HEALTH TIPS

HEALTH TIPS

hey guys it's Joshua and today i am

sharing my top 15 clean and delicious

tips for anybody who is beginning to eat

better or wanting to work more healthy

habits into their diet or into their

lifestyle for me when i first began to

stop dieting and really commit to eating

better for the long term i used clean

eating as my guideline which is where

clean and delicious came from so my

definition of eating healthy and clean

is simply this

eating real whole unprocessed foods as

close to their natural state as possible

most of the time so eating foods like

vegetables fruits healthy sources of

carbohydrates like sweet potatoes and

grains high quality sources of protein

and healthy fats like avocados nuts and

seeds one of the most important pieces

of this process is realizing that it's

not about jumping on a fad diet or onto

the next health craze it's really about

making a long-term commitment to a

lifestyle shift for yourself this way

you are not feeling like you are victim

to mood swings and cravings that come

with eating a lot of highly processed

nutrient void foods which brings me to

my very first tip allow yourself to be

on the journey when you are a beginner

adapting new lifestyle changes and

habits you have to give yourself a

little bit of space to figure it out

don't feel like you need to do

everything at once and everything at the

same time you don't need to have all

your food perfectly meal prepped and you

don't need to stop eating all of your

favorites this is going to be a process

of learning how to do things a new way

and that's going to take a little bit of

time so if you notice your brain wanting

to go to that all or nothing style of

thinking just recognize that that is

diet mentality and that it doesn't work

what you want to do is give yourself a

little bit of permission to slow down

create some space and learn

number two healthy eating does not and

is not supposed to look the same for

everyone you can be a healthy eater and

be a vegan you can be a vegetarian you

can be a meat eater you can be a weight

lifter you can be a yogi you can eat two

times a day you can eat six times a day

and you will also notice that your

lifestyle will affect the type of

healthy diet you're eating so for

example a young student

versus a working mom of two with a

family versus a young professional right

all of these people can eat healthy

diets and you will see that their plates

look very different based on the style

of their day and the style of their life

right so there's no hard fast rule here

other than that simple tie-in that we

are eating real whole unprocessed foods

as close to their natural state as

possible most of the time and we are

enjoying the food that we choose number

three cook as often as you can

making your own food is one of the

easiest ways to eat better because you

are in charge of all of your ingredients

so you know exactly what you're working

with and here's the deal that doesn't

mean that you have to cook every single

thing you eat just try to get into the

habit of cooking more than you don't and

technically my friends that is only 51

of the time number four focus on quality

over calories now i have noticed for

many people definitely i've noticed this

for myself when you are focused on

counting calories you tend to get caught

up in feelings of restriction and

deprivation and that is because when the

brain gets to work trying to stay under

or at a certain amount of calories what

it tends to do is pay attention to what

it can't have or what it needs to be

restricting or what it needs to be

eliminating and those thoughts that

thought process creates the feeling of

deprivation now if you switch your focus

to quality the brain starts looking for

things that it can add into the diet and

all of a sudden food becomes a whole new

playground and it's fun and it's

creative again and so not only does it

feel good but it tastes good

number five what grows together goes

together when you buy foods that are in

and of the same season