A couple of months back, I started my healthy swap challenge
to prep for my honeymoon. I already told you all about my squats and my new found love for tea. What I didn’t tell you is that I cut back on carbohydrates,
unhealthy snacks, and lazy nights in bed. It’s been two months and I can’t confirm that I lost weight,
but I really do feel better. I don’t weigh
myself. When you have anxiety, you avoid
the things that could trigger a meltdown.
Healthy swaps to adopt a healthier lifestyle may be an effective strategy, but you need to know what you're doing. There are some foods out there that are trendy as a health food, but they aren't actually healthy. We need to identify those foods and erase them from our diet.
Related: Ten habits for a happier & healthier you.
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Ten health foods that aren't healthy.
1. Smoothies
I’m a huge fan of Tropical Smoothie and I have been
indulging to my heart’s content. After checking out their nutrition facts, I learned that I’d
be better off with a gallon of ice cream. Not to mention, their
smoothies only come in one size: gigantic! The only smoothies that I'll be consuming going forward are homemade ones with fresh ingredients.
2. Salad With Dressing
I eat salad with fresh mozzarella 5 days a week for lunch,
and I absolutely love it! I did a healthy swap of fresh avocado instead of salad
dressing, and it’s even more delicious. Dressings are filled
with empty calories and preservatives. Opt for
oil and vinegar instead or try my avocado swap!
3. Oatmeal
My daily breakfast was a packet of apple cinnamon flavored
Quaker instant oatmeal. The sugar content is horrible, enough to make you EEP! I switched to plain, dry oat bran with cinnamon and
berries instead.
4. Wraps
One popular healthy food trend is wraps filled with yummy
different things. Compare the nutrition facts of your wrap to your bread. You’ll see that the wraps are worse. I started to make open face sandwiches with these sandwich thins instead.
5. Peanut Butter
I’ve been buying the reduced fat peanut butter thinking that
I made a healthy swap. A coworker told me that the fat they took out of the peanut
butter was replaced with sugar. I've since witches to this all natural almond butter with no added sugar. & it tastes even better!
6. Diet Drinks
These drinks may have less sugar, but the companies make up
for it with chemicals. Some diet sodas in particular have been linked to Multiple
Sclerosis type symptoms.
7. Cold Cut Turkey Meat
It’s not uncommon for me to roll up a few slices and stick
them on top of my salad. Turns out that this deli meat is packed with preservatives,
sodium, and fat. When I was pregnant,
the doctored banned me from eating any cold cuts. Red flag much?
8. Orange Juice
When I feel a cold coming on or when I need a burst of
energy, I’ll drink a glass of OJ. Little did I know that I was really just overdosing on
sugar! Next time I’ll swap for it a real
orange.
9. Sugar Substitutes
This is something that I used once, despised the after
taste, and never used again. Some sugar substitutes are typically filled with chemicals that
are known to cause medical issues.
10. Yogurt
While yogurt has great things in it for digestive systems and
women bits, I hate the taste of it. Plain yogurt is a very healthy snack, but the flavored ones
are full of sugar and preservatives. Another great brand is Chobani. I did a paper on this company and could list a million reasons why you should make the switch to Chobani today.
What
unhealthy health foods tricked you?
Related: Ten habits for a happier & healthier you.
I drink orange juice only when I freshly squeeze it and mix it with a mashed banana and some honey. That is my everyday magical potion.
ReplyDeleteOh that sound absolutely amazing!!! But, do you get pulp? I don't like pulp.
Deleteyou have to drink the pulp too, otherwise you get no fibre.
DeleteAll of that I knew, as everything now a days seems to want to trick us. But pffft to it I say and just eat what I eat with no crap at my bay.
ReplyDeleteNo crap is 100% the best way!!!! Now, I could do that too if I didn't love chocolate so much.
DeleteThe dressing most certainly makes it tricky to eat salads and consider them healthy!! Diet Drinks are the worst...I never liked them and they are actually terrible for your throat! xo, Biana -BlovedBoston
ReplyDeleteIt really does!! The salad dressings are the absolute worst.
DeleteI got tricked by a bunch of those myself. I seriously can't believe how many calories are in smoothies from those chain places. Most are not even made with fresh fruit. I make smoothies myself now with fresh blueberries, fresh strawberries, a banana, Greek Yogurt, a splash of honey and some ice in the blender. I only drink half and save the other half for the next day.
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was funny seeing an obese woman get Diet Soda and 2% milk (I used to work grocery stores), I don't think it's working
ReplyDeleteIsn't it crazy how deceiving it all can be? For instance, I used to eat at Red Robin a lot in college and I always ordered salad. If you actually go look at their menu, mostly all the salads are more than every burger entree they have- insane!
ReplyDeleteThese are good ideas in terms of cutting out! I will say that just buying plain (non-flavored) oats you make yourself is so easy and doesn't have all that extra sugar flavor. And I have learned the rule of low fat/reduced fat/non fat etc. = they take out natural things and fill with things to make it taste good.
I think a lot of this can be reduced by making things yourself, just annoying how much time it takes!
I heard recently that the chemicals in diet soda actually make you crave carbs! I just drink water and tea...and coffee.
ReplyDeleteYou're doing great on your healthier you plan....seeing any results yet?
Gah, you've condemned everything I hold dear! EVEN PEANUT BUTTER!
ReplyDeleteThese are great tips- but depressing, haha!
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I would have a better comment but i've spent the last 10 minutes googling "Multiple Sclerosis symptoms" to see if I have any of them from drinking so much Diet Dr. Pepper.
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