“It has 23g of sugar! That’s almost as much as you should have in a day!”

Today’s post is the first in a series of four, all geared towards tweaking your diet for healthier eating!

Today’s the day! Let’s make some healthy changes!

In this post, we’re specifically covering sugar. Sugar is in pretty much everything. It’s delicious and highly addictive, which is why so many companies and restaurants add it to their foods.

Unfortunately, this means that added sugar isn’t only present in places you’d expect, like Auntie Anne’s cinnamon pretzel bites. It’s also in foods like ketchup, breads, meats, and granola. It’s everywhere! Which means that most of us eat wayyy too much of it. And that’s a very, very bad thing.

Why?

“Calculating your daily calorie intake is more necessary today than ever before.”

Should you count calories? Well, I’m usually NOT a supporter of it. Why? Because people often get way too hung up on the numbers. And calories are just one small piece of the nutrition puzzle.

Instead I’m all about intuitive eating, which is eating foods that sound good when you’re hungry. Though I do still suggest reaching for nutritious foods first and making them the majority of what you eat. Intuitive eating allows you to be more mindful of how you’re feeling and what you’re craving, and discourages the intensive tracