Creating a Simple and Healthy Diet

We all want to lead a healthy life. Being healthy means that you treat your body as it deserves to be treated and this can help you to swerve illnesses and lead life to its fullest. Of course, being healthy is easier said than done. It will take concentrated effort on your own part and you’re going to have to get into new habits and routines to make ongoing change and see the benefits. Now, there are countless areas you can focus on to maximise your health, but a good place to start out is by focusing on your diet. Here are a few tips that can help you to create the best diet possible for yourself!

Know Your Recommended Calorie Intake

Calories are simply a measurement of how much energy you will get from different foods you choose to eat. Remember, eating enough calories for your body and your lifestyle is essential. However, overeating or undereating can lead to problems such as being overweight or underweight, which can, in turn, come hand in hand with serious health consequences. By knowing your recommended calorie intake, you can ensure you’re giving your body the right amount of energy it needs. The amount of calories recommended to you can differ based on factors such as your sex, age and activity levels, but the guidelines below should give you a rough idea.

• Children aged 2 to 8 – 1000 to 1400 calories
• Girls aged 9 to 13 – 1400 to 1600 calories
• Boys aged 9 to 13 – 1600 to 2000 calories
• Active women aged 14 to 30 – 2400 calories
• Sedentary women aged 14 to 30 – 1800 to 2000 calories
• Active men aged 14 to 30 – 2800 to 3200 calories
• Sedentary men aged 14 to 30 – 2000 to 2600 calories
• Active adults over 30 – 2000 to 3000 calories
• Sedentary adults over 30 – 1600 to 2400 calories

Plan Healthy Meals

Now, eating a healthy and balanced diet sounds simple, but in day to day life, amidst all the other things you need to do, it can become difficult. An area people struggle with is being tempted by convenience foods – takeaways, drive thrus, fast food deliveries or ready meals. We have hectic schedules and can often find that cooking takes too much time by the time we’re hungry. This is why it’s important to plan healthy meals that you will look forward to. At the start of each week, create a schedule detailing meal ideas for each meal of the week. Look into recipes that you will genuinely enjoy. Whether that’s salads with delicious dressings and added steak or meat, how to make chicken breast in an airfryer, low sugar cakes and desserts or anything else. Stock up on the ingredients you need and even consider meal prepping to save time when it comes to actually cooking.

Try Superfoods

While no foods are officially “superfoods”, this is a category that specifies foods that have a high nutritional content. Try incorporating some into your diet. Green tea, blueberries, goji berries, acai bowls – the list goes on!

Hopefully, some of the simple steps above will guide you on the path to a better and healthier diet!

Samantha

Samantha hails from Virginia and is a proud wife to a retired Deputy Sheriff and mother to two amazing little boys named Jack & William. A veteran product reviewer; Samantha has been reviewing products for 8 years and offers high quality product reviews with original photography.