Healthy lifestyle is very popular nowadays. Celebrities, actors, singers etc. show their fans how they get fit and healthy. People want to look like their idols so they are trying to lose weight and eating only bio food. The media promotes the cult of a beautiful body t: muscular men and slim women.
Really important for our good physical condition is workout but the most important is diet. a lot of people think that healthy and fit food means expensive food. They say "I can't eat healthy, it's too expensive". You can but you should have a plan and be creative. Of course unhealthy food is more accessible and often cheaper than better for our health alternatives. We can choose cheaper food that causes dangerous and really expensive medical problems or spend money on fsomething more expensive but good for our mood and of course health. We tend to choose food by looking at a price or calories but we should pay more attention to nutritional values. People always want to buy the most nutritious products for the least money.
Vegetables are really good for us. Don't be afraid to choose frozen veggies, they are frozen at peak ripeness so they are a better value and they can be edible much longer. Veggies are rich in minerals and vitamins. They help us to feel better, protect us against colds and prevent disease. Cabbage is food that has cancer fighting qualities, has antioxidant, fiber. Spinach is rich in minerals and vitamins. You should add it to salads. Carrots are a good source of Vitamin A. They have beta carotene that is good for our skin - mainly for sunbathing, raises resistance. Moreover we couldn't forget about proteins. Protein is responsible for a lot of functions in human body: building tissue, cells and of course building muscles. Generally people need protein in their diet to live but if you go to the gym or generally train you’ll need more proteins.
These are exemplary sources of protein.
Eggs
A medium egg has 6g of protein of the highest bio value. Scrambled eggs are a good way to start the day. There are many ways to prepare and eat eggs.
Yogurt
Yogurt is a combination of casein and whey protein. This is protein-rich food good for people who don’t tolerate lactose. You can eat natural yogurt with fresh fruits or cereals. It is better than ready-made fruit yogurts.
Chicken, turkey
The choice of white meat is really good because it has lean protein. It is a really necessary meal to build our muscles. You can eat a lot of this meat when you want to lose weight. Poultry has few calories.
Fish, seafood
is a good source of protein and is low in fat and kcal. Salmon has omega-3 fatty acids that is needed for the health of our heart.
Most people know that fruits are important for our healthy. Eating a lot of vegetables and fruits helps us lose weight. Of course fruits have sugar but it is of course better than sugar in sweets.
Watermelon, for example, is a good source of vitamins: A and C, packed with antioxidants. It contains potassium, magnesium, phosphorus. Watermelon is a wonderful fruit full of natural values. Bananas are a great source of carbohydrates, provide potassium for our body and a lot of energy needed to active life. Plums have many micronutrients like vitamin A, C, K, Moreover they are a source of fiber and carbohydrates. Dried fruit is good but it has a lot of sugar, more than fresh fruits so I am recommend eating fresh fruits.
If you want to get bigger muscles and size or if you are a gym freak then you need more food. It is a kind of fuel for our body. „Eat smart” - if your goal is to be slim and fit your calories kcal should come from fat and protein, not carbohydrates. You should avoid it in your diet. Choose good fat and high protein products.
In addition if you want to be healthy and fit you should work out. There are many ways to exercise. For example, video training is good for the condition of our body. Ewa Chodakowska, Lewandowska, Mel B are trainers who produce video workouts. Just Google them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByvEUgL_NjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boGWe5jSN9I
Of course you can training on devices available in the gym or attend to one some kind of fitness training. For example tabata, cross, pilates etc. When we practice we feel better because our bodies produce endorphins - the hormones of happiness
There are a lot of applications that help us to be fit and to fight with the fat. One of this kind of apps is endomondo. It shows us how many calories we burn when we run, rid a bicycle or just walk.
Very important for a healthy lifestyle is sleep. It plays a special role in our life, influences good health and well-being. Getting enough good sleep protects us from physical and mental problems. We have more energy for workout and overall for daily activities. It gives us greater quality of life. The sleep should be regular and rightly long.
A healthy and fit lifestyle doesn’t belong to simple things but it improves the quality of our life. It has only advantages for us. When we decide to choose this way of life we will feel better than before. It takes only time to get used to the new rules of life.
How about you?
Are you on diet?
Do you regulary visit the gym? Or do some exercises?
