On your way to a healthier lifestyle, you have to maintain your motivation when it comes to your diet and eating habits. Good overall health and fitness comes with good nutrition. As I mentioned in an earlier post, you are now going to frequent the grocery store rather than the drive-thru. Keep your kitchen stocked with fresh and healthy foods so that there is no excuse to eat fast-food. When I first began my health transformation, I was very strict with my new clean diet. I made sure to make weekly trips to the grocery store so that I always had my favorite healthy foods on hand. At first, I was an 'amateur' healthy eater and grocery shopper, but after a little while I quickly became accustomed to my new healthy diet and lifestyle -- I became a pro at 'healthy shopping' and eating, and it became effortless. Here is an example of 10 healthy food items that I would make sure to always have in my kitchen, and which made eating healthily easier:
- Fresh berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries)
- Natural peanut butter (no added sugar or salt)
- Spinach
- Whole grain bread/tortillas
- Skim milk
- Almonds and other assorted nuts
- Eggs
- Low-fat yogurt
- Fresh-cut veggies (carrots, broccoli, bell pepper, cauliflower, cucumber)
- Frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts
This is a brief and basic example of some healthy foods I always make sure to have on hand -- they make for a variety of nutritious snacks and meals, and they are a good list of staples to start with.
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