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Your health is an everyday journey, but some days (and particular situations) can be tough to keep it up. We’re sharing tips on how to bring health into health-sucking situations so you can still fit into your fave pair of jeans (long after the fun is done).
Your kitchen is one of the great love or hate relationships in life. Often it's fraught with heroic expectations of perfection, or even some fear you’ll slide back to a size you used to be. It doesn’t have to be this way. Get prepared to fall in love again, even after all these years.
1) Break up with bad food. If there’s food in your freezer that makes you anxious every time you look at it (hello ice cream), ditch it. If there’s food that’s been at the back of your fridge since the days Atkins was trendy, let it go. Having things in your fridge and cupboards that better reflect your self-worth will make you feel more relaxed and at peace each time you encounter hunger.
2) Prepare for hunger. You know your schedule pretty well – what time you leave for work most days, and what time you get back. You’re no more a hero for trying to defy hunger – accept that it’s a part of life. Make an action plan. If you’re hardly a morning person, make a batch of healthy muffins on the weekend so you won’t be tempted to make the sugar-bomb-grab at Starbucks a daily habit. If you fly in late after a stressful day, prepare some things on the weekend (veggie chili, cut up vegetables, homemade tomato sauce). Having a fresh meal on the table will be as easy as boiling water.
3) Be mindful even when your mind is full (and your stomach is empty). Clean the kitchen regularly. Paint it a beautiful colour. Buy yourself some flowers to put on the table. And make it a place where you can sigh with content after returning from a whirlwind day. You’ll be more likely to pay attention to what you’re eating, to what you’re cooking and to who you’re with. This will help to build a firm foundation of good health and self-care, one dish at a time.
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Courtney Sunday has two cats and a boyfriend who are very patient with her health and wellness obsessions. She teaches yoga, Pilates and indoor cycling and gives Thai massages through her Toronto business Om at Home Yoga. When she's tuckered out, she takes up the sport of sleeping.