Comments
You've said that healthy lifestyle is getting popular right now but I've also seen a lot of the opposite movement all over the Internet. There are a lot of obese people in United States and a lot of activists claiming that being fat is healthy. And I think there is a huge difference between accepting obese people and encouraging people to get bigger. Here are a few articles:
http://thoughtcatalog.com/carolyn-hall/2014/04/6-things-i-dont-understand-about-the-fat-acceptance-movement/
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/01/06/fat.acceptance/index.html
http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/24/meet-the-woman-whos-too-fat-to-work-refused-nhs-weight-loss-surgery-so-she-can-stay-on-benefits-5035211/
Healthy lifestyle is sure easy to popularize, but there is very much marketing underneath it. I believe balance is healthy and I would not recommend anyone sticking to some white meat only / no meat / low fat/carb diet. Plus it's more fun to ear various meals, from seafood to chinese.
As I wrote there, some time ago I decided to eat more healthy food. However, I didn't want to renounce my favourite meals totally, because then I wouldn't feel any joy about eating. I decided to take it slowly, step by step and replace some of unhealthy food with its healthy counterpart, and I'm doing quite well. I drink a lot of water to keep myself hydrated and I don't eat when I'm not hungry. I'm not trying to eliminate all unhealthy food, however - I feeel it's okay to treat yourself from time to time.
As to exercises, I'm totally not a sportsperson - I don't feel any joy about almost any form of sport. However, I have 2 of Ewa Chodakowska DVDs and I try to do the exercises from time to time.
yes, workouts require from us free time. it is difficult when we have a lot of responsibilities and when we want to exercise regularly
I exercise at home, but quite irregularly. I definitely prefer to ride a bike. I've similar problem as Paulina – I get bored with this quickly. I don't have enough willpower I guess. And I often have a lot of other things on my head and I just forget to exercise. I also think that holidays are a good occasion to concentrate on regular exercises.
In my opinion the thing with eating vegetables is lack of creativity. Polish people are used to a certain meal scheme: a soup (usually cooked for so long that all the valuable stuff gets lost), a piece of meat with some sides (potatoes, rice, sometimes groats) and a small portion of unwanted salad, maybe even just a single salad leaf. There are so many vegetable recipes that are more nutritious than the meal described above! People think that veggies are diet food and that they have to be disgusting. But well prepared they are much more tasty than a given mielony or something else. Some time ago my friend applied to be the teacher at a cooking school for children. The owner asked him what was his idea for the lessons, he answered that he wanted to teach the kids to eat some "disgusting" veggies, such as brussel sprouts or spinach. The owner replied: "but we have already taught them that, we cover brussel sprouts with bacon, butter and cheese and the kids love it." I don't think this is a good approach to this subject, because this is more unhealthy than healthy.
The other thing is that people think that preparing vegetarian meals takes more time than making a regular dinner. It is not true, some delicious vegetarian things can be made in less than 20 minutes.
I try to eat a lot of veggies and fruits (I don't eat much meat), 5 times a day and portions not larger than a handful. My problem is that I don't like unprocessed vegetables and I am hungry when my meal is not hot.
I don't go to the gym, because I find exercising in front of the others intimidating, but I try to walk a lot (more than 7 km per day) and I own (and use!) a threadmill - I like walking/running and watching something, it is far less boring. Boredom is a reason for which I don't like to exercise - I don't have anybody to talk to, I can't focus on anything and the repeatability of the routines irritates me.
I try to eat clean and lean. Unfortunately, lately I have been under a lot of stress so I ate lots of chocolate, sweets and junk food. However, I think healthy eating is a bit of my hobby. I love to cook fit meals. My little dream is to start my own blog about healthy lifestyle :)
To sum up: my healthy lifestyle in 2 words: from tommorow :)
Of course, taking care of yourself is important. But without exaggeration.
It is also worth mentioning that a lot of things that we think are healthy (many of the low fat products for example) are actually bad for us.
It is also important to learn about things instead of repeating what others say. There are a lot of people who think that gluten-free products are just better and more healthy which is not true for most of the population.
According to eating: as you said – proteins are super important, but also eating fruits and vegetables. My personal goal is now to improve my diet (which in my opinion is not that bad but still can be better) and my main goal is to reduce number of sweets to zero and increase number of vegetables (with fruits I don't have any problem, I eat them almost everyday :D ) .
Nowadays I do not attend gym frequently although I'd like to. Hopefully after the end of term I'll have some more time and I'll be able to resubmit my gym membership.
Previously I attended gym frequently at least twice a week, I think it's very important to stay active physically. Not just because of staying in shape, but because it also helps with your concentration and general energy.
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