• At home make sure you stock your cabinets with plenty of the healthy ingredients that are often called for in the healthy recipes. These might include various vegetables, brown rice, whole wheat, granola, cereal, etc. Make sure when you stroll through the meat aisle you are getting plenty of fresh fish, chicken, and lean meats. Also get the right amount of perishable items such as fruits and lettuce that you will realistically use as often as possible until your next grocery trip.
• At work you can either bring your lunch or buy it depending on the choices they have available. If you work somewhere that has health awareness and offers salads and good choices then you may want to buy your lunch and leave what you have at home for the night time or weekend so you don’t run out and opt for pizza. However if your workplace is more of a cheeseburger or burrito type of place then you might want to buy extra at the grocery store and pack your lunch. Bring a good salad with chicken on it or something like that which will keep your energy up and cure your hunger but not fill you up with grease and maximize that afternoon sluggish feeling.
• When eating out you may want to look up the restaurant’s menu before you go out so that you know what to expect and can develop a taste for something all the way there. If you ask plenty of questions and make sure you know what is in your meal then you should be fine. Most restaurants in today’s society have some healthy choices available. No restaurant owner wants to lose a good amount of customers because there is no option for them when they are dieting or on a heath kick. If you look through the menu enough and know what you like then you should be able to find something suitable or even request the cook make you something reasonable using the ingredients they already have in the kitchen.

One important thing when you are trying to eat healthy is to be consistent. If you are going to eat smart then eat smart. Don’t eat a good whole grain cereal for breakfast, a salad with grilled chicken for lunch, and then a whopper and large fry for dinner. There is really no point to do great all day and then ruin everything at the end. If you know you are going to have irresistible cravings then set a specific day of the week that you can cheat. Try to make it moderately terrible food, but at least get it out of the way on that one day and do a little extra exercise instead of ruining all the good days with one ridiculous cheeseburger.

You will notice after just a very short time of eating right and drinking plenty of water instead of sugary soft drinks that you feel totally different. Your energy should increase and the way you feel throughout the day should just be overall better. Eating healthy is worth the effort. It makes you look and feel better and is much easier prevention as apposed to trying to go back and fix extreme weight gain after the fact.