Spandex & Sports Bras: 3 Tips for Changing your Eating Habits

What you eat plays a HUGE roll in your health, your weight loss efforts and even your attempts to build muscle. It's also one of the areas that people struggle with the most on there fitness journeys. As you learn more about nutrition and as you learn more about your own body, it gets easier. But I see so many people on Facebook & Instagram who are getting started & seem to need a little help getting started.

To help, here are my top 3 tips for changing your eating habits.

1. Keep track of what you eat

2. Portion control

3. Focus on eating more of the "good foods"

Number One: Keep Track of What You Eat

This is important for so many reasons. One, if you are trying to lose weight, you have to create a calorie deficit. This just means you need to burn more calories than you eat/drink. The easiest way to guarantee that is to be aware of the calories you are eating. It's also important that you are eating enough calories because your body needs them. Apps like MyFitness Pal and LoseIt! take the guesswork out of tracking your food. They tell you how much you should be eating and help you reach those targets.

Number Two: Portion Control

A lot of people completely cut out food groups when they want to lose weight. It isn't necessary though. You can still eat some of the foods you enjoy. It is important to learn portion control. The problem is usually that we eat way too much. If you learn portion control, you can still enjoy a variety of foods.

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Number Three: Focus on Eating More of the "Good Foods"

Now of course your diet cannot consist of a lot of pizza, hot wings, fried foods and sweets if you are wanting to be healthier or lose weight. But rather than dwelling on what you can't eat, think of all the things that you can eat. Build your eating habits around "good foods" and occasionally indulge in the less healthy foods.

What are "good foods?" Meats that don't have a lot of visible fat, whole grains (wheat bread, brown rice, oats, etc), vegetables, fruit, yogurt, healthy fats (nuts, nut butter, olive oil, avocado, etc)

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