Ideas of Motivation for healthy eating/exercise?!
Question: Ideas of Motivation for healthy eating/exercise!?
I'm a 15 year old girl and I've played soccer since I was about 4 years old!.
When comparing myself to my teammates during drills and things in soccer practice, I always seems to be keeping up and playing up to expectations, however my weak point is definitely my running stamina (my sprinting, however, is pretty good)!. It's not that I'm tired and my body physically can't work anymore but I have a very hard time catching my breath and I always seem to become winded very quickly!. I try to control my breathing and be sure to inhale through my nose which I wouldn't normally do, but it definitely needs more work then just concentrating on inhaling!.
Now!. I'm not the type to be insecure about my body and everything but while I'm at home, I just can't seem to control my snacking habits!. I'll have the urge to eat when I'm not even hungry, and although I know that's not the key to solving my running problem it can only be slowing me down!.
So my question REALLY is:
What are some things I can think of to stop myself from unnecessary snacking!? How do you convince yourself to resist temptation!?
(Please don't just say eat healthy snacks instead, I'm talking about cutting it out altogether!.)
ThanksWww@Answer-Health@Com
When comparing myself to my teammates during drills and things in soccer practice, I always seems to be keeping up and playing up to expectations, however my weak point is definitely my running stamina (my sprinting, however, is pretty good)!. It's not that I'm tired and my body physically can't work anymore but I have a very hard time catching my breath and I always seem to become winded very quickly!. I try to control my breathing and be sure to inhale through my nose which I wouldn't normally do, but it definitely needs more work then just concentrating on inhaling!.
Now!. I'm not the type to be insecure about my body and everything but while I'm at home, I just can't seem to control my snacking habits!. I'll have the urge to eat when I'm not even hungry, and although I know that's not the key to solving my running problem it can only be slowing me down!.
So my question REALLY is:
What are some things I can think of to stop myself from unnecessary snacking!? How do you convince yourself to resist temptation!?
(Please don't just say eat healthy snacks instead, I'm talking about cutting it out altogether!.)
ThanksWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I have a really simliar habit to you- unnessecary snacking- only i dont play soccer or do ANY form of excersize! (unless u count 30 stomach crunches a day!.!.!.which is nothing)
I guess something to think about is what will happen if you keep on doing this unnessary snacking- like diabetes or other food-related diseases!. Maybe instead of having the full-fat cream cheese, try the 50% less fat one- just take small steps to changing your habits!.
Another tip is to think about how long you would have to excersize after youve eaten the snack to burn the calories off- and how tiring that would be!
Remember, it's all in the brain, and thinking before you reach out to that 70% sugar candy bar may stop you from walking/running for 30 minutes!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I guess something to think about is what will happen if you keep on doing this unnessary snacking- like diabetes or other food-related diseases!. Maybe instead of having the full-fat cream cheese, try the 50% less fat one- just take small steps to changing your habits!.
Another tip is to think about how long you would have to excersize after youve eaten the snack to burn the calories off- and how tiring that would be!
Remember, it's all in the brain, and thinking before you reach out to that 70% sugar candy bar may stop you from walking/running for 30 minutes!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
GEt a photo of ur ideal body and put it on the fridge/in your room!. Only eat once every three hours and if you feel the urge to eat between then then drink something like coke zero (around 1 and a half calories per can)!.When you feel like eating do something fun (like play Wii fit or watch tv while riding an excercise bike) to take ur mind off things:
eat slover
your stomach is the size of your fist, so you only need that amount of food each meal and a couple of 4-5 mouthful of snack every 2-3 hours
excercise 15-20 minutes before you eat, as you'll feel less hungry!.
Snack on non caloric foods like celery, or skinny cow ice-creams (90 calories each icecream! but limit yourself to one a day)Www@Answer-Health@Com
eat slover
your stomach is the size of your fist, so you only need that amount of food each meal and a couple of 4-5 mouthful of snack every 2-3 hours
excercise 15-20 minutes before you eat, as you'll feel less hungry!.
Snack on non caloric foods like celery, or skinny cow ice-creams (90 calories each icecream! but limit yourself to one a day)Www@Answer-Health@Com
Whenever you feel like snacking, drink water instead!. Water makes you feel full and it is healthy for you and will help boost your metabolism!. Its good to snack a little, it cuts down on the overall calories you consume!. Make it something like nuts, or an apple (something with a lot of fiber to fill you up)!. People who eat little meals during the day eat less all together!.Www@Answer-Health@Com