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Advice #8

"Garlic bread is my favorite food. I could honestly eat it for every meal. Or just eat it all the time without even stopping."

"You'd get fat." 

"No why would I get fat?"

"Because bread makes you fat."

"BREAD MAKES YOU FAT?!?"

-Scott pilgrim vs. the world

FOOOOODDDD.

We all like it. Do you find yourself feeling lazy a lot though? Not wanting to do stuff because it'll take too much effort? I understand--that's actually me, right now, which is why I'm blogging instead of doing something with my life. ;) 

Anyway...

I'm mainly going to focus on weight-loss for this one. If you're struggling with it like I am, feel free to continue reading.

Now I have no idea how old you are, but whether you're 13 or 64, you need to eat healthy. 

So let's say you're a teenager. What do you eat for school lunches? Do you have frozen pizzas? Maybe some kind of macaroni bowl? Or maybe you have a sandwich you made at home. My advice would be to, first of all, stay away from any and all microwavable food. This stuff is purely fat and calories you won't burn off while you're sitting down all day, and your body will store it. Which nobody wants. Plus, nearly anything greasy will reflect in acne on your face. 

What I recommend;

Make your lunches at home.

I know that takes effort and sometimes we don't have time to do that, but if you don't have time, have your parents buy you some protein bars for those days you can't pack a lunch. They keep you full and, hey, they're protein! (Get BalanceBars in chocolate craze - they taste just like brownies)

But if you can pack a lunch, pre-make either a salad or a fruit-salad. Salads are delicious and extremely healthy, and if that's not enough to fill you up, stir-fry up some chicken the night before and add it to your salad. If you stir-fry the chicken, it has the perfect texture, plus you get to season it yourself! Don't like salads?
Make some white-rice and stir-fry up some chicken. (Don't forget to cut it into little pieces beforehand) when the rice is done, add it into the chicken, and finish with some green-chillies and cheese. It's amazing cold and hot, plus it's healthy. 

Sandwiches; now, they're healthy and all, but bread is pure calories. It's okay in moderation, but for school, I recommend something else. Find healthy alternatives, and moderate what you drink too--soda is no bueno, go for water or home-made iced tea. (Not with the powder flavoring though, you might as well eat sugar)
And also, no arizona tea or any other kind of canned "tea". It's delicious and all, but it's no better than soda, which is pure calories, again.
So make your food at home, and find creative recipies that are home made and healthy. Eating like this won't cause you to gain any weight, and if you're overweight, you'll find yourself thinning down, just by eating healthier.

Also, if you're craving a sweet drink, I recommend either fruit smoothies or home-made tea. What we do is we boil water with a tea bag in it for about 10 minutes, then we pour the tea in a container filled with sugared ice water. It tastes really good, plus you can add honey or lemon or anything you want to sweeten it. But again--nothing is better than water, plus it's great for your skin. ;D

Another thing--for breakfast, try to stay away from cereal. It's still just calories. If you want something sweet and easy, make some french toast, and while it's cooking blend up some strawberries so it's a sauce like texture, then sweeten it to taste and put it on the french toast. It's a healthy alternative to syrup.

(I feel like I'm just rambling on now..haha)

So anyway, this is the same for if you go to work too. You can pack lunches or you can go buy lunch, just make sure it's healthy. If it's greasy, chances are it's delicious--and unhealthy. If you eat healthy, not only will you keep a good figure, but you'll feel like doing a lot more. It's amazing how much you can get done when you feel good.

Another thing;
Skipping meals is just as bad as eating mcdonalds every day. When you skip something like, say, breakfast, your body goes into "starvation mode" and instead of burning fat, your body stores it so you don't feel as hungry. If you don't have time to eat, find something to snack on, anything is better than going without, especially for breakfast. 

Also, you're going to want to find some kind of workout you do every week. Chances are, if you never work out, you will gain weight, no matter how healthy you eat. So find something productive and fun!
Any tips/advice that you found useful as far as food/diet goes? Leave it in the comments below!

-Evie♥