Healthy Lifestyles
Make it a lifestyle, not a duty.
Being healthy, worth?
Leading a healthy life is much more rewarding than going on dangerous diets to acquire a "good" body. It is very easy to start a diet that tells you that results will come fast and easy, but often times these diets can backfire and are an unpleasant method in gaining the desired body. Rather than aiming to look good, aim to start living healthily. Being healthy has many benefits for long-lasting results and a happy future.
Fad diets are bad diets
In short, fad diets are dangerous and are not recommended. These diets consist of the deprivation of essential nutrition and are a unbalanced, unlikeable lifestyle. The diets are often portrayed as quick and easy diets which will assist in the loss of weight. But the truth of them are often hidden.
Examples of these diets can be:
- The baby food diet (eating only baby food)
- -The water diet (serious lack of food, do not attempt this one)
- Cookie diets
- One food diets
- Whole food diets
- Low carb diets
Most of these fad diets limit entire food groups and food in general. These are extremely unhealthy forms of dieting and have a high rate of failure. Usually, after these diets, the person is most likely to gain the weight they've lost and sometimes even more. Since these diets are not a lifestyle, they offer temporary results and cannot provide long lasting results. Fad diets do not focus on healthy eating, but are hasty for the results of the desired body.
Now, you will learn the right path to having your desired looks, healthily.
Exercise
A foolproof method to upgrade the quality of ones life is through exercise. Exercise can incorporate so many benefits such as the reduction of diseases (diabetes) and provide long lasting results to losing weight, and it's done safely too.
Healthy Eating
This form of eating means that you balance all the important food groups into your diet. Eating junk food won't help, but neither will starvation. Make sure you are eating the right foods, and in the right amounts. (A further examination of this later)
The Marriage of these two
Balance is key, and when it comes to losing weight it is 80% diet, and 20% exercise. This means that both come hand in hand in losing weight but more importantly, leading a healthy lifestyle.
Food groups
What do I need to eat?
It is important to have all the food groups into your diet. This includes carbs, veggies, fruits, dairy, poultry and a little, tiny bit, of fat and sugar. Just remember that all these play a role and should not be thought to be cut off in someones life. The Australian Dietary Guidelines claims that young girls aged 12-14 should be eating roughly:
- 5-11 servings of grains/wheat
- 4-5 servings of veggies/legumes
- 3 serves of fruit
- 3 serves of dairy
- 1 serve of poultry
- 1 serve of extra food (snacks that are junky)
These are just a rough outline, but in short remember to eat tons of veggies and cut out unhealthy stuff. The key to a healthy lifestyle is to be aware of what goes in and out of your body and try to enjoy a variety of food too!
Junk food, water, exercise
The image aboves contains images of foods that you should eat in moderation and try to limit yourself of. They are foods that are high in fats, sugar and salt as well. Of course they can be enjoyed once in a while, but make sure that they are not apart of your daily meals.
Another important factor is to drink plenty of water. Aim for 8 glasses a day and avoid drinks such as energy drinks, alcohol and high sugared juice.
Lastly, make sure to be doing exercise for 30 minutes a day. The exercise can range from intense cardio to yoga. Pilates are a great way to get exercise too. Change up your routines and workouts to keep it exciting and fun. You don't have to limit yourself to hitting the gyms either, you can play sports and competitive exercise. These are great because they are doing socially and are a great motivator to moving your body.
How to read food labels
It's good to be aware of what to buy when shopping for groceries. Knowing how to read food labels can help in being aware of what to eat and to make the right choices.