I know this is just common sense but sometimes we all need a reminder of this information. The top healthy foods should be eaten in abundance and the top fatty foods should be close to avoided. The healthy foods will keep you well and happy. But the fattening foods will cause you to gain weight and to be at risk of serious illnesses like diabetes, cholesterol and heart disease. So it is best to just stick with the healthy foods. Here’s how:

Top 5 healthy foods

  • 1. Fruit – Fruit are high in vitamins and minerals and they are a great snack choice. Keep a few of them close by to snack on and have a regular fruit salad for dessert.
  • 2. Vegetables – Vegetables are a great way to bulk your food up. They are also high in vitamins and minerals and will keep your body strong and healthy.
  • 3. Beans and other pulses – Beans and other pulses will protect you from heart disease and as they are high in fiber and in protein.They will also keep you full and help to build muscle and burn fat.
  • 4. Fat free dairy products – Have a small tub of yogurt daily and drink fat free milk – the calcium helps to aid weight loss and also aids in weight loss.
  • 5. Berries – Berries are rich in antioxidants that protects against diseases and keeps us young and healthy. Throw a few in your smoothies and fruit salads.

Top 5 fattening foods

  • 1. Hamburgers and chips – Burgers and chips are very high in calories and loaded with fat. So try to limit the amount of times that you eat hamburgers and chips.
  • 2. Pizza – Pizza is also loaded with fat and high in calorie and it raises cholesterol levels. To eat less pizza, have a salad with it.
  • 3. Alfredo pasta – The creamy fatty sauce and high carbs content of the Alfredo makes it very fattening and unhealthy. To make it more waistline friendly, use fat free plain yogurt instead of cream.
  • 4. Ribs – Ribs contains very little protein and contain lots of fat. Don’t have ribs too often.
  • 5. Ice cream – Ice cream is high in sugar and fat and it will make you gain weight if you eat it too often. Try to go for the lite ice-cream instead.

For those times that you cheated

When you indulged in the fattening foods, don’t be too hard on yourself, just limit the times that you do eat it. Rather burn the excess calories of with lots of cardio. The cross trainer elliptical machine and the magnetrainer mini exercise bike are both very effective for burning off calories.

Make sure that you limit the times you eat the fattening foods and try to get as much healthy foods in as possible. If you do, you will be leaner, healthier and happier. But don’t cut the fattening foods out altogether, incorporate a cheat meal where you can eat anything you like. That way you won’t struggle as much with cravings.

Tags: , , , ,