Most fitness goals are some form of looking good and/or feeling better. And you can’t accomplish either of those without focusing on your nutrition. Whether you made a resolution to eat healthier this year or if you have a fitness goal you’re chasing, nutrition doesn’t have to be complicated! Start by making small, sustainable changes and you will get results!

 

Here are 5 tips to eat healthier.

 

Tip 1 to Eat Healthier: Vegetables with Every Meal

Eat vegetables with every meal, yes, even with breakfast (#stopeatingdessertforbreakfast)! You’ve heard the expression ‘eat the rainbow.’ Here’s how: add spinach, red pepper, and mushrooms (fresh or frozen) to eggs or tempeh scramble for breakfast; add canned pumpkin or beets to your protein smoothie; make a colorful salad with greens, tomatoes, and carrots; roast or stir fry veggies like asparagus, purple cabbage, yellow squash, and eggplant.

 

Pro Tip: Keep lots of frozen vegetables on hand and buy pre-cut veggies for cooking and for salads. You’re a lot more likely to eat vegetables if they are ready to go!

 

Tip 2 to Eat Healthier: Make Extra

While preparing dinner, make more of what you’re already cooking. Double the recipe so you have at least one more meal with a full serving of protein and lots of vegetables for lunch the next day. Another option is to cook something else while you’re in the kitchen. Maybe throw some chicken, sweet potatoes, or more veggies in the oven so meal prep for the next day is already done!

 

Tip 3 to Eat Healthier: Portions

Have you looked at the serving size of your favorite food? If you’ve ever weighed a serving a peanut butter, you might be shocked and a little disappointed. Foods that are really easy to overeat (like nut butters, chips, or ice cream), are the ones you need to portion out in advance. The alternative is to buy single servings of these irresistible foods.

 

Pro Tip: Buy reusable containers to portion out nut butters.

 

Tip 4 to Eat Healthier: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

You know those foods that have no “off switch” for you? Stop bringing them into the house. You can’t eat them if they’re not there. If there are other adults in the house who are buying these foods, ask them to put them on a high shelf in the pantry, in the back of the freezer, down low in the fridge, or in that little cabinet over the refrigerator you never open. This makes a difference! When you remove tempting foods from plain sight, like on the counter or in the front of the pantry or refrigerator, you’ll be a lot less likely to eat them.

 

Tip 5 to Eat Healthier: Shop Online

Avoid the in-store temptation of displays, endcaps, and samples. Instead, take advantage of the part of your brain that plans ahead and wants your future-self to eat healthy. Fill your online cart with healthy essentials and choose delivery or pick up.

 

Of these 5 tips, which one(s) can you see yourself doing? That’s where you start.  Whether you want to lose weight, improve a health marker, or get off a medication this year, use these 5 tips to eat healthier so you can look good and feel better!

 

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