Healthy Eating ❤

It's just that simple! After eating a huge meal full of saturated fats and salt I usually don't feel so good - don't get me wrong, when I'm wolfing down a plate of spicy chicken and fried rice from the Chinese it tastes really yummy but when it gets to my stomach, that's when my body starts to ask "Why did you put that nasty stuff inside me! I don't know what to do with it!"

The reason why all those dishes from the Chinese or Indian takeaways taste nice is because they are packed with MSG's to give them that taste! If you're not sure what MSG's are you can look it up here.

For breakfast, instead of a sugary cereal with full fat milk, try granola with low fat yoghurt. You still get the cereal and dairy but it's just got less calories! And if you do really need a bit of sweetness you can pour a bit of honey on top - which has 0g of fat!

Instead of frying eggs, poach them. They'll taste the exact same but you won't have to worry about that oil that you fried them in, because poached eggs only need to cook in water. To add a bit more flavour to them, try a sprinkle of pepper as a substitute for salt - I barely notice the difference!

As well as eating healthy foods, you'll be able to digest and use the nutrients in the foods SO much better if you exercise as well. It doesn't have to be a whole day at the gym; just a simple walk for around half an hour, or more if you feel like it, will be enough at first! Then, as you start to feel better, you'll actually want to walk for longer, go further and maybe even try a few minutes of jogging here and there!

If you are going to eat before exercising, you should eat at least half an hour to an hour in advance, depending on its the size of your meal, what you're eating, etc. Some good things to eat before you start pumping iron are:

• a bowl of low fat yogurt with half a cup whole grain cereal and half a cup fresh strawberries
• 1 - 2 poached or hard-boiled eggs with a slice of wholegrain toast
• peanut butter on sliced apple or banana, or spread on wholegrain toast.
• whey protein shakes - these are great if you haven't got the time to cook or make a meal, there's a really wide range of them online too on sites such as Discount Supplements.
• dried fruits are also really good to have as some of them are high in carbohydrates, which you need for energy, my favourite are Forest Feast Dried Mango slices which I buy from the supermarket, read the nutrition information here.

Afterwards, when you've pushed yourself to the limit make sure you rehydrate with loads of water, I'll usually have 2 bottles. If you want to make your water even better, try popping in a Berocca tablet, which are water soluble. They come in orange flavour and tropical and are full of vitamins and minerals. Check them out here. 

I hope you guys found this helpful, if you have anything that you like to make that's healthy and would be a good substitute for a fatty meal feel free to leave a comment!
I'll do a post soon of a full day meal plan with exercises etc. :)

Have an amazing day lovelies

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