Making Better Bad Choices

I actually learned the phrase "Making Better Bad Choices" from a nutritionist named Keith Klein. It stuck with me and makes perfect sense. Your choices evolve over time based on the experiences you have with food, the emotions you have related for food, the knowledge you attain about nutrition and so on. You diet does not get "clean" in a week nor does it become "junky" in a week. Hopefully the more you are empowered with new information about nutrition, the better choices you will make.

Some people can go cold turkey and others are more gradual in making changes. No one wants to feel deprived. You should be happy about the choices you are making knowing you are on your way to a better looking and feeling you! Healthy foods really do taste great - your taste buds may just be skewed by chemicals, additives, preservatives and the like.

What I am asking is that you make the absolute best choices given the circumstances. If you can, plan ahead to eat a healthy fresh cooked meal at home. Next, bring your own food. If it's necessary to eat when traveling, make the best choices possible. Below are some examples.

When trying to make healthier choices think of food on a bad, good, better, and best spectrum.

Begin making your way to the Best side of the spectrum. It's a journey that might take you a few years to arrive to the Best choices. Remember: Diets don't work, good habits do. And also keep in mind that food can make you sick or it can heal you. Think before you eat!

Bad: Eating fast food, junk food, processed food, hydrogenated oil, high fructose corn syrup.

Good: Limits eating out to 1x/week, starts buying groceries and cooking at home.

Better: Plans trips to the grocery store by writing the menu for the week choosing healthy recipes for dinner and shopping along the walls of your grocery store. Avoids high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils. Eats a variety of fruits and vegetables.

Best: Eats out 1x/month. Buys organic products. Avoids all processed foods. Eats only whole foods.

Work your way to eating the best you possibly can. No one is perfect - at least not all of the time.

Do your best every day and you will make progress. If what you are doing is not working for you, consider trying to make a better choice.

Your friend in fitness,

Kelli
www.KelliCalabrese.com
www.ArgyleBootCamp.com