Fitness Machine 004 – Forming Healthy Eating Habits

Forming Healthy Eating Habits

Taking the First Step

  • Pick one thing that you need to either eliminate or start today
  • Start with a simple goal such as drinking 70 ounces of water a day
  • Form an attainable goal such as 21-Days
  • Eventually forms a compound effect and helps you set more goals

Digestive and Gut Health

  • Eat fermented foods such as sour kraut or whole fat organic yogurt
  • Red Wine has good gut benefits
  • Probiotic supplements

To Diet or Not to Diet

  • Take ideas and concepts from diets but they tend to set unattainable goals
  • Cut out sugar and process carbohydrates out with a two-week detox
  • Eat vegetables and proteins
  • Diets tend to lure people to transition back to pre-diet habits
  • Use a habit based formula

Fats: The Good and the Bad

  • Essential nutrients are things our body needs to operate efficiently and effectively
  • Proteins contain essential amino acids which means they only come from an outside source
  • Essential Fats are the same
  • No such thing as an essential carbohydrate

Not Fast-Food that Fills You Up

  • Eggs are loaded with good fats and proteins
  • Grass fed beef
  • Salmon
  • Starchy vegetables such as potatoes, root vegetables, beets, and squash are great natural sources of energy
  • Coconut oil, fish oil, almonds, avocados, and bone broth are all loaded with great nutrients
  • Plant-based items such as wheat grass, and corella

Late Night Snack

  • Nuts
  • Protein shake
  • Eggs and Peppers
  • Whole fat yogurt with berries

Your Homework

  • Make a list of 10 things you can do every day that will improve the way you feel and operate that are nutrition and movement based, then master that list.  Tweet Your 10!!!