Too Much Comfort Food This Winter? 5 Tips To Get Clean For Spring…

I am of the school of thought that the word “DIET” is a filthy nasty word. One that is is not allowed to be used in my house. EVER! I think diets are gimmicks that trick people into thinking that it will be the answer to their poor nutrition and weight loss prayers. NEWS FLASH: Diets are pure bullshit! What happens when they end? Because all “diets” end. All I ever learned on a diet was that they turn me into a starving raging bitchface, and even though I lost a few pounds of water weight, I usually gained it back in real fatty-fat-fat pounds binge eating once the diet was over. Total. Bull. Shit.

I also think diets help to breed food-obsessed people. If you spend every minute of your day starving and obsessing about food, then eventually that will completely consume you. No. Bueno! That’s why this month is all about learning healthy nutrition and preparing meals and snacks that will make you feel full and energized for more than 30 seconds.

Here 5 things that will get you clean for spring…

1. DRINK MORE WATER! This is the MAIN challenge. I truly believe just drinking 8 glasses of water a day will make you lose 5 pounds this month! Along with gaining great skin and better sleep! Seriously. Those 8 glasses a day are going to change your life. Promise. I’ll tell you why on Tuesday…

2. Make at least one NEW healthy meal for dinner each week. I do this on Sundays since I have time to prep and follow the recipe. By the end of the month that will be four great meals, almost a week’s worth… who knows, maybe you will keep up the habit until that is ALL you cook for dinner!

3. Stay active. Hopefully, last month’s challenge helped teach you to incorporate some sort of movement into your day, even if it was not a full-blown workout.

4. Visit a healthy lifestyle website/Facebook page/ Pinterest board/ magazine at least once a week to learn a few “who knew” facts about nutrition and exercise. I LOVE SELF Magazine the most. (No one paid me to say that, I have had a subscription for YEARS!) There is also Shape, Fitness, Women’s Health, Men’s Health and for us moms, Fit Mom Diet is a website full of inspiration from other moms sharing their stories and healthy recipes. I know a few of you out there are Gluten-free, check out their recipe for Gluten-free pizzas! For the kids check out the greatest website, from the American Academy of Pediatrics, HealthyChildren.org! Knowledge is POWER.

5. Think of your body as a fine-tuned machine. Everything you put in has to be good for the machine, or it will fall apart and stop working. The same goes for your family. Make healthy choices. Carrot chips instead of Lays. Grapes instead of gummy worms. Choose a healthier cereal this month. Clean out those pantries. I think you will be shocked to find healthy choices are cheaper than you think. You can get two bunches of bananas or a pound of grapes for the same price as a bag of name-brand potato chips!