Healthier Eating Habits for People Who Hate Healthy Eating

These Are Acceptable, Even for Regular People

We all want to be healthy, or at least not unhealthy. But many of us do not want, or are not willing, to do what it takes to properly care for our bodies. This is mostly true with food, and lifelong eating habits can seem impossible to change. Sometimes not even the urgency of needing or wanting to lose weight will be enough to break the cycle of poor diet.

Don't be discouraged by the grim picture drawn by physicians and nutrition experts of what our diet is supposed to look like. Instead focus on simple modifications you can make to your everyday eating habits.

1) The sandwich
The fact that the healthier foods cost more at the grocery store makes it even harder to stick with the recommended diet. For people whose grocery budgets are not so flexible, less expensive and lower quality foods will inevitably make their way back into the cart.

There is at least one meal that is healthy, cheap and simple. Replace what you normally eat for lunch everyday with a sandwich made up of these:
*100% whole wheat bread (sandwiches really are better on this bread too, so make the switch if you haven't already)
*Light or fat free mayonnaise (with Hellmann's brand, you really can't tell the difference) or honey mustard dressing
*Thin-sliced honey turkey or honey ham that is 99% fat free (Hillshire Farms Deli Select lunchmeats are perfect)
*A mound of shredded lettuce (bags of lettuce shreds are inexpensive and convenient)
*Tomato slices

This makes an awesome sandwich. It's filling as well as good for you. Eat two of them if one doesn't fill you up enough. I certainly don't mind eating this for lunch 5 days a week, but I know most people tire more quickly of having the same thing. Doing this even 3 times a week will make a difference if you have a habit of eating fast food or other junky foods for lunch.