Eating A Healthy Diet

What is eating a healthy diet? A healthy diet shouldbakery shop. These donuts are fresh out of the
include eating a variety of foods from the basic foodoven by 5:30 a.m. and I want to tell you these things
groups. The basic food groups are:are absolutely delicious. The baker is one man who
Â- Protein (meat, eggs, legumes)says he will take his recipe to the grave, will not
Â- Dairy Productseven leave it behind for his only daughter, not that I
Â- Fruits and Vegetableswanted the recipe or anything. I was content filling
Â- Grains (breads and pasta)the donuts, stacking them in the shelf, sneaking bites
Â- Fats and Sweetshere and there. And the real treat was it was
It is more difficult than you realize to actually eat aSaturday, the shop was closed on Sunday. Whatever
healthy diet. You might end up eating a whole lot ofwas leftover this day we could all take home at
your favorite foods and not enough from one of theclosing. I took 100's of donuts home that year.
other groups just because you don't like thatI worked for this donut shop about one year, and
particular group of food. You might be pressed forhad so much fun getting fat and eating all those
time almost all the time and you are forced to optforbidden donuts.
for convenience over quality when you get hungry.It was fun while it lasted, but all good things seem to
You need do some planning in order to really maintainhave to come to an end quicker than you want
a healthy eating pattern. It takes effort to eat thethem to.
recommended daily allowances from each food group.From the time this donut shop opened in my area
You will need to look closely at what you are eatingwhen I was around 20 years old I wanted to work
now and then make plans to implement healthierthere. I never really could work in this little donut
eating habits.shop because I always had so much better paying
Keeping a food diary of everything you eat and drinkand nicer jobs. There came a day, however, when I
for one week should be sufficient enough to tell youtransferred into the same town where this little
if you are on the right track or if you need to makedonut shop was and it was easier for me to at least
some changes.work part-time there.
For example, add a yogurt as a snack if you find youIt was a Saturday morning job. I did not mind getting
are not meeting your daily requirement for milkup at 3:00 a.m. to be there by 5:00 a.m. on Saturday
servings. Add some strawberries or other berriesmorning because I knew first thing I was going to
(berry fruit is better because they contain moremake the coffee and start sampling those delicious
antioxidants) to your cereal to obtain an extradonuts. It was a very personal treat and reward for
serving of fruit. An 8 ounce glass of orange juiceme for about a year. I only earned about $50 on this
everyday can serve as another serving. An 8 ounceday. The treat was seeing how those donuts were
glass of cranberry juice everyday can serve asprepared "in person" and getting to sample all of
another serving. I can't stand tomato juice, but if youthem. Boy did I have a good time in that job! I still
can stand it, a small can of tomato juice serves aswant to go back to that Saturday morning job. I just
one vegetable serving. If you are pressed for time,still have other things more interesting to do and Lord
adding these quick and easy items to your dailyknows at age 50 now I don't need the extra fat,
routine can help you meet the daily requirements forsugar and calories.
each food group.It would be too much of a temptation to overeat
The new dietary guidelines recommend 2 cups ofagain and probably really get myself in trouble. I did
fruit and 2 and /2 cups of vegetables per day. Youend up with teeth that hurt more during that year I
ought to be able to meet that requirement fairlyworked and ate at the Donut shop! I told my dentist,
easily.well the reason might just be this donut shop I been
Set a weekly goal for yourself and continue toworking at every Saturday.......Food is one of life's
maintain your food diary. Weekly goals could be asgreat pleasures.
simple as to order a salad for lunch instead of yourIn conclusion here, you can make simple enough
regular French fries, or to bring a favorite flavor ofchanges to your daily diet to meet the requirements
yogurt to work every day.for a healthy eating pattern. That donut shop had
Once you begin to really think about your diet, keepthe biggest, roundest, cinnamon rolls I ever
the diary, make changes where necessary it beginssaw.............and blueberry cake donuts just would melt in
to get easier to meet the new daily recommendedyour mouth.........
requirements for a healthy diet.Anyway, I am really on a personal journey now to
A special note for those of us who have a sweetturn myself around and eat healthier. You can do it
tooth is just simply limit how often you eat thosetoo!
"forbidden" types of food.This article is FREE to publish with the resource box.
I live in an area where there is an excellent donut