Day 4 - Eat REAL Food

You should now understand how many calories you should eat to properly fuel your body and promote weight loss and what those calories should be composed of. Let's take a closer look at the what it means to eat real food.

Take a mental note. What have you eaten in the past 24 hours? Did you consume any local, pasture raised, pesticide free eggs? How about a bountiful salad with a large amount of varied vegetables? Did you drink fresh water and herbal tea? Did you consume most of your food from a package? Did you order your food from a window and eat in your car? Could you pronounce even half the ingredients listed on the nutritional information? Did the food you eat make you feel energized and alive? Or did it make you drowsy, gassy, constipated, have diarrhea or uncomfortably full where breathing felt difficult?

I define real food as food that has one ingredient. An apple is simply that, an apple. This chart is very helpful in understanding the best choices you can make.

I challenge you to begin looking at what you are really consuming in your diet. I don't expect you to make radical changes instantly. Just take 15 seconds of your time to look at the nutritional information of the product. Begin to ask yourself this question: Is what I am about to eat going to benefit me or harm me? The food you choose to eat can either give you health or disease. It is really that simple. You might only have digestive issues initially, but over your lifespan, you are actually causing disease, illness, chronic health problems and decreased lifespan through your choices.

 

 Although that sounds depressing, the flip side is that you are in control of your health simply by making educated and purposeful decisions with what you put in your mouth. It doesn't have to be complicated.  I hope you feel empowered to understand you are in control of your body. You can make wise choices. Food can make you feel energized, alive, vibrant, refreshed, nourished and satiated.

 

 

- FitWhitt