Start with Fruits and Veggies

Many diets or nutrition plans start by having you remove the foods you love most. You know the ones. They are jam-packed with sugar, fat, and flavor. This approach takes the difficult task of eating more healthily and makes it that much more difficult. Could you start by adding good stuff instead?

Better Health

We recommend that your diet change begins with shoring up your level of vitamins and minerals by increasing the number of fruits and vegetables you eat. So much of our overall health and energy levels depend on getting enough of the vitamins and minerals our body needs to thrive.

Most of us don't eat nearly enough. So the good news is that you get to eat more!

Over the following days, weeks, and months, your body will become healthier and better capable of handling the other changes you'll need to make in your diet. Start by eating at least two fist-size servings of fruit or vegetables at every meal. That might be a lot compared to what you're eating now, and if that's the case, start with eating one fist-size serving at every meal.

The important part is that you start taking your health seriously and taking action.

Feeling Full

Our culture generally overeats fat and sugar through processed foods. One added benefit of eating more whole fruits and vegetables is feeling fuller every meal. When we feel full, we are less likely to eat more, which means eating less of those highly processed foods.

Any reduction in those fatty and sugary processed foods will be good for us, and for those who need or want to lose a little weight, reducing those foods will be a part of the solution. But like I said earlier, removing those foods we love all together and all at once never feels good.

So, by adding fruits and vegetables in sufficient quantities, we begin to limit the room for those other foods. It doesn't mean we can't have them. It just means we'll have less room for them.

Here's an extra tip. If you plan on having processed fatty and sugary food, leave it until the end of the meal. If you eat all your fruits, vegetables, and protein first, you may not have room or want to eat all of that highly processed and much more calorically dense food.

Improving our nutrition doesn't have to be drastic. Foods can still be enjoyed, but we must first be mindful of our overall health. This comes down to expressing self-discipline to value your health and well-being over that tasty treat. Eat those fruits and vegetables first, and then, if you still have an appetite, enjoy that treat.

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