Resuming good habits is easier with the ‘healthy’ tips from professionals.
A few days before the end of the year holidays, you have to think about the desire to recover good habits and leaving the holiday season behind is the purpose of many, despite the fact that the transition to a lifestyle focused on well-being not always be simple. The key to achieving this without giving up is to rely on the advice of professionals: such as the four tricks that help to get in shape and among which the diet It stands out as one of the most important when it comes to noticing a favorable physical evolution in the gym. The good news in this regard is that the nutritionists They have been launched to disseminate knowledge with which to counteract the excesses of recent months and restore order in meals. We have selected three of them with the aim of resuming good habits without “rebound effect”.
1. Avoid ‘miracle diets’
Nowadays restrictions are not carried, in fact, experience has made us learn (the hard way) that completely avoiding a certain group of foods only leads to health problems and regain weight even faster than it was lost . “If this summer you have relaxed your eating and exercise habits, first of all, do not blame yourself, you have enjoyed yourself, be patient and do not resort to miracle diets, which are false friends and put health at risk due to the deficient intake of many nutrients such as protein, vitamins and minerals necessary for the proper functioning of the body”, warns the dietitian-nutritionist and CEO of Nutrición con Q, Paloma Quintana.
What does work? “Try to set schedules for your meals, dinners, and sleep cycles. A good rest is vital for our internal clocks to reorganize. It will help you reorganize your hormones and restore your health. Don’t take hours of quality rest!” , points out the specialist about advice that is often repeated by experts. Even Gwyneth Paltrow, actress and wellness guru, insisted a couple of years ago on the importance of good sleep and the connection it shares with balancing the endocrine system, maintaining a healthy weight and many other benefits.
2. Clean out the pantry
It is much more difficult to abandon excesses if they are waiting for us in the kitchen: “You have to learn not to have an excessive amount of food at home. It is enough to have what is necessary to develop a good healthy eating plan. Having too much food makes us more sedentary”, reveals Quintana, who recommends “that most of the food we have requires cooking, preparing what we are going to eat allows us to focus our attention on it and avoid almost unconscious snacking”. And the sieve not only affects solids: “Eliminate alcoholic beverages and soft drinks from the diet, they do not provide any nutritional benefit, and their caloric intake is very high. Although there are healthy drinks on the market, it is important to prioritize hydration with water, even better if it’s not bottled in plastic, this simple gesture will help your metabolism and overall health.”
3. Do not get overwhelmed with planning
“Don’t go crazy with the weekly menus. It’s enough to have an adequate shopping list and a general plan,” says the nutritionist with a degree in food technology. On the other hand, “you have to organize yourself in general terms; it is not necessary to plan a menu with names and surnames and weigh food if that overwhelms you. If this is a problem, the ideal is always to go to a nutrition specialist, dietitian-nutritionist titled, who can guide you according to your tastes and needs”.
With information from Hola.