How To Get Fit!
A healthy diet is a good place to start. Most grocery stores and markets have recently recognized the need for healthy foods and snacks that are packaged for convenience. You can now pick up ready to eat,healthy snacks such as sliced apples and grapes.For those that do not have time to prepare a healthy meal, salads are a breeze with pre-packaged salad mixes and pre-cooked boneless, skinless chicken.
Even the fast-food industry has gotten on-board, offeringcustomers healthier options such as chicken wraps and fresh salads, along with easy to find nutritional information.
Kid’s meals now often include a choice of fresh fruits or vegetables in place of high sodium french fries, and juices in place of sugary carbonated beverages.
Most people would benefit from cutting back on junk food and portion sizes. Drinking a recommended eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day will curb your hunger and cause you to feel full throughout the day, instead of getting the urge to snack on chips, cookies or cakes.
Whenever you feel like you need a snack to get you through to the next meal, grab some fresh vegetables such as carrots, celery or broccoli instead. Keeping these items with you, sealed in plastic sandwich bags, will make healthy snacking an easier choice.
When serving meals, you should pay attention to portion sizes. People have a tendency to pile too much food on their plates, and then eat until it is all gone. This causes us not only to be over-full, but stretches our stomach each time we do this. The next time we
eat, it takes more food to make us feel full and thus begins an unhealthy cycle.
When filling your plate, you should take a piece of meat no bigger than the palm of your hand. Your vegetable portion should be no larger than the size of your fist.
Exercise is another key when learning how to get fit. There are many good exercise programs available. The important thing to remember when choosing one is that it needs to be something you enjoy doing, so that you will stick with it.
Having to force yourself to exercise will only result in you finding reasons not to exercise.Find a workout program that you enjoy and that will fit into your busy schedule. Once again, if you have to struggle to fit it into your day, you will find plenty of reasons not to do it.
If you cannot stick to your exercise program every day, do not be discouraged. There are other activities you can do to make up for a missed aerobics class. For example, a brisk 30-minute walk on your lunch hour can burn up to 150 calories.
A very important thing to remember that will be key when trying to get fit, is not to give up on your diet and exercise program once you have it in place. It is okay to cheat or miss your fitness class sometimes, as long as you jump right back into it the next day without beat yourself up about it.
Now that you have some how to get fit tips…Are you ready to begin your journey?
Article by: Karar
