{"id":18495,"date":"2014-02-27T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/?p=18495"},"modified":"2017-01-19T03:03:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T03:03:18","slug":"food-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/food-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"A Healthier Lifestyle Through Food and Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There is no ONE singular path to a healthier lifestyle.\u00a0<\/strong> Everyone must find their own personal combination of guidelines and habits that help them achieve their goals without great pain or hardship.\u00a0 It\u2019s not that simple.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/20mpJ-MMqZw\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Living a healthier lifestyle isn\u2019t something that you do for a short period of time, like a \u201cdiet\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0 Diet has become one of the most misunderstood and often mis-used words in English today.\u00a0 Diet is not a strict set of rules that keep you in an uncomfortable position until you give up or reach a temporary goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0A diet goal will always be temporary if you\u2019ve taken extraordinary steps to get there.<\/strong>\u00a0 Extraordinary or extreme is not sustainable.\u00a0 You\u2019ll eventually return to the habits and ideas that you\u2019ve consistently held.\u00a0 THIS is actually your \u201cdiet\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A diet is what you do, day in and day out.<\/strong>\u00a0 You may have a diet of watching the evening news on TV.\u00a0 You do it consistently.\u00a0 You may have a steady diet of friends you visit and people you interact with.\u00a0 It happens daily.\u00a0 If you used the word diet incorrectly in this analogy, that means you\u2019d spend 4 weeks with people you really didn\u2019t like and watched cartoons at 6:30 until you could return to what you really wanted to do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Diet and fitness are close cousins.\u00a0<\/strong> A healthier lifestyle must include cooperation between both to be successful.\u00a0 You can\u2019t achieve wellness goals by being a great cook who\u2019s sedentary.\u00a0 Nor can you be a fitness fanatic that eats fast food every meal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0However, fitness and cooking don\u2019t have to be the temporary and uncomfortable \u201cdiet\u201d toward a better living.<\/strong>\u00a0 You can make these two components harmonious with the rest of your life by developing better habits and making them stick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0The first step is to remove the reluctance to change because it might be difficult.\u00a0<\/strong> I\u2019ve heard it said that \u201cyour comfort zone equals your interest zone\u201d.\u00a0 The things you are comfortable with, you\u2019ll be interested in.\u00a0 You can only be successful in things that you\u2019re interested in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0That\u2019s why I\u2019ve partnered with Donavon Israel of <a href=\"http:\/\/bodybydonavon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BodyByDonavon<\/a><\/strong> to make it easy for you to find the benefits of combining effective and enjoyable exercise with fun and fulfilling cooking.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be well fit and fed with just a few tips from both of us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Donavon and I solve problems for our clients and followers.<\/strong>\u00a0 Donavon is keenly aware of the role that wholesome foods and good cooking play in a healthier lifestyle, so he\u2019s developed 5 tips for success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donavon says:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Don\u2019t take-away foods for a \u201cdiet\u201d, ADD healthier foods<\/p>\n<p>2) Don\u2019t skip Breakfast.\u00a0 It starts your metabolism<\/p>\n<p>3) Read Labels \u2013 avoid high sugar and salt foods<\/p>\n<p>4) More food per calorie \u2013 find largest portions per calorie<\/p>\n<p>5) 90% rule \u2013 allow yourself 10% treats<\/p>\n<p><strong>I love these ideas because they are consistent with my philosophy of eating better quality food<\/strong> so that you won\u2019t have to eat more quantity of food.\u00a0 Wholesome foods TASTE better.\u00a0 They don\u2019t need a lot of salt, sugar and fat to satisfy you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The easiest way to cook healthy foods quickly and perfectly is with the basic saut\u00e9 method.<\/strong>\u00a0 If you can duplicate these steps over-and-over, it doesn\u2019t matter what the ingredients are, and it doesn\u2019t matter what the recipe is commanding you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A healthier lifestyle can be achieved through many different strategies, but food and fitness are necessary elements.<\/strong>\u00a0 You must eat better and move better to be better.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Donavon\u2019s 5 Tips?\u00a0 What would you add?\u00a0 What would you omit?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Please leave your comment below; 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