Slimming, body firming or muscle mass building, many people follow a specific nutritional or fitness goal.

Thus, the desired success may be better achieved early than late to put the majority of a certain Routine and certain habits, which will help you to make healthier choices.

But when a healthy Routine is more likely to be unhealthy and a hindrance?

Common tips do not always make sense

Many tips come in everyday life of Social Media platforms, where not all exclusively as experts in the field of nutrition or health are allowed to call.

And nevertheless these tips and advice often serve as a guide for the “healthy living” and eventually to a certain Routine.

Most of these routines appear in the first Moment, though logical, can turn out to be but also as a motivational Killer, or in the worst case, the Psyche is negative in the direction of dining and sport is seeking to draw.

The dietician Brigitte Zeitlin explains in an article on the portal’s ‘SELF’, which “healthy” habits to prefer to should reconsider.

1. Never treat

Cakes, biscuits and puddings have been known to have plenty of calories and lots of sugar – which is why many people resist the sweet temptations. However, the go on duration to the rear.

“To be healthy also means mental health,” explains Zeitlin. “That means, things to eat, you want to feel this stressed or guilty.”

To resist the delicious things, not only leads to a strained relationship with food, it also has another disadvantage: The desire for unhealthy or calorie rich food increases and leads eventually, most likely, to a munchies – also in connection with Binge Eating.

This behavior in turn triggers even more Stress and anxiety. “Life is already stressful enough – the food, it should not be.”

2. Every single calorie tracking

This self-generated Stress each individual ingredient, to track, such as cucumber, which contains hardly any calories, and each Snack to the last calorie and to exceed the target number of Calories, under any circumstances, also.

Such a behavior can generate a disturbed relationship to food, as the food is regarded in many cases as soon as the “enemy,” which is really anything but healthy.

Instead of adhering to strict food rules, recommends to the expert, to treat yourself once in a while something – even if it is unhealthy.

After all, who eats the most of fresh and unprocessed foods with good nutrients, may from time to time, Feasting time.

“It’s amazing how much easier it is to reach health goals, if you’re not afraid to eat something that you love,” says Zeitlin.

Anyone who tracks calories, you should know also that it depends on the individual day, but the week’s balance sheet. Therefore, you can be one to two days about his calories-Should – no Problem at all.

3. To be strongly focused on the goal to be

To achieve plans, one needs a certain amount of focus. Who is working to cramped on a goal, never relaxed, and the joy in the process loses makes it more difficult on this trip unnecessarily.

“This type of Hyper-focused mentality has several disadvantages. Because you can not classify correctly, whether or not these self-imposed rules meet the need,” explains the expert.

“This includes whether the restrictions are doing really well, how they impact on self-perception, concentration, sleep and General well-being, including the human relations.”

For a healthy process, it is important to listen to the signals of your own body in order to avoid unnecessary Stress, no matter whether it is about losing weight or the weekly Fitness goes.

A regular Self-Care Routine can help to find in the meantime back to, to relax and recharge the batteries, and then with new energy to continue.

There are various things that can help, back in the Here and Now to arrive:

  • Yoga and meditation exercises
  • Long walks in the fresh air
  • Read a book or diary
  • A relaxing afternoon with your loved ones to spend
  • Sports units, where they help clear the head

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4. The Meal-Prepping overdo it

Fresh and to cook nutrient-rich, the A and O is when it comes to a healthy lifestyle. The meals for the week prepare, you can save a lot of time.

However, the fun of the regular pre-cooking may be quickly, if the preparation is too exhausting and time-consuming, and take the upper hand.

To prevent this, help it to use, for example, already pre-cooked, sliced and portioned vegetables – frozen broccoli has the same nutrients as fresh, he should be open not for months in the freezer tray.

To cook with partially pre-made ingredients to save time and Stress, delivers the same time, however, all the health benefits. An absolute Win-Win Situation!

5. Think, the health is alone from the food, depending on the

A meal or even a day full of food, and does not affect the achievement of physical goals – if you follow the next day back to the good exchange rate.

In addition, there is a lot more to health than just the food. “The sleep, energy and stress level, and physical activity all play a big role,” explains Zeitlin.

Instead of focusing only on the diet, should be covered by all of these components in the best possible way.

“You should ask how to improve his sleep, deal with Stress or active, you can,” recommends the expert. “For me personally, it helps me to move more and to increase my physical activity.”

After all, Sport is a great way to relieve Stress and not increase at the same time, both the mood as well as energy, as long as the Workout or Jogging is torture. In a Training that goes longer than 30 minutes will also be distributed the stress hormone Cortisol.

Another plus point is that the sleep may improve if you move a lot and extensively.

With a balanced way of life is the most and does not lose his good mood!

Cornelia Bertram

*The contribution of “Really effective?: 5 healthy routines, of which nutrition experts advise that” is published by FitForFun. Contact with the executives here.