Are you overly concerned about that irresistible cheesecake you ate during the weekend outing? Or the extra slice of pizza you know you should have avoided at your friend’s birthday party? The fact is that you should really be worried more about your daily eating habits that literally compound inside your body rather than the occasional succumbing to temptation.

Focus on your daily eating habits:

1. Are you getting your daily servings of fresh fruits and vegetables?
2. Do you get enough dairy products like low fat milk, yogurt and cheeses?
3. Have you switched to whole grain foods rather than refined white bread and rice?
4. Are your meals balanced to include the right amounts of carbohydrates proteins and fats (typically in a 50-30-20 ratio)?
5. Have you stopped eating fast food on a regular basis or drinking regular soda daily?

A common joke is about the guy who drives upto a fast food joint and orders an extra-large hamburger with large french fries and a large soda, and as an after-thought adds “Make sure it’s diet soda”! A typical example of a guy who does not understand that his portions are probably already way overboard and a diet soda is not going to help! Another health blog called “The Fitness Insider” has an interesting article titled Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff in which this point is elaborated.

Your daily habits really shape your eating habits for life. After all our motto should be to “Make fitness a way of life” - no extraordinary effort is required - just a regular focus on discipline. And if you occasionally eat a little more - it’s all in the game … your regular good habits will more than make up for it.

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Ever had eyes rolled at you when you measure rice (brown, I presume!) in cups or count your almonds or walnuts before you eat them? Do you hear “What’s a few extra, here and there”-type comments?

I guess these comments come from the same people who then whine when the bathroom scale shows they bumped up a fraction of an ounce over their previous weighing. Oh, so now they want to be exact in measuring, don’t they!

Don’t be ashamed to count and measure calories.

It’s the only way you will really get a good idea of what you are consuming and whether you are achieving your target calorie intake value.

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