Summer can be a great time for renewal. Clean out the closet. Make the decision to walk the dog more, swim more, see the dentist, make healthier choices, eat fresh fruit. The days are longer and that makes it feel like you have all this extra time after work to get more stuff done. Which of course, makes you feel like you have more time to exercise, smell the roses and look into eating healthier like you said you would last year.
Cut back on salt. We all know it raises blood pressure. An easy way to operate your sodium intake is in effect to make your own food. Fast food, restaurant meals and packaged foods are ordinarily high in sodium and it's impossible to remove sodium from a meal after it's already been added. But you can be the one who chooses how much sodium to add when you're the one in fee of putting the real ingredients together.
Fitness
Say yes to appetizers. No, not the fried ones. Just the appetizer sized portions on big menus. Thinking about getting chicken? perhaps they have a baked (not fried) chicken appetizer that you can order, like chicken lettuce wraps. Smaller portion and smaller calories. It's just too tempting to eat a whole plate of food when you are at a restaurant because the food is so savory. If you order an appetizer, you can still have the feeling of finishing off everything on your plate with less guilt.
Take Tea time. It is easy to feel that coffee craving in the morning and after lunch in the afternoon lull. Try tea instead. It can boost your immune system, it has antioxidants, and can help lower blood pressure and keep your blood pressure in check. What's best in this day and age when we have so much on our mind, it can help with sleep because of the lower caffeine content. And we all know how foremost sleep can be.
Let your inner child jump around. Aerobic performance is so great for you. They hammer it into your head all the time but it can't be said enough. Not only does it make you look great by burning fat and construction lean muscle mass. It can also boost the immune system, lower blood pressure and help you feel less fatigued. And again, you'll sleep like a baby.
Yes snack! I am hugely guilty of this next one. It is not only coffee I crave in the afternoon. Maybe right before you leave the workplace, when you realize you don't know what you'll be having for supper and it's going to take a while to get there, (maybe you have a long drive home in traffic, you have to wait for the other half to come home to help make the supper decision or you just know you don't have any groceries waiting for you) you get incredibly hungry, the blood sugar drops and you make a bad food choice. Cupcake, ice cream, a bag of chips? How about fruit and protein instead, something like a banana and peanut butter to help keep the cravings away (and fit in fruit) before the supper bell rings.
Your salutary Summer Fat Loss and Peace of Mind Makeover
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