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3 MORE TIPS FOR "ALMOST" EFFORTLESS HEALTH AND WEIGHT LOSS

Last time I posted, I talked about 3 Tips to help you lose weight or eat better without having to do a lot of “extra” things – following a strict diet, joining a program, or even going to the gym.

This post is going to expand on that by including 3 MORE Tips to help with your Health and Nutrition.

But I want to explain something first. I’ve actually been asked multiple times which is “better” or “more important” – working on your nutrition, or working on your physical activity.

And while the correct answer is BOTH, the more practical answer is Nutrition.


80% of your health efforts can be guided by what you’re putting in your mouth. This ranges from trying to lose weight, controlling blood sugar levels, protecting your heart, mental health, emotional well-being, etc. The list is incredibly long.

So, while I will ALWAYS say that both Nutrition and Exercise are important for health and wellness, if I was “forced” to make a choice, I would rank Nutrition as the more important factor. And the good news is that Nutrition is also the more convenient way to improve your health and lose weight for a busy mom! Why? Because from a practical standpoint, which is easier to fit into your day: eating a banana instead of a candy bar, or going for a 30-minute jog to burn off the candy bar?

To recap from the previous post, the first 3 ways to improve your health and nutrition are:

Re-Check Your Portions.

Eat the Rainbow of Fruits and Vegetables.

Add More Lean Protein.


The NEXT 3 I will add are:

Drink MORE WATER. Can’t stress this one enough. Most of the time, you might be drinking a fluid of some kind, but you truly need to drink more WATER! Or if that isn’t working for you, shoot for non-sugary drinks. Coffee with no sugar. Tea with no sugar. No soda. No lemonade. No juice. Even if it’s only one extra glass of water a day. It’s better to start SOMEWHERE and work your way towards more, than to not drink any or very little.

Add ONE Vegetable or Fruit to Your Day. I know in the last post I brought up going for a variety of fruits and vegetables. I still stand by that statement. But I’m also gonna be completely honest – there have been busy days when we are on the go that I haven’t actually eaten a REAL fruit or veggie all day long. I’m not proud of that. I’m just stating it as a fact. Adding an apple as opposed to the bag of fruit snacks or goldfish crackers is going to be a VAST IMPROVEMENT! Some baby carrots. An orange. A celery stick. SOMETHING. Sometimes we’re at a stage where one might be all you can manage, and it’s more important to get that ONE than nothing at all.


Change the Order You Eat Your Food. Vegetables and Fruits first. Then Protein and Fats. Then Grains or Starchy Veggies. It fills you up faster, helps suppress your appetite and prevent overeating, and regulates your blood sugar levels to prevent spikes and crashes.

Once again, all the ideas I’ve listed here are things that don’t require more effort than going to the grocery store (or ordering grocery pick-up or delivery), which is something you were going to be doing anyway. I’m not trying to minimalize the efforts to eat healthier, lose weight, or improve your overall well-being. If it were easy, we’d all be doing it.

But we are living in a current society that is set up for failure when it comes to eating more nutritiously (another rant for another time). If you can find the way to add these healthy changes to your eating habits without rearranging your schedule to do so, it will pay off BIG TIME in the long run.

And if you would like help with changing your Health and Nutrition habits, Book a FREE Consultation.

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