i need to eat healthy but i always seem to mess up,any tips that will help me?
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Eat a variety of nutrient-rich foods. You need more than 40 different nutrients for good health, and no single food supplies them all. Your daily food selection should include bread and other whole-grain products; fruits; vegetables; dairy products; and meat, poultry, fish and other protein foods. How much you should eat depends on your calorie needs. Use the Food Guide Pyramid and the Nutrition Facts panel on food labels as handy references. \n\nEnjoy plenty of whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Surveys show most Americans don't eat enough of these foods. Do you eat 6-11 servings from the bread, rice, cereal and pasta group, 3 of which should be whole grains? Do you eat 2-4 servings of fruit and 3-5 servings of vegetables? If you don't enjoy some of these at first, give them another chance. Look through cookbooks for tasty ways to prepare unfamiliar foods. \n\nMaintain a healthy weight. The weight that's right for you depends on many factors including your sex, height, age and heredity. Excess body fat increases your chances for high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, some types of cancer and other illnesses. But being too thin can increase your risk for osteoporosis, menstrual irregularities and other health problems. If you're constantly losing and regaining weight, a registered dietitian can help you develop sensible eating habits for successful weight management. Regular exercise is also important to maintaining a healthy weight. \n\nEat moderate portions. If you keep portion sizes reasonable, it's easier to eat the foods you want and stay healthy. Did you know the recommended serving of cooked meat is 3 ounces, similar in size to a deck of playing cards? A medium piece of fruit is 1 serving and a cup of pasta equals 2 servings. A pint of ice cream contains 4 servings. Refer to the Food Guide Pyramid for information on recommended serving sizes. \n\nEat regular meals. Skipping meals can lead to out-of-control hunger, often resulting in overeating. When you're very hungry, it's also tempting to forget about good nutrition. Snacking between meals can help curb hunger, but don't eat so much that your snack becomes an entire meal. \n\nReduce, don't eliminate certain foods. Most people eat for pleasure as well as nutrition. If your favorite foods are high in fat, salt or sugar, the key is moderating how much of these foods you eat and how often you eat them. \nIdentify major sources of these ingredients in your diet and make changes, if necessary. Adults who eat high-fat meats or whole-milk dairy products at every meal are probably eating too much fat. Use the Nutrition Facts panel on the food label to help balance your choices. \n\nChoosing skim or low-fat dairy products and lean cuts of meat such as flank steak and beef round can reduce fat intake significantly. \n\nIf you love fried chicken, however, you don't have to give it up. Just eat it less often. When dining out, share it with a friend, ask for a take-home bag or a smaller portion. \n\n\nBalance your food choices over time. Not every food has to be "perfect." When eating a food high in fat, salt or sugar, select other foods that are low in these ingredients. If you miss out on any food group one day, make up for it the next. Your food choices over several days should fit together into a healthy pattern. \n\nKnow your diet pitfalls. To improve your eating habits, you first have to know what's wrong with them. Write down everything you eat for three days. Then check your list according to the rest of these tips. Do you add a lot of butter, creamy sauces or salad dressings? Rather than eliminating these foods, just cut back your portions. Are you getting enough fruits and vegetables? If not, you may be missing out on vital nutrients. \n\nMake changes gradually. Just as there are no "superfoods" or easy answers to a healthy diet, don't expect to totally revamp your eating habits overnight
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Watch not only what you eat (of course staying away from junk food or junk sodas, anything that's high in sugar and low in vitamins and minerals) but also watch how much you eat. Eating slowly will help with this. Don't eat so much that you feel like you need a nap. After eating, if you can, do something active like taking a walk; anything to get your body moving. Do things that are fun on a regular bases too helps, like going to any type of park or being around kids. If you want some tips on proper food, you should check out weight watchers or jenny craig and websites like theirs.
