Eating Healthy Into the New Year Without Missing a Party
So, it’s November. How did that happen so fast?
The holiday’s are right around the corner. What does that mean to you? Family, Food, Fun? How are you approaching your health during this time?
I am a wellness coach who does not believe in diets. Yes you heard that right, no diets. But I do believe in eating healthy and ways in which you can eat to prevent or control illness.
Leading up to Thanksgiving, how are you going to prepare your body to eat all that good food without guilt? I call this front loading where you commit to eating healthy leading up to a big food event like thanksgiving or Christmas and when those holidays come around, you can enjoy your meals without concern of having a set back after the holidays.
How do you do that you ask, well lets start with meal planning The more you have your meals planned the less you will grab the first thing to eat when you are running late of extremely hungry. Then the shopping and then the prep. Meal prepping done on one day gives you the meals you need all week and takes the guess work out of the “what am I going to eat” question. The other thing that it does is insure you know what foods you are eating because you are cooking them and what nutrients you are getting to maintain your healthy lifestyle.
Here is how I meal plan and prep:
I decide what meals I am going to make for the week.
I build my grocery list based on those meals and snacks. I still order and pick up my groceries most weeks. The weeks I do not, I still use the grocery app to plan my groceries. The app for the store I shop at. HEB has an area for you to create a list for in store shopping where it gives you the aisles everything is on so you are more organized.
I usually shop on the same day that I plan on prepping.
Once I get my groceries home, I leave out anything that needs chopping like bell pepper and onions and chop them all for the recipes I have chosen for the week.
I set my oven for any roasted items that need to go in and season and cook them all at once if they are all on the same temp to cook. I have a timer on my oven, microwave, and Fitbit to use if they are going to be in at different times but the same temp.
Once all my meals are prepped, I put them in individual containers with all the foods for each meal. I found that if I put them all in one container, I am less likely to want to take the effort to put them on a plate (this is just a weird thing with me) so it works better for me to only have to pull it out of the fridge and microwave it if it is a meal or put salad dressing on it if it is a salad.
I then put all the containers in the fridge and pull them out as needed.
I also designate one day as crock pot day and cook that meal fresh. My breakfast is normally freshly made unless it is pre-made egg muffins or overnight oats.
What I have found is that if I only put the healthy but tasty things in my fridge and pantry, I eat healthy on what ever eating plan I create for myself.
So, if you plan your healthy eating prior to the holiday’s, you will sail though the holiday meals and parties guilt free and without resolving once again on Jan 1 to lose the weigh you gained during the holidays.
If you are serious about taking your healthy eating to the next level, I have a new program starting on Jan 3rd called New Year Healthy Transformation. It is a 3 month, 30 minutes a week program to help you create and keep a healthy lifestyle. I am only offering this program at the beginning of each year and to only 10 people. It is at a very very deep discount from my other programs because I want to help 10 people start their new year with a healthy plan. If you are interested you can sign up here: https://p.bttr.to/3GKkqqt I will only be offering sign up for this program until the end of the year.