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Eating Healthy When You’re Pressed for Time

Eating healthy can be hard to do sometimes and no matter how much someone seems good at staying in shape, there’s a good chance that they were once in your position when it comes to diet and routine. However, they stuck it out and found what worked for them and now they’re in the best possible shape! It sounds simple when you lay it out, but a lot of the time other factors come into play like budget, time constraints, and just having to fulfill all your other responsibilities means healthy eating is sometimes left to the sidelines.

 


Eating Healthy When Time is Limited


Buy Out of Season

When a particular fruit or vegetable is in its prime season, the prices on it sometimes go up and you often see the better quality products wrapped up in the baskets at the front of the store. However, one way to make it cheaper and easier for you, buy these foods when they are out of season and then freeze them until you need them. There will also be fruits and vegetables that are in season sold at good prices but this is also where you need to shop around so you know when you’re getting a good deal.

You can pull out a bag of your crafty produce the night before you need it and keep it in the fridge, and then have some good fruit and yogurt for breakfast, smoothie ingredients, or plenty of corn and other bulking foods in your lunch bag for that realistic 5-minute lunch break at work.

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Plan Meals in Advance

When you have a few minutes to spare in the evening, turn your attention to your kitchen. It’s a good idea to do it in advance like this so you’ll know what you need to pick up from the store on your way home, allowing for less distractions when you pass the bakery section. This can also mean you incorporate sale foods into your meals. Eating healthy doesn’t have to be costly.

First of all, search through your cupboards and pair together some balancing foods such as pasta with veggies like roasted carrots. Once you have your basic starting point, you can plan sauces and trimmings on top of it, and not the other way around. That way, you’re keeping your meal nutritious and flavorsome, rather than desperately searching for a way to use up the alfredo.

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Get Creative

When it comes down to it, a diet that worked wonders for a friend or family member may not work so well for you, and vice versa. It’s incredibly annoying that nutrition isn’t a universal matter, but it’s the reality we have to face. So, we need to be able to experiment with our diets and find what works, but that doesn’t mean we go without a good starting point.

Something like nutrition therapy will tell you that everyone is different and that we all have different needs when it comes to building a healthy, balanced diet for ourselves. Yet, it also includes the general rule of healthy foods, such as fruit, veggies, fiber, and protein-rich foods while targeting the edibles that make you feel the best you ever have.

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Throw something together! Eating healthy in a pinch doesn’t have to take long or be difficult when you get used to it!

– Marsha 💋

2 thoughts on “Eating Healthy When You’re Pressed for Time

  1. Wow, that’s really amazing. I actually can’t cook at all when I’m pressed for time. Probably becuase my skills are still to poor and I need time to exactly follow youtube video. Thanks for the tips though 😛

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