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5 Easy Ways To Introduce Healthier Eating Habits (Even When You’re Super Busy)

5 Easy Ways To Introduce Healthier Eating Habits (Even When You’re Super Busy)

January 18, 2022 //  by Marian Mitchell//  Leave a Comment

So you’re busy. You’ve got work, kids, home life, friends. And everyone’s pulling you in a different direction. So when it comes to cultivating healthier habits, you’re at a loss. Food, for you, means grabbing a snack on the go as you rush from one meeting to the next.

Healthier habits can be formed by everyone and anyone. Even if your schedule is busy from the minute you wake up to the minute you go to sleep. But why should you aim to introduce healthier eating habits in the first place?

Healthier Eating Can Help Prevent And Manage Chronic Disease

Saying that healthy eating is good for you is one thing. It can help regulate and boost your mood or energy levels. And it can improve your cognitive abilities. 

But that’s just the beginning. There’s more than just compelling evidence that a balanced diet is integral when it comes to managing and even preventing chronic disease. From the obvious, like Inflammatory Bowel Diseases right through to Auto-Immune diseases. Even considering the disease model of addiction, improving diet habits adds routine and gives the body everything it needs. It can be a significant help on the road to recovery.  

But don’t let the word diet leave you feeling penned in. It’s not a diet like you’re used to. Eating healthy doesn’t mean restricting yourself. It’s about broadening your horizons and adding a little bit of everything into your everyday eating habits. 

So, how do you introduce healthier eating habits, even on a busy schedule?

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5 Simple Ways To Introduce Healthier Eating Habits

Have A Simple And Nutritious Breakfast

If you’ve got a busy schedule, getting a good meal in the morning is usually the last thing on your mind. It’s probably more likely that you’re spending each precious minute you have getting jobs done. But there’s a reason why breakfast is called the most important meal of the day. 

If you’re on the go, pick meals that’ll give you all the nutrition you need, without any of the preparation fuss. Smoothies prepared the night before is a great way to pack in loads of goodness and still have food on the go. Try overnight oats if you want something a little more filling. And try pairing it with hot lemon and honey water. It’ll rejuvenate your system, aid digestion, and give you a vitamin C boost. 

Pre-Portion Your Snacks

Snacking is an easy habit to get into. Especially when you don’t have much time to spare to get some food into your system. So you revert to snacking because it’s easy, and you can do it along with something else. Hello, snacking and typing. 

But it can be easy to fall into bad habits. Especially as most snacking foods aren’t the most nutritious things in the world. So try switching up your snacking game. First up, pick something better for your body to snack on. Fruit, both dried and fresh, along with your favorite nuts, are great options. Next, you’ll want to pre-portion them so you don’t overeat and ruin the rest of your meals. 

Get Inspired With Home Delivered Goodness

Introducing healthier food into evening meals can be challenging. It’s far easier to pick something on UberEats than it is to rustle something up from scratch. And while getting takeout isn’t a bad thing, you don’t want it every night. 

So make evening meals easier with a meal subscription service like Hello Fresh. You get to pick the meals you’ll be having each week, and they have a great selection of nutritious food to suit every diet imaginable. Plus, it gets delivered to your door pre-portioned and with easy to read recipes. So all you have to do is follow the simple steps. And you can even choose meals that take 20 minutes or less to make. It’s perfect for busy schedules. 

Walk And Talk

If you just can’t spare a single minute, have your food on the go. Because eating healthy isn’t the only thing you want to change if you want better lifestyle habits. Regular exercise will release feel-good endorphins, keep your body strong, and keep your mind in a stable mood. 

Changing your meetings to walking ones means you can get your jobs done and sneak a workout in. The same goes for your lunchtimes or catching up with friends. Take a stroll while you munch on a sandwich to get two birds with one stone. 

And Drink Lots Of Water

The simplest and best healthier eating habit you can introduce is to drink lots of water. That’s it. That’s the tip. It’s ridiculously simple. But it will make you feel so much better. 

5 Easy Ways To Introduce Healthier Eating Habits

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