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I have those issues too sometimes!  It was hard, but I managed to lose 54 lbs!  You can even see my before and after pic here! http://www.healthandstrength.net\n\nI use cinnamon in the morning in warm water to help level out my blood sugar levels.  I also remind myself that those foods are NOT beneficial to any body part except my taste buds so they aren't really worth to eat.\n\nHere is what I did to lose my weight!\n1. NEVER EVER ate sugar. It's a poison that makes us older, sicker, fatter and tired...all things we dont want. Seriously, sugar is the one who does the dirty work in weight gain. Stop eating it all together. You can see my list of ingredients to avoid when shopping here http://www.healthandstrength.net/qofweeka.htm...\n2. Drink ALOT of water. 2-3 liters a day. The more the merrier!  We need about half our body weight in ounces JUST for regular body functions!  When you feel thirsty, that means you are already dehydrated and lose brain function.  Water flushes toxins from your fat cells and keeps you younger.\n3. Exercise!!! So very important. Here http://www.healthandstrength.net/abexe.htm... are my favorite ab exercises.  I also do cardio 4-5 days a week for about 30 minutes a time.\n4. Eat less. How many calories do you think is in that burger or that plate of fries or in that handful of chips. What about overfilling our plates? If you go here http://www.healthandstrength.net/qofweek.htm... I wrote something about saving on calories and losing weight.\n5. Go to sleep before 10pm. Your body starts repairing and rebuilding and speeding up weight loss while you sleep only if you sleep at about 10pm. If you are awake and go to bed at 12, you miss out on that very important time. I have a good article on my site here http://www.healthandstrength.net/qofweekb.htm that talks about the importance of sleep and how STRESS can make actually make you fatter.\n6. BE POSITIVE. Be thankful every day and love yourself\n7. BE CONSISTANT! That I think is the KEY to losing weight. So what if you went a week and only lost a pound...or didnt lose any...KEEP going. DON'T stop. This is a lifelong commitment, so stick to it and one day you will open your eyes and need a new wardrobe!\n8. Eat more veggies and skinny friendly foods. I have my list of my top ten foods that I ate to lost weight here http://www.healthandstrength.net/tenfoods.htm...\n80% veggies at every meal including breakfast will keep you young and help you lose weight. \n9. Do the little things that count!  Check out 10 cool ideas that you can do to help boost your calorie burn throught the day here: http://www.healthandstrength.net/tips.htm\nGood luck and don't forget that YOU are the only one who decides what foods enter your body and how long you sit around.  Make the change, take the chance and give yourself time!  You can do it.  I know you can!
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You need to vary your diet a little bit more (like don't eat the same thing every day), but you've got some good foods in there.  \n\nYou'd do better with FRESH produce instead of frozen, and try to get organic if you can (it's more expensive, but it's better).  \n\nThere's also certain foods, like cabbage, that contain less calories than it takes to digest the foods (so it's like negative calories).
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change your diet to 'healthy' foods, or cut down on the amounmt, but mainly, devise a strict exercise regime, and stick to it. get help preparing one from someone who know what they are talking about. i.e. fitness instructor, gyms, diet analysts...
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Portion control of whatever you are choosing to eat.  That is the biggest thing.  If you want fries with your lunch eat a small order and not the jumbo size.  Replace current choices with fruit and veggies.\nDont forget to exercise 2-3 times weekly.\nTalk with your MD before beginning too much to quickly.\nDrink lots of water  (no or limit sodas, sweet drinks)\n\nPortion control. Limit sweets and sodas and dont forget to exercise.\n\nGood luck, it helped me.\n\nThen there is always surgery option, but that comes with another set of problems.\n\nGood luck.
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You must have 3 meals a day and if you are snacking between meals make sure it is fruit. Healthy food the better for you as you wont put on too much weight. It could be your normal daily routine that you need to change. Ask yourself if there's any thing on your mind. We do rely on food as a comfort zone
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Eat foods that satiate (fill you up with fewer calories).  Good choices are oatmeal, soups and vegetarian chili.  When making a soup you could also add some quick-cooking oatmeal to it..this thickens it up a bit and is very healthy.\n\nAlso, try drinking a glass of ice-cold water 30 minutes Before each meal.
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Are you talking about "Thin" as it your body shape?\n\nIf yes, then simply eat a balanced diet!  Becareful of foods with high calorific value like simple sugars or fatty food!  Avoid conveniance foods and prepared meals etc!\n\nI am not saying go on a crazy strict diet!  This usually has the reverse effect on losing weight and can be seriously damaging to your health if you are not careful!\n\nBe sensible with the actual quantity of food you are eating, avoid snancks, and if you are hungry, go for an apple or some fruit instead of crisps, nuts or sweets!\n\nBe respectful of yourself and what you eat!\n\nSee a professional nutrisilist if you are unsure about anything or need more information or diet suggestions.\n\nBest of luck....:-)
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Don't force yourself to avoid food that you enjoy, you'll cave in, I know I have. ha-ha\nYou acknowledge what you did and now you have to find ways to help you avoid a repeat of this situation. One thing that works for me is keeping a food journal. Write down everything you eat, when I do this it keeps me in check and it helps me with portion control and eating the right serving. So instead of eating a whole bag of chips (110-230), I would eat 11-12 chips which is just one serving.\nBe strong & healthy and good luck w/ the weight loss.
