SUCCESS & HAPPINESS - Healthy Eating Strategies
STRATEGY 1 - Good Eating Habits
Chewing your food thoroughly helps you get more nutrients out of it, helps digestion and helps prevent choking. Walking for 5 to 10 minutes after a meal helps you digest it.
Starting your meal with low low glycemic food like a salad, vegetables or cheese can help lower your insulin spike followed by proten and then desert can be helpful. Measuring your food on a scale can also be helpful.

STRATEGY 2 - Creating Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Meal Menus
What are healthy foods that you can eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner? What are healthy snacks? What healthy foods from the different food groups can you combine for a healthy meal? What portions of each food? What are foods you want include? What are foods you want to avoid?

STRATEGY 3 - Schedule Your Meals
The human body likes a schedule. It helps to have a regular time of day when you eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. Not eating after 7:00 at night is suggested to help lose weight.

3 Additional Ideas:
   • Do you enjoy cooking every day or want quick meals to prepare ahead?
   • What are less expensive foods that are good for you?
   • What are foods to start your meal with?

Phrases to Google for Healthy Eating
   1. Google: How to eat healthy
   2. Google: Healthy eating habits

(You can make notes and write ideas on the back of this paper.)

SUCCESS & HAPPINESS
Healthy Eating Worksheet

STRATEGY 1 - What do you eat now?
Please make a list of everything in your house and car that you eat.
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STRATEGY 2 - What are healthy food and meal replacements?
Please make a list of healthy replacements and things that should go.
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STRATEGY 3 - Research healthy foods and meals and cost per item/meal
Please research to find healthy foods that you would like.
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BREAKFAST: _________________________________________________________________________
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LUNCH: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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DINNER: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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