What is food displacement?

There's a big difference between a healthy diet to which treats are occasionally added and an 'all-treat diet.' In the former, unhealthy foods are consumed rarely and in addition to healthy foods. In the latter, unhealthy foods are consumed often and instead of healthy foods. This is called 'food displacement' and must be avoided if optimal body composition and health are your goals. Don't displace nutrient dense food with empty calories!

Challenge Your Workout

Are You Still Munching On Your Thanksgiving Feast?

If a food is in your possession or located in your residence, you'll eventually eat it. If you wish to be healthy and lean, you must remove all foods not conducive to those goals from said residence and replace them with a variety of better, healthier choices. If you know someone whose house is stocked only with optimal food choices and yet who is not healthy and lean, look under his or her bed.

Is It Ok To Cheat?

Cheat meal frequency should be minimized when you're over 15-20% body fat. Basically, the fatter you are, the more likely that any excess food will be shuttled toward body-fat storage rather than muscle mass. So skip the cheat meal unless you're lean. And even then, think of it as an alternative food meal - not a cheat. Cheat meals are usually glorified forms of dietary debauchery. Alternative food meals allow for something a little different from the norm without the trough.



 

Mix It Up

To challenge your body and also help prevent overuse injuries caused by doing the same exact action over and over, occasionally try a totally new and different workout. For example, if you always jog or walk give rollerblading a try. You'll find that the new exercise may be a lot more challenging and therefore burn more calories in the same amount of time.

Make Your Body Your Machine

Healthy Holiday Recipe Exchange

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Start a new tradition: Healthy holiday recipe exchange. Instead of the traditional cookie exchange or sweet treat preparation party, challenge friends and family to makeover a favorite holiday recipe. These days it is rather easy to search the Internet to find a healthy alternative recipe for one of your favorite holiday treats. Have everyone share a sample of their healthy treat along with the full recipe.

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It Is OK To Make Mistakes

As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.

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