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4 Ways to Make Healthy Eating Easier
By Mehmet C. Oz, MD, and Michael F. Roizen, MD
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- Plan your meals. Start each day knowing when and what you're going to eat. That way, you'll avert the 180-degree shift between starving and gorging that occurs when you skip meals. Plan your whole week with this supereasy menu planner.
- Get a good knife. When following any eating plan, what you do and don't do with your fork and spoon are your most critical actions. But don't underestimate the power of a great knife. Buy the best 8-inch chef's knife (without serrations) you can afford. Then, learn how to wield it like an expert by watching this video.
- Be prepared. Bad foods aren't bad just because of the ingredients they contain but also because many are fast and easy, which are the exact traits that can get you into a whole lot of trouble. So have premade foods ready for those times when you've been conditioned to reach for bags of sugar-containing waist killers. Once a week, make any of these things so you'll have something to grab when you need it:
- Cut-up vegetables or bags of store-bought, prechopped fruit and veggies
- Frozen edamame (just pop it in the microwave)
- Sauteed vegetables
- Soups
- Steel-cut oats
- Almonds, peanuts, walnuts
- Be fast in the kitchen, slow at the table. Having a big meal quickly won't stop you from wanting to eat a few hours later. The average person is finished eating long before his satiety signals kick in. Slow down and allow your biology to catch up.
