If you're looking for comfort in desserts, snacks, and fast food during the coronavirus pandemic, you're likely to come out of isolation with a few extra pounds. These tricks will help you not to gain (too much) weight during quarantine. 🙂
There are several ways to "force" yourself to eat healthier, to avoid weight gain, and if all goes well, you're ready to jump into a swimsuit. Treat yourself to start tasty and healthy snacks and never underestimate the power a well-organized refrigerator. Throw out old, unhealthy foods and replace them all with nutritious, healthy foods. Your diet will improve instantly.
Here are 3 tricks that separate you from a healthier life!
Prepare food in advance
Use Sunday evening to prepare food for the coming week. Cut vegetables such as eggplant, sweet potatoes, onions, peppers or asparagus into larger pieces and place on the pan. Cover everything with olive oil and bake. When the vegetables are ready, refrigerate them. In this way, you will secure yourself without any special effort a healthy side dish for the whole week.
You can store the fruit in the refrigerator without worry, even in the freezer. Frozen fruit retains its nutritional value. Another possibility is that you are cut the fruit into slices and keep it in the refrigerator. This makes it much more likely that you'll reach for a healthy snack when you're hungry.
Put healthy food in the first row in the refrigerator
The way you organize your fridge is very important. And it's best if you are put healthy food first. Put nutrient-dense foods on the shelves you see first, as this will make you more likely to reach for the food you see next when you're hungry.
"Beautify" the water
If you have an organized fridge full of healthy food, you are more likely to eat healthier. The same rule applies to water. If it will looks attractive, you will drink more of it. Cut a slice of lemon, watermelon or cucumber, add a basil or mint leaf to it, and it will instantly be more attractive.
