Part of consuming a balanced diet is looking at what you are consuming today, and making the adjustments possible to make it healthier. While this can first feel like starvation, it helps you to sustain a consistent eating style yet to enhance what nutritionally it offers you. In mindset it’s just as much about a shift as anything else.
For starters, it might be a smart idea to turn to a tuna or chicken sandwich on granary bread, if you’re used to eating a burger for lunch. The idea remains the same – beef, pasta, seasoning – so in contrast, if it seems a bit tasteless, there’s a lot you can do with garlic, paprika, or a variety of other mild spices.
To others, the thought of swapping a candy bar with an apple or a bag of crisps with a variety of fruits and nuts is tantamount to swapping a little puddle swimming pool. When apples aren’t for you, though, there’s a large variety of fruits filled with flavour and nutrients. So none of that means you will never again eat candy. The occasional bar can potentially make it easier to adhere to the diet in the long term.
Think about the part soft drinks are playing in your diet too. If you can replace a couple of soft drinks with a glass of water or fruit juice every week then you’ll benefit from the change this brings. It might seem dull, but on a hot day there’s just no better flavour than an ice-cold glass of tea.
