5 More Ways to a Healthier You

By Miss Rikki

Okay SistaGirlz, we are a good month and a half in.  How are you doing with those New Year Resolutions to live a healthier lifestyle?  Will you be bikini ready this summer?  I’m going to think positively and assume you are doing well.  So, here are a few small steps that can help you continue to be a healthier you!

1. Eat Breakfast:  Not eating is no way to lose weight.  I know what you’re saying:  “But I’m not hungry in the mornings.”  So then you really don’t get hungry til about 2pm.  You eat a huge meal because you haven’t eaten all day.  Then you may or may not eat dinner.  Shame on you SistaGirl.  Did you know that when you go long periods without eating you’re body goes into survival mode.  It becomes unsure of when it’s next meal is coming, so it holds on to the fat you have in your cells already.  Which means losing weight is out of the question!  If you eat breakfast you jump start your metabolism and set your body up for success for the rest of the day! 

2. Take Your Lunch:  Stop eating that fast food trash everyday!  Chances are if you go out for lunch, you’re eating unhealthily.  Take the time to make a lunch for yourself.  You will be more likely to plan healthier options for yourself and keep your caloric intake down.

3. Use Wheat Pasta:  I only suggest this for pasta dishes with red sauces.  Mostly, because I have not tried it with a white cream sauce.  At any rate, you will never know you didn’t use the regular stuff.  I tastes exactly the same and if you are cooking for people you don’t think will be quite so ready to make the switch TRICK THEM!  Go ahead cook the meal without letting them know you did something different.  I promise they will never know the difference.

4. Take the Stairs:  Forget the elevators and escalators.  Find a good ole fashion stairwell and use it!  In the mall, at work, in your apartment building and wherever else.  Take the stairs.  A little extra exercise never hurt anybody.

5. Walk If You Can:  Along the same lines as #4, walk to where you’re going if you can.  If the store is only a few blocks away – walk!  Why drive your car and waste gas, when you can walk and burn calories. 

Good luck SistaGirlz!  I’m cheering for you!!!!