Ten Dieting Tips For REAL Women
We don't live in Hollyweird, with our private chefs, Pilate's gurus, and personal trainers. We are real women, in the real world. We have 15 minute dinners before scouts, laundry for a million children, and the soft bellies that carried said children.
BUT, we can still be fit, healthy mommas if we diet smart.
Here are a few things you can do to help:
- 1. Use a child's or salad plate.
- 2. Limit your juice to one 8oz serving a day. Juice has just as many calories as soda.
- 3. Since you cut down on your juice, grab more fruit. Whole fruit is filled with healthy, tummy filling fiber.
- 4. Eat at home. Most restaurant entrees have 1000-2000 calories. Do you want to use up your whole day's worth at one spot?
- 5. DON'T SKIP MEALS! It causes nothing more than binge eating later, an a slow metabolism all day.
- 6. Keep bags of frozen veggies and pre-cooked chicken on hand for quick, easy low-cal meals.
- 7. Brush your teeth after dinner. Who wants to re-brush them after a nighttime snack?
- 8. Yoga isn't just for hippies. An hour-long class burns ad many calories as an hour of walking, and relaxes, as well as builds muscle tone.
- 9. Do bars grow on trees? Nope...ditch the chemical-filled fad bars for healthy, natural snacks such as fruit, veggies, nuts, or even a glass of low fat milk.
- 10. Start small. Little changes over time can make a big impact. Don't let yourself get too overwhelmed by too many changes at once.
