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Healthylife® Weigh Part 3 Advertising can help point out healthy qualities in a food or drink. Advertising can also distract you from less healthy ingredients and nutrition facts. Check the nutrition facts and ingredients list to get the real scoop on what’s in the product. The drawbacks may outweigh the benefits advertised on the package. […]
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 1 Maintaining a healthy weight helps you enjoy good health and feel better! Carrying too much or too little weight, relative to your height, puts you at risk for certain weight-related health conditions, including: * Heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure * Sleep apnea, asthma, and other breathing problems * Diabetes
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 4 You walk into the kitchen and see a box of cereal sitting out. You fill your cereal bowl and eye the leftover pie next to a bag of chips on the counter. It’s been a long day and you deserve a treat, right? When you are hungry, tired, bored, or stressed,
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 4 To help make your healthy habits easier, make doing your unhealthy habits harder or unpleasant. Make healthy choices pleasant and convenient. Ways to Make Unhealthy Habits Unpleasant and Inconvenient * Sit in an uncomfortable chair when having an unhealthy food or drink. Don’t sit on the couch to eat. * Keep
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 6 Use the tools presented earlier in this guide to manage stress. * Be physically active. * Dispute unhelpful thoughts. * Create a healthy food environment. When stressed, it may be tough to avoid unhealthy food options that are within arm’s reach. * Listen to music. Or, learn an instrument, write music
Healthylife® Weigh Part 5 Incorporate more movement into your daily activities. Take the stairs, park farther away from the building, and get up to stretch every hour. Also, plan at least 30 minutes each day, most days of the week, to engage in moderate-to-intense exercise. Add exercise to your daily schedule. Decrease Time Wasters If
Healthylife® Weigh Part 4 Sugar, fat, certain chemicals, and other parts of foods can trigger addiction responses in the brain. Once this desire for additional rewards is activated, it can be very difficult to stick with your healthy goals. Fill in the blank: Once I start eating _________________________, it is difficult for me to stop
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 3 * Freezing: Keep freezer temperature at or below 0°F. Keep frozen foods in airtight containers. * Refrigerator: Keep refrigerator temperature at or below 40°F. Store foods made from animal products in a drawer or in the back of the refrigerator, where it is cooler. * Thawing: Thaw food on the bottom
Healthylife® Weigh Menus & Recipes Fats and oils are concentrated sources of energy (calories). That’s why it is important to choose small servings of fats with the most nutritional benefit. CHOOSEmostly plant-based fats, such as seeds, nuts, seed and nut butters, canola oil, olive oil, and avocado. These foods contain more healthy, unsaturated fats. LIMITanimal
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 4 When you are rewarded for an action, you are more likely to repeat it. If you eat a piece of chocolate and enjoy the taste and how you feel afterwards, you are probably going to eat chocolate again. Managing your weight does not mean giving up rewarding feelings. If it did,
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