Eating healthy is often looked at by some as a challenge or that its hard to make healthier food choices. The fact is that eating healthy can often save money, make you feel better and is important for our bodies to be in top working order. Now eating healthy does not mean you have to start a drastic diet fad. These often lead to quick weight loss that is often put back on once you start eating normal again. Some good nutrition tips how ever can help have a healthier diet.

1. Plan your week. Planning out a week worth of food and cooking helps eliminate the chance of grabbing take aways or unhealthy food choices. This will also help you to write a shopping list. Planning out your week can  help you visualise what you need, how much you will need, and can also help with controlling unnecessary items in the shopping trolley.
2. Snack Time. You should be aiming for 3 sqaure meals a day by try for snacks in between. Try eating museli bars or yogurt or some fruit between each meal. This will help with speeding up your metabolism and will help fight of cravings.
3. Fresh is best. Eating healthy doesnt mean you have to live of grass for the rest of your life to avoid bad food. Making smart food choices is easy the less processed and the more natural food is the better it is for your body.

Follow these simple rules and eating healthy should become alot easier.

By: Southern Cross Health Club

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Eating healthy is easy when you have a plan, not only for when your shopping but also for when and what your going to eat during the week. When writing out a plan have a 7 day roster drawn up and each day have 3 square meals and 3 snacks incorporated. You can use this guide and substitute meals into each category, once you have decided all your meals for the week go through the recipes and write down all the ingredients you need to for each and then you have your shopping list. This way you know exactly what you need to buy and there will not be any unnecessary purchases, this will not only save you time but may also save you money as well. When writing out your plan try to base it as much on the government recommended daily food groups guidelines these can be found on the department of health ageing website under the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-food-guide-index.htm

These guidelines will help when your choosing what meals and snacks you should substitute into your weekly meal plan. Try doing this and save money, time and feel and look the way you want to, you no longer need to let food be in control instead take ownership of your life and control what you eat.
By: Southern Cross Health Club

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