3. Do some activities! A 10-15 minutes walk helps the food digest better…If you don`t have time for that – make sure you walk at least 15-20 minutes a day excluding other physical activities.

4. Sleep 7-8 hours per night.

Once in a while you may enjoy some pizza or fries or cakes. Make sure you don`t have fast food more then once a month, if you know you have a lazy body. And avoid all that synthetic jus that is on the market. Better something natural or a tea.

Stay fit! It`s in your power!

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