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Americans have a tendency to consume the majority of their calories after 5 p.m. through bed time.
Of course, this is unhealthy and a major reason for unattractive weight gain.
I have found a great way to combat this vulnerable time of our evening.
The trick starts with taking your vitamins to fill in all the nutritional gaps to provide your body everything it needs to perform at optimal levels, drinking water, keeping your energy and metabolism moving at a high rate and staying lightly satisfied throughout the entire day by not missing any meals.
Eating breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, along with healthy 90-150 calorie snacks like apples, meal replacement bars or shakes between meals are a must.
Next, please make sure that you keep healthy snacks handy at all times. That way, anytime you feel like eating, you have immediate access to consume food choices that will not only satisfy your appetite, but will keep you on track for staying healthy, tight and trim. I like to call these great choices “staples.”
My big challenge for you here is to evaluate your taste buds and discover what healthy foods (“staples”) will satisfy your evening urges.
Spend some time making a list of healthy choices and looking through your local grocery store for healthy snacks you can use to combat any negative urges you might have after dinner around 8 or 9 p.m. Remember, this is when we tend to sabotage our caloric intake totals.
It is amazing how a stressful day can make us justify in our minds how eating poorly will help.
After a busy day, we are very vulnerable to make poor food choices. We can’t control the urges, but we can be well prepared to combat them by having pre-planned, well thought out, healthy food choices on hand and ready for immediate consumption.
That’s why we’re getting prepared in advance, and we are going to be ready when those end of the day urges hit.
Something that works for me is having either a few great tasting grapes, my favorite beef jerky, a muscle gain protein shake smoothie with my favorite strawberry or banana blended in with ice chips, or a package of open and eat tuna.
You may need to have pre-cooked grilled chicken ready to be zapped in the microwave to satisfy your times of vulnerability. Or possibly adding a salad to your chicken would be appealing. Grilled chicken is definitely one of my “staples.”
Everyone is different, but the key is to give some thought to things that satisfy your tastes buds during the evening that are good for you, are around 100 calories, and you would enjoy eating.
Use trial and error in this process.
If your first choice didn’t quite get the job done for you, continue looking until you find a winner.
Evaluate what makes you happy and adjust textures and temperatures of foods until you find your perfect “staples.”
Believe me, when the urge hits in the evening and you have well planned food choices waiting and ready to eat, the strains and stresses of late night overeating will just be a memory. And you are one step closer to amazing fitness results.
The trick is to have things you like to eat accessible at all times, so you are ready when the urge hits.
Your list will continue to grow as you continue to evaluate your taste buds and discover what makes you happy.
Having pre-planned “staples” that you enjoy will not only prevent you from consuming the wrong calories and too many calories, but will also speed up your metabolism one more time before a long night of sleep, rest and recovery.
Give it a try, and I hope this helps.
Until next week, please make it a great health and fitness day.
Americans have a tendency to consume the majority of their calories after 5 p.m. through bed time.
Of course, this is unhealthy and a major reason for unattractive weight gain.
I have found a great way to combat this vulnerable time of our evening.
The trick starts with taking your vitamins to fill in all the nutritional gaps to provide your body everything it needs to perform at optimal levels, drinking water, keeping your energy and metabolism moving at a high rate and staying lightly satisfied throughout the entire day by not missing any meals.
Eating breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, along with healthy 90-150 calorie snacks like apples, meal replacement bars or shakes between meals are a must.
Next, please make sure that you keep healthy snacks handy at all times. That way, anytime you feel like eating, you have immediate access to consume food choices that will not only satisfy your appetite, but will keep you on track for staying healthy, tight and trim. I like to call these great choices “staples.”
My big challenge for you here is to evaluate your taste buds and discover what healthy foods (“staples”) will satisfy your evening urges.
Spend some time making a list of healthy choices and looking through your local grocery store for healthy snacks you can use to combat any negative urges you might have after dinner around 8 or 9 p.m. Remember, this is when we tend to sabotage our caloric intake totals.
It is amazing how a stressful day can make us justify in our minds how eating poorly will help.
After a busy day, we are very vulnerable to make poor food choices. We can’t control the urges, but we can be well prepared to combat them by having pre-planned, well thought out, healthy food choices on hand and ready for immediate consumption.
That’s why we’re getting prepared in advance, and we are going to be ready when those end of the day urges hit.
Something that works for me is having either a few great tasting grapes, my favorite beef jerky, a muscle gain protein shake smoothie with my favorite strawberry or banana blended in with ice chips, or a package of open and eat tuna.
You may need to have pre-cooked grilled chicken ready to be zapped in the microwave to satisfy your times of vulnerability. Or possibly adding a salad to your chicken would be appealing. Grilled chicken is definitely one of my “staples.”
Everyone is different, but the key is to give some thought to things that satisfy your tastes buds during the evening that are good for you, are around 100 calories, and you would enjoy eating.
Use trial and error in this process.
If your first choice didn’t quite get the job done for you, continue looking until you find a winner.
Evaluate what makes you happy and adjust textures and temperatures of foods until you find your perfect “staples.”
Believe me, when the urge hits in the evening and you have well planned food choices waiting and ready to eat, the strains and stresses of late night overeating will just be a memory. And you are one step closer to amazing fitness results.
The trick is to have things you like to eat accessible at all times, so you are ready when the urge hits.
Your list will continue to grow as you continue to evaluate your taste buds and discover what makes you happy.
Having pre-planned “staples” that you enjoy will not only prevent you from consuming the wrong calories and too many calories, but will also speed up your metabolism one more time before a long night of sleep, rest and recovery.
Give it a try, and I hope this helps.
Until next week, please make it a great health and fitness day.
