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3 Meals a Day!!!
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Every day of your life you should eat three meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Many people skip meals for various reasons. Most often it is breakfast or lunch. Breakfast is crucial because the time between dinner and breakfast is the longest. Thus your body is most in need of nourishment in the morning. You have not had anything since before you went to bed. So don't skip it. Some people are in a hurry and some don't feel hungry in the morning. But you need it. Did you know that people on diets who skip breakfast tend not to lose weight? That's because they eat more for lunch and/or dinner and their metabolism may also slow. Breakfast doesn't have to be a big elaborate meal. It just needs to get you started on the right track. Eat a BIGGGGGGGG Breakfast???
To meet the demands of a busy day, the body and
mind need the required nutrients and energy a well-balanced breakfast provides.
People who do not eat breakfast experience a "let down" or low energy levels
later in the morning. The consequences of skipping breakfast include the
following:
Eating regular meals — especially breakfast — every day is a good health habit. If you skip meals, you are more likely to snack. Most snack foods are high in calories, fat, sugar, and salt, and low in nutrients. This is probably one reason why breakfast skippers tend to weigh more. Healthy Eating Habits Developing healthy eating habits is simpler and easier than you might think. You will look and feel better if you make a habit of eating healthfully. You will have more energy and think more clearly. Your immune system will be stronger so you will not get sick as often. Healthy eating habits are your ticket to a healthier body and mind. Follow these steps and you WILL develop healthy eating habits that last a lifetime. Step 1. Get an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper. Write across the top MY PERSONAL FOOD PLANNER. Then make 2 columns. At the top of the column on the left, write FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID. At the top of the column on the right, write HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE. Step 2. Start with the foods that will be the easiest for you to eliminate. This will make it a lot easier for you. As you progress, you will find that foods that you are not ready eliminate now will be easier to eliminate later as you are being successful in the program. Step 3. Every time you want to eat the food you wrote down in the FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID column, go to your list and choose one of the foods that you wrote in the HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE column. Step 4. Step 5. Step 6. Step 7. Make the transition to healthy eating habits gradually at a pace you are comfortable with. Remember, this is not a diet. This is not a program that you will abandon after a few weeks or months. You are developing eating habits that you want to last your entire lifetime. Make this a positive experience for yourself. Water It's important to drink a healthy amount of
water every day. Eight glasses (8 ounces/235 ml each) is a good rule-of-thumb
for most people. But exactly how much water you should drink depends on many
factors. Water is a human necessity. Without food, a person can survive weeks.
Without water, the odds of surviving more than a few days are not good. In fact,
approximately 70% of the human body is water. The only thing more important than
water to the human body is oxygen.
The body excretes water constantly through sweat, urine and exhaled air, which is why it's so important to replenish your body with an ample amount of water every day. Most health professionals agree that the average human body requires from eight to 10 glasses of water a day.
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