Motivation for Following a Healthy Diet Plan
Sticking to a healthy diet plan is the most effective way to enjoy good health, stay fit and lose weight as well. However, you may need an extra dash of motivation and inspiration to continue following a healthy eating plan and not fall off the wagon. Here are some simple and effective motivational tips for sticking to a wholesome diet plan.
Keep the End in Mind
One of the most effective ways to stay focused on eating healthy is to keep the goal in mind. If your goal is to lose weight, put up a picture of either you at an ideal weight for your body-type, or a picture of someone who is at your ideal weight. Stick the picture on the front of the refrigerator as a gentle reminder to eat healthy.
Indulge, but Sensibly
Healthy eating needn’t always be boring and dull. It is possible to indulge a sweet tooth or a craving for cheese, but you must remember to be sensible about it. Eating a whole bar of chocolate is a big no-no, but eating a small piece of it once or twice a week is just fine.
The key to success when on a healthy diet plan is moderation and awareness of your caloric intake. Excess of sugar, fat, soda and alcohol is counterproductive, but if you’re keeping the majority of your calories nutrient dense—an infrequent and well-moderated indulgence can encourage you to continue eating right for the rest of the time.
Make Healthy Eating Fun and Interesting
Eating healthy foods can be fun if you learn to experiment with them and try out new and interesting recipes. Investing in a healthy eating cookbook will enable you to create new and flavorful dishes while sticking to a wholesome diet as well. Moreover, variation in meal plans and recipes will prevent boredom from setting in as well. So, instead of eating the same green salad day after day, you can experiment with various low-cal dressings, change the veggies and have fun with food.
Seek Support
Eating healthy on your own can be a tough job. However, when you enlist the support of friends and families, the challenge becomes much easier. Letting others know about your goals and your healthy diet will enable them to watch out for you, hold you back gently from binging, and most importantly—cheer you on. This social support is a great motivator and can spur you on to achieve your weight loss goals quickly and easily.
Reward Yourself for Eating Healthy
Sticking to a healthy diet plan is easier and better when you’re rewarded for your efforts. Make a list of non-food rewards and gift yourself one for each week or month of healthy eating. Rewards can include a new outfit, a pampering session at the salon, a good book, a gadget that you wanted, or even a short holiday.
Eating healthy to lose weight or gain energy will become fun and easy when you know how to keep yourself motivated and inspired. These motivators will not only help you to stay on a healthy diet plan, but will also make you feel good and improve your overall sense of health and well-being.
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Stephini Candella is a Nutritionist, and attended the University of Texas for a B.S. in Nutrition and Didactics. She was a manager for a small gourmet restaurant, and has spent over 15 years cooking as a hobby for health. She has extensive knowledge of food science, micro-nutrition, history of the classic foods from across cultures, modern commercial and home cooking processes, disease restricted diet meal planning (cardiovascular, GAPS, diabetes), and popular diet trend (Paleo, Keto, Vegan) diets. Stephini most enjoys meal planning that focuses on simplicity and cost-effectiveness, and she strongly believes these are the foundations for delicious and healthy meals—the basis for a happy life. She is addicted to reading food labels, and uncovering the nutritional benefits of traditional cooking techniques of the classical foods across cultures. If you let her, she will talk your ear off over her fascination for how traditional fermentation cultivates the metabolic byproduct of certain bacteria into nutritional gold for human health. Stephini is also a CRLA (Certified Reading and Writing English Tutor) and has professionally tutored college students as well as K-12 students for an accumulated 15 years expanding to private school curriculum development and teaching in STEM and STEAM. She has been a professional researcher for multiple private and non-profit companies and organizations including the University of Texas Food and Housing Division. There, she researched and wrote recommendations for the University’s campus wide composting and food waste reduction initiatives, design and management of campus wide food waste studies, and the procurement of technologies best suited for large scale composting and food waste reduction. As a former Red Cross shelter manager, she has worked with her National Guard, and the US Army and Marines in search and rescue, procuring, and deploying multiple shelters serving thousands of evacuees. She has overseen the management of over 25 shelters in the state emergency operation center, and was held responsible for procurement of meals, medical supplies, and basic necessities. She also assisted in local county natural disaster rescues, providing insurance evaluations and recommendations for approving families affected by natural disasters to receive financial aid, housing, and food assistance. In addition, she volunteered for her local food pantry and domestic violence shelter where she prepared food. These discovered passions for emergency aid volunteer work led her to pursue national and state EMS licensures. She has traveled from Houston to New York to Seattle on a Leadership Scholarship, listening to world renowned scholars on the values of great leadership. Her favorite being the opportunity to sit and connect with the grandsons of Gandhi, listening to their first hand childhood experiences growing up alongside their grandfather organizing and executing his activism. Presently, Stephini conducts research and assistance on customer relationship management campaigns for 30 year veteran executives and business owners as an operations manager for a small, boutique executive assistance CRM firm. She has retired into a quiet, family-centric life, and can be found living between her home and college towns where she is raising her children. There, she is imparting her love for DIY learning and food on to them in the hopes that self-directed creativity and production will bring to them the same sense of holistic wellness that she’s experienced for herself.
