Going From Junk Food To Healthy Food Habits

If you’re looking for help on how to change your diet from junk food to healthy foods then read along! Pizza, french fries, donuts, cheeseburgers, and chicken nuggets are only a few examples of junk food. It is clear that junk food is the most unbalanced diet. Not only is it an unbalanced diet, it is very harmful to our bodies. These kinds of foods contain refined carbs, salt, saturated fat, and have absolutely no nutritional value. Junk food can increase your risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, obesity and other health issues. It is very easy to eat junk food and get addicted to it because of the easy access to fast food restaurants and prepackaged foods. There is always hope if you want to change your eating habits. I have a few tips to combat this!

How to stop eating junk food?

1. Start by tossing out all the junk food you have in your pantry. If you don’t want to waste it, don’t eat it, instead give it to a charitable organization. Try to keep it out of sight around your house. Talk to your friends and family about how you are trying to cut junk food out of your diet.
2. Learn what a healthy plate or meal looks like. Check out our previous blog on how to create a balanced and healthy plate. Look up easy healthy recipes online to help you begin. Trying to find recipes with a lot of vegetables, fruits, lean meats would be ideal. You might even look into buying a book about healthy eating to help you navigate your journey. 
3. Once you have found several recipes you would like to make, make a grocery list and plan out your meals for the week. Focus on what is on your list at the grocery store and not wander off to the snacks aisle. Don’t forget to save the recipes you enjoy so it makes it easier for you to find them again. 
4. Try to avoid eating out as much as possible to avoid eating junk food and also help you save money! 
5. Instead of drinking sodas, drink water. Go buy yourself a large water bottle with time labels to keep you on track of your drinking schedule.
6. A great addition to going from junk food to healthy food habits is to stay active is to get 10,000 steps a day! 

Don’t stress about getting everything perfect when beginning your journey! Remember small changes are the best way to create lifelong habits! Once you get the hang of it, it will become a habit and you will see a difference in your eating habits!