I hear may times that it is hard to get healthy eating or a little exercise/movement into our already super busy lives. I believe that a lot of this perception is caused by distraction. We allow ourselves to be distracted by our phones, emails, Facebook and other media. Messages or emails don’t have to be answered “right now”.
Making your long term well being a priority just like going to work will do wonders. To put this into realistic terms that would mean building meal planning and preparation as well as some deliberate movement into your schedule. Then the key is not only to have the tasks there but to execute them. This is the part that is most daunting to a lot of people, they just don’t know where to start.
My daughter came up with the great idea to just cut the ends of the beans and carrots or any other prep that could be done the night before the next dinner. That makes home preparing a meal a little faster.
I find to have a few good staple meals on hand where I don’t have to think about how to cook them is very useful as well. Some of those quick ones are:
Chicken caesar salad
Tacos
Omelette, filled with vegetables
Anything to cook in a slow cooker or oven bake – this can be put together the night before
Salads made the night before and packed for lunch
Planning meals for the week on Sunday is a great strategy. I find usually the biggest problem with poor food choices is to not have any idea what to cook on the day. Then cooling becomes a chore instead of just another short task from your schedule.
I have talked lots about food and meals so far, but the same principles apply to building more movement to what is currently happening into your day. Having a plan to do a few squats and a few push-ups for 5 minutes every other day and 3-5 minutes of lying down and getting up from the floor without a break together with taking a walk as part of your lunch hour will do amazing things to how you feel and move.