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