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The saying “You are what you eat” does not do much for people who want to change the way they feel about their bodies. A complete change of diet is out of the question for most people, as the sudden switch can trigger shut downs within systems that depended on the diet. This is an extreme example, but people should be aware of worst-case scenarios when doing something drastic to change their lifestyles.
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Tracking Your Health
the Easy Way
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The saying “You are what you eat” does not do much for people who want to change the way they feel
about their bodies. A complete change of diet is out of the question for most people, as the sudden
switch can trigger shut downs within systems that depended on the diet. This is an extreme example,
but people should be aware of worst-case scenarios when doing something drastic to change their
lifestyles.
The Measuring Part
The trick to getting healthier is by doing the
changes in small and measured increments.
The only downside to this strategy is that it is
hard to see changes, and keeping track of
everything is a tedious nightmare.
Fortunately, there are ways of keeping up with
what they eat effectively, and calculating the
exercise needed to shed the unwanted weight.
The first thing people need to do is to forget
about the numbers, or at least not think of
them as the measure of success. Two things
will happen if this is how people go about
their regimen. First, they will spend hours on
the computer looking up food and their
corresponding figures on the Internet instead
of doing what they need to do to get healthy.
Second, they will dedicate every part of their
diet to the formula, taking the fun out of
eating better.
The Exercise Part
The proper way of keeping track of dietary progress is to keep the language as simple as possible.
Something as simple as “no workout today”, or “went rollerblading in the park” is just fine. The only
goal of dietary tracking is to make sure the balance of the effort in the exercise, and the intake of food
is in balance.
The Eating Part
When it comes to the food part of
the equation, people need to classify
which foods are heavy and which are
light. This is a relatively easy job, as
deciding what goes where should be
obvious based on their appearance
and taste. Through the course of the
diet, the consumption of heavy foods
should start to decrease, while both
physical activity and the
consumption of light increase.
People can use their first day as the
base line.
The pace of the diet depends on the person, but there should be some difference by the end of the first
month. Getting healthy should not be a chore; keeping it fun would result in a healthier lifestyle.
The Eating Part
When it comes to the food part of the
equation, people need to classify
which foods are heavy and which are
light. This is a relatively easy job, as
deciding what goes where should be
obvious based on their appearance
and taste. Through the course of the
diet, the consumption of heavy foods
should start to decrease, while both
physical activity and the consumption
of light increase. People can use their
first day as the base line.
The pace of the diet depends on the person,
but there should be some difference by the end
of the first month. Getting healthy should not
be a chore; keeping it fun would result in a
healthier lifestyle.
SOURCES:
http://www.peertrainer.com/diet/be_sure_to_write_down_everything.aspx
http://stylemagazines.com.au/food/
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-eating/healthy-eating.htm\
