If you’ve been anywhere near social media or even the internet over the past few weeks, you’ll no doubt have seen tens, if not hundreds of posts and articles on the best ways to lose weight. After all, it’s January and vowing to eat healthier and be better versions of ourselves at the beginning of the year is what we do!
Basically, if there is a food in your house, you will eventually eat it. Maybe not today or tomorrow, or next week, but you will eat it.
Learning how to fill your house with awesome healthy goodies and how to spot things that should be approached with caution is a very important thing. This is because of one of the most basic laws of human nature when it comes to losing weight:
Basically, if there is a food in your house, you will eventually eat it. Maybe not today or tomorrow, or next week, but you will eat it.
Learning how to fill your house with awesome healthy goodies and how to spot things that should be approached with caution is a very important thing. This is because of one of the most basic laws of human nature when it comes to losing weight:
Basically, if there is a food in your house, you will eventually eat it. Maybe not today or tomorrow, or next week, but you will eat it.
Independent of weight loss, exercising intensely for just three hours per week cuts your risk of various cancers, diabetes, depression, severe osteoporosis and all-cause mortality by a HUGE percentage. The most effective form of exercise for this purpose is resistance training, as this improves joint and bone integrity along with blood markers of health and, of course, muscle mass.
Who doesn’t enjoy a snack from time to time? I know I do. Sometimes, snacks serve a functional purpose, like a mid-workout banana to give you that little energy boost, or a mid morning piece of fruit and nuts because you had a quick light breakfast and need something to tide you over to lunch. Or, simply because you fancy a slice of cake, and who doesn’t like cake.
There is technically no ideal lunchtime meal, other than one that has a decent balance of protein, fats and carbs and, ideally some fibre and micronutrient foods. But instead of focusing on the technicalities of what a so-called ‘ideal’ lunch should be, let’s look at the practicalities instead.
