These are some reasons why you should NOT eat processed food.
Habit 4 – Whole Foods, It’s What’s For Dinner…and the other meals too 😉
Where we have been.
Congrats on making it to Habit 4! You should have three habits established, you have learned to eat for the right reason, at the correct intervals, as well as learned how to eat just enough, not to much, not to little but just enough to lose weight and not sacrifice lean muscle/tissue as well as your sanity. Over the next two weeks you will learn about Habit 4 – Whole Foods, It’s What’s For Dinner.
A Quick Reminder Of Key Elements of Habit 4
You need to choose Whole Foods to eat as often as you can. Basically, choose foods that look like they do in the“wild” as much as possible.
When you go shopping 90% of the time whole foods can be found on the perimeter of any grocery store. Think refrigerated items, produce, dairy, and meats.
As a general rule avoid buying things in boxes, foiled bags, or plastic trays. This kind of packaging normally means it is highly processed.
Lastly, check the ingredient list of the item in question. If it contains 5 or ingredients chances are it is processed and you should avoid it.
How/Why this Habit Works
Whole Foods are nutrient dense and provide both better quality of calories as well as fewer quantity of calories when compared to processed foods. This means you can eat more Whole Foods and feel fuller quicker while at the same time eating fewer calories
These are some reasons why you should NOT eat processed food.
When you eat mostly processed foods it tricks your appetite and satisfaction system. This means even after you have consumed a whole bag of potato chips and thousands of calories. You still “feel” hungry and want more food…even though you just ate enough calories to sustain yourself for 3 days. I dare you to try to do that eating apples or broccoli ;-).
Processed foods often drain your energy levels and leave you looking for more food “energy.” Similar to above, when you eat mostly processed foods it drains your body and “short-circuits” your energy levels. This means you feel sluggish, slow, and tired. Pretty sure no one wants to live that way ;-).
What kind of car are you ? Are you the luxury sports car running on high octane fuel or are you a lemon, just happy to spitter and spat around barely able function and just glad you made it? My guess is you want to function and feel your best at all times. Do you want to exist or thrive? My guess is you want to thrive and perform at 100%…eating mostly processed foods is like trying to use cooking oil to fuel your Ferrari…it doesn’t work.
Convenience is nice…but is it worth dying younger for? Sure you can get and eat processed food quick and easier, most of the time anyway…but is it worth the price? Would you rather live well, healthy, and happy an extra 10 – 20 years or die young, feeble, and weak? I think the choice is obvious.
This habit in my opinion is easier than Habit 3…assuming you shop and plan for it. Don’t keep crap in your house or you will cave ;-). With that said follow the action steps below.
ACTION STEPS:
Continue Habit 1 – Eat 3 or 4 Meals per day WITHOUT SNACKING!
Continue Habit 2 – Wait 20 – 40 minutes after you feel hungry before you eat
Continue Habit 3 – The Little Bear Rule – Eat Enough, No More, No Less.
Develop/Practice Habit 4 – Whole Foods, It’s What’s For Dinner…and the other meals too 😉
If you would like to review the other habits visit Post One by clicking here. Or coping and pasting this link into your browers https://winstonsalem.justyoufitness.com/2-fat-loss-systems-a-weeks-worth-of-meals/
Make an accountability chart, like the one below, so you can see your progress. If you stick to the habit for an entire day. Mark an X on that day. If you average 90% over the course of two weeks. Then move on to the next habit, which I will share soon :-).
| Habit Week 1-2 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 |
| Eat 3-4 meals without snacking! | |||||||
| Wait 20 – 40 minutes | |||||||
| Eat Enough | |||||||
| Whole Foods |
| Habit Week 1-2 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 |
| Eat 3-4 meals without snacking! | |||||||
| Wait 20 – 40 minutes | |||||||
| Eat Enough | |||||||
| Whole Foods |
Go be awesome!
KELLEN LAKE – Eating Whole Foods Since Leaving College 😉
PS – Want some help or have questions? Let me know, I would love to hear from you 😉