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Following things to a T wont work. You have to let yourself some leeway for messing up, otherwise the first time you actually do mess up you wont want to continue what you are doing because it isn't perfect. \nDont shoot for perfection. Aim for progress. Do a little bit at a time. Instead of drinking 8-10 glasses of water, aim for drinking some during the day.\nThe way I increase my will power to do something: Visualizing the end result and not wanting to feel like crapola anymore!!
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My view-I feel like you are well on your way to having an eating disorder.  Eating three well balanced meals a day is the best for your health. Any thing else can only be harmful to your body.
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This helped me:\n\nDiets and changing your eating to healthy food choices can work but because we know so little about ourselves and our relationship with food, it makes it difficult to win the battle. A lot of us have problems with dieting because we have a problem called "emotional eating" we eat to comfort ourselves during difficult, stressful, sad, etc times in our lives.\n\nYou may experience all those emotions during dieting as we continuously get on the scale hoping to see a big difference in numbers after dieting only for a day or two. Also what is stressful when dieting is that we try to lose a large number of weight in such a short period of time which in most cases is unreasonable. \n\nThis all brings about stress, discomfort and sadness. When we feel this way, we turn to our best friend for help and support which for many of us is food. The diet is now broken and we feel that we can't stick to diets. We then try fad diet after fad diet hoping to lose the original 20 pounds and now we may have as much as 30 pounds to lose because we continue to put on weight as we continue to break these fad diets by binging before starting our next diet. \n\nPlease learn about your relationship with food before your next diet so that you may achieve your goals. To help a little, keep in mind the following:\n\nYou already know how to lose weight. You know that if you eat less and exercise more eventually you’ll see the pounds come off. What’s getting in your way? Why do you usually regain the weight you lost? The answer to all these questions is the same “Emotional Eating.” Simply defined, emotional eating means you eat to satisfy emotional hunger; it means you use food for comfort or as a way to cope with life; and it means you eat for reasons other than what your body needs. Whenever you reach for a boredom-breaking snack despite your commitment, or whenever you eat to quell anxiety, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you binge after a fight, or double up on portions because your day turned sour, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you feel that sharp craving for your favorite food, that’s emotional eating. When we eat during these times while on a diet, we believe the diet doesn’t work or that we lack self control and then look for the quickest way to lose weight (fasting/diet pills, ect) after eating all we can since we already messed the diet day up. Read the information below but remember that emotional eating plays a big part in why we don’t continue dieting and why we regain lost weight and why we binge today and start a new diet tomorrow. Best of Luck.\n\nP.S. After learning about my relationship with food, I was able to drop my weight from 263 pounds down to 151 pounds which is a 112 pound weight lost.
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the best way is really to eat healthy... replace everything that isnt good for u in ur diet with something that is. replace sodas with water. chips/candy and other similar snacks with a piece of fruit or veg. reduce the amount of food u eat at dinner... never eat anything heavy after 6pm... and of course theres excersize which for me is the worst, so i stay away from gyms and instead go for really long walks...
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I know you say you hardly eat but what are you eating? What are you drinking? Water is a wonderful way to continue to flush out your system along w/ lemon juice no sugar. Watch your intake closer it could be what your eating. Not how much. Also, if you don't eat enough your body will hold on to everything you do.  Keep on exercising and keep up to wonderful work you are doing to stay off drugs. That is number 1. Weight is number 2. Keep a food diary. Try to go with the old saying: Eat like Rich in the morning like middle class for lunch and poor in the evening. Fresh vegetables and fruit should be eaten before evening so not to firment in the stomach and if possible no heavy meats in the evening and if you can you last meal should be before 6 or 7 p. But one thing you need to remember your body has been through a lot it's trying to hold on to everything to stay and get health. Keep working out eat health, drink plenty of water. Diet drinks are not the best and you will do wonderfully. A use of another crutch is not what you need. Just your determination and the thought that "no matter what my mind and body will be at it's healthest." Watch the processed sugar intake.
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A lot of exercise and healthy eating. Just try to improve what you eating. Like stay away from stuff you shouldnt eat. We shouldnt eat fast food, chips, french fries, pizza. Although that all of that stuff is good and is ok to eat every once in a while it shouldnt be your whole diet. Your diet should consist of more vegetables, whole grains, protien, fiber, etc.
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a healthy diet and exercise is the only safe way to lose weight and be healthy. Choose foods that are low in fat and sodium. Ditch the sodas and drink more water. Check the sugars on the labels of food you eat. Eat a light snack of fruit and a few almonds between small meals to keep you from getting hungry and binging. You should eat every 2-3 hours-small meals. That will keep your metabolism running and get you lean. Prepare snacks and meals ahead of time so you will have thme ready and have no excuses. It's not easy, but you have to stick to it to make it work. Find a friend to do this with and it'll be easier with support. Good luck!