20 Ways To Eat Healthier Now Without Dieting

A healthy lifestyle isn’t about going on an extreme diet or not enjoying your food. It’s the small steps to eating healthier that can add up to major results over time.

Instead of swearing off certain foods or food groups forever, commit to incorporating one or two of these tips into your healthy eating habits each week to create an entirely new perspective and eating pattern in a matter of months.

1. Drink Water before anything else in the morning.

You lose a lot of water when you sleep from just breathing. When you wake up in the morning, you haven’t had any hydration for eight or so hours, and dehydration can mimic hunger.

2. Eat protein first thing in the morning.

Protein satiates you and helps balance your blood sugar. If you spike your blood sugar in the morning, you’re more likely to eat up to double the food during the day.

3. Eat water throughout the day

Foods rich in water not only keep you hydrated, but they are also less energy-debse and fill you up.

4. Skip sugar in your coffee and tea

Sugar makes you feel hungrier than you actually are.

5. Add collagen protein to your coffee or tea in the morning

Collagen dissolves completely in hot liquid and is odorless and tasteless. It’s a great way to get your protein in the morning, not to mention will make your hair and nails stronger and longer, and support the elasticity of your skin.

6. Aim for one liquid meal per day

A smoothie or blended soup can ensure that you not only get more hydration, but it’s easier for your digestive system to take in.

7. Make most of your own food at home

The single best thing you can do for your health is to make most of your own food at home. Dining out once or twice a week is great, but relying on takeout or premade meals every day is destroying your health.

8. Always think, “Cook once, eat 2 or 3 times”

Employ the “Cook Once, Eat 2 or 3 Times” principle. What can you make on Sunday that can be made into lunch or dinner for Monday or Tuesday?

9. Opt for healthier fats to eat healthier

Fats aren’t bad! But not all fats are created equal. Good fats from sources like avocados, Salmon, extra virgin olive oil, nuts, seeds, and natural food sources keep your cell membranes permeable to help get nutrition in and waste out.

10. Go easy on nuts and nut butters

Nuts are good for you! They are also energy-dense and eating to many of them will slow your digestion and energy systems.

11. Skip store-bought salad dressing

Store-bought salad dressing is not only loaded with preservatives to prevent it from spoiling, but it’s overloaded with sugar to make you crave it.

12. Eat salmon once per week

Salmon is packed with omega-3 fatty acids, protein, and minerals. This one addition to your weekly meal plan can add up to great results.

13. Go easy on dairy to eat healthier

If you want to eat healthier, go easy on dairy, including milk, cream, and cheeses. Dairy is hard on the digestive system and is more energy-dense than most foods, meaning that it requires a lot of process.

14. Choose greek or icelandic-style yogurts over flavored yogurts

When you choose dairy, choose fermented dairy, such as yogurt or kefir, when you can. Most flavored yogurts have more sugar than a snickers bar. Opt for the unsweetened versions of high-protein yogurts like Greek yogurt or Icelandic yogurt and add a teaspoon of honey or whole fruit for sweetness and chis or flax seeds for more nutrition.

15. Eat your protein first

Protein fills you up more quickly and will prevent you from overdoing starchy carbs. This tip can be applied to any type of food.

16. Eat enough at mealtimes

If you find yourself endlessly snacking, you’re not eating enough protein at mealtimes, and you’re not eating enough in general at mealtimes.

17. Drink mostly water

Trade soda for sparkling water, kombucha, or coconut water. Drinking soda is the quickest thing you can do to fill up on empty calories and spike your blood sugar. Will leave you hungrier than you were before.

18. Fill up on fiber as much as possible

Fiber fills you up, also keeps your digestive system in tip-top shape. Most Americans get fewer than 10 grams of fiber per day. Aim for 25 grams of fiber minimum each day and watch your health change for the better.

19. Sneak in superfood boosts

An easy way to eat healthier without giving up foods you love is simply adding in superfood boosts to what you already eat. Superfood boost is a teaspoon or so of nutrient-packed ingredients. Chia seeds and flax seeds are great examples of superfood boosts. Add a teaspoon of one to your next smoothie, salad, or a cup of yogurt.

20. Instead of changing what you eat, change when you eat

Time-restricted eating is a form of intermittent fasting where meals are consumed within a specific period of time. A popular and extremely effective form of this way of eating is an 8-hour eating window, then fasting for the remaining 16 hours of the day, called 16:8. Generally, this is done every day or almost every day.

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