Great Ways To Keep Up Your Healthy Diet

Do you have vegetables sitting in your freezer right now? They probably have been sitting there for over a month. Frozen vegetables so often get overlooked, and they are a very important part of your diet because they contain fiber and nutrients that will help increase the vitamin A, C and antioxidant levels inside your body. If you are tired of steaming vegetables, try mixing them together to make a soup or pasta sauce, or to make some vegetable stew. You can even mix them up with some beans to make some burritos.

The next time you are at the store, go to the produce section and get yourself some vegetables you have never tried before. Get out your healthy cookbook and try some new recipes. You and your family may warm up to some of the new dishes you fix. Try this with fruits and spices as well.

Cut your calorie intake. The little things you eat on the side during the day can add up to a whole lot of calories when you put all the days together. This alone can allow you to lose weight. Try keeping a food diary. This will help you keep tabs on what you’re eating. Maple syrup, nuts, peanut butter, raisins, salad dressing, sour cream, leftovers and cake icing are all examples of little things you can eat on the side and will likely disregard in terms of your regular diet. But when you add it all together, they can account for a great deal of calorie intake.

Remember how it is important to measure portions of food you eat? If you are out and about at a restaurant, keep in mind that you can eyeball the food. One cup of breakfast cereal is about the size of a baseball. Three ounces of meat is about the size of a bar of soap. Three ounces of hamburger can fit inside a mayonnaise jar lid. One cup of dry pasta is about the size of a Walkman. One ounce of cheese is about the size of a ping pong ball.

Finally, drink plenty of water. Our bodies are more than seventy five percent water. Drink at least ten 8 ounce glasses of water every day. You will feel more full and more vibrant as well. Your food will digest more fully, and you will become more healthier. Your skin will become more smooth and supple, and drinking water will become more simple to you as time passes.