Healthy Eating
Give 2 examples of eating mindfully.
Sit at a real table
Don't hurry
Soft Music
Relax
Turn off TV
Eat you favorite food last
No Multitasking
________ provide information you can use to make informed choices about foods and drinks at the grocery store and at home
Food labels
What is the meaning of B, L, T?
Bite, Lick, Taste
Remember these all have calories and "count" in what you are eating. They add up!
Make ______ your drink of choice.
Water
A standard deck of cards approximates how many weight ounces of meat, fish or poultry?
3 weight ounces
What do you do when you have a Sabotaging Thought: such as "I’ll eat standing up just this one time..."
Instead think: “Just this once” has a tendency to turn into “way to often.” I have to develop a lifetime skill of making myself sit down while eating if I want to be healthy.
Why is it important to "know your 'WHY' and keep it close by?"
helps with motivation
helps find and commit to a healthy lifestyle
Eat plenty of ________ and ______, whole grain foods and protein foods.
Fruits and Vegetables
On the nutrition label, the three macronutrients that provide calories are: fats or lipids, _______, and ______.
proteins
True or False: Eating quickly can prevent you from knowing when you are satisfied.
True: Eating while distracted or doing other things, such as watching TV, can increase how much you eat and drink. When distracted, people may eat larger portions or lose track of how much they have already eaten. This can lead to eating more than you need.
What are 2 things a doable eating plan might contain?
✔Your eating plan should be healthy
✔Choose a eating plan that includes foods you like and can easily prepare
✔Choose a eating plan that's flexible
✔Choose a eating plan that allows you to budget for indulgences
✔Incorporate strategies that worked for you in the past
True or False: Limit highly processed foods. If you choose these foods, eat them less often and in small amounts.
True
Plants, not meat, contribute this healthful dietary element to your diet.
Fiber
What are the benefits when you are being mindful of your eating decisions?
Make healthier choices more often, make positive changes to routine eating behaviors, be more conscious of the food you eat and your eating decisions, create a sense of awareness around your every day eating decisions.
Name 3 diseases healthy eating might help avoid.
Obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, or osteoporosis.
Give 2 ways to help keep your healthy eating goal.
A) Create a plan
B) Write your goal down and keep a journal.
C) Ask yourself why you want to achieve this goal.
D) Have a goal buddy
True or False: Ingredients are listed in order of weight, beginning with the ingredient that weighs the most and ending with the ingredient that weighs the least.
True: This means that a food contains more of the ingredients found at the beginning of the list, and less of the ingredients at the end of the list.
What can influence when you feel hungry and when you feel satisfied?
Your body signals, the sight, smell and availability of food as well as your emotional state/mood (i.e. stress, fatigue, boredom).