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Points to remember for living a healthy lifestyle

Being Healthy leads to a healthy weight for your body type 

•Always consider the ingredients in your dish. Many dishes are high in EXTRAS which means high in Fat and Calories

•You DO NOT have to give up all those fatty high calorie dishes you love, you just need to eat them sparingly. Eat grandma’s famous casserole only a few times a year.

•Take on the 80/20 rule: Eat healthy 80% of the time. 

•80% of the time: Eat lots of vegetables, lean proteins, healthy Carbs, and keep the Extras to a minimum.

•Treat yourself with those family favorite dishes 20% of the time with no guilt.

•Sugar and oil are unnecessarily added in many recipes. Consider times you can exclude it and do just that. Examples: Stews have added sugar and oil and adding oil to fatty meat when cooking. 

HABITS

YOU MUST LOOK AT YOURSELF AND LEARN YOUR OWN HABITS BEFORE YOU CAN CHANGE THEM 

Change takes time and many tries. Don’t give up just learn and move forward with change. Give yourself TIME!

1.Habits are hard to change, but you can do it

2.If you are looking to live healthy, use this website to make eating habit changes for a healthier lifestyle

3.If you also need to lose weight, consider your portion sizes as well as your portion type.

1. First change your portion types to match the plate pictures. Focus on more non-starchy vegetables and lean meats

2. If you find no changes in your weight, lower the portion sizes a little at a time starting with less starchy Carbs and less Extras then less protein. Use non-starchy vegetables to keep full.

3. Lower your calories by lowering your fat.

HINTS to do this: 

• when sautéing vegetables, add water or broth to prevent sticking instead of oil. Choose nonfat dairy products. Cut the Cheese (no pun intended, or maybe there was)

• Lower your calories by lowering foods from Starchy Carbohydrates category.