First of all I created a Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/healthylifeeasily?ref=hl dedicated to my blog
and to healthy living in general. Actually in Russian “Facebook” – www.vkontakte.ru there
is a bunch of really helpful pages about this issue. The administrators of
these pages update data at least once per hour. The information they provide
includes eating tips, advises about sport, diets, motivation. There
are so many photo albums with the achievements of the group members. They
motivate me greatly! So I decided to develop my page drawing on experience of
these pages.
Actually, when I just came to America I was really frightened that
I will gain weight because it happened to me 3 times before when I was an
exchange student in 2007, 2008 and 2009. But this time I decided to follow a
healthy eating diet and go in for sports. Thus I understood that the problem
was not in the fact that in this very country (I am talking about USA) I always
gain weight. The problem was my unhealthy eating. My obsession was cookies, mmmm…
380 Calories per serving (85g), Total
Fat 17g (26%), Total Carbohydrate 51g (18%), Sugars 35g. Just terrible!
Okay. As a foreigner I
can observe some problems with food intake traditions that are common to all
Americans.
First of all, the
size of meals that are served in restaurants is just incredibly huge.
When I just came it was impossible for me to eat a whole meal! (But I am
starting getting used to it… ooops!) So you overeat all the time thus
stretching the stomach. The normal portion of food that is good for our stomach
is 200g.
Secondly, you are eating
on the run. You are not dedicating special time for eating. Having healthy
snacks between meals is good for metabolic. But eating fast,
unhealthy and not tasty meals on the dashboard is not beneficial at all! Try to
pay attention to what you are eating and enjoy every piece of your meal!
Thirdly, you are eating
to much unhealthy snacks, semis and sweets. However, there are so
many opportunities in your country to choose healthy food. In Russia we don’t
have regulations that are devoted to organic / non-organic food. Nowadays
Russian manufacturers are trying to reduce production costs by using the
cheapest alternatives. Thus, the quality of products is decreasing. Per
contra, in USA people are really concerned about organic food and the
regulations of making such type of products are really strict. It means that
you have a great chance to choose healthy and truly tasty products.
So why don’t you do that? Why do you drink coke instead of organic juice? Why
do you eat frozen food instead of choosing fresh products from local farms?
I feel that America is
the country of opportunities. You have a real right to select. Why
then don’t you choose a healthy lifestyle to make your life better?
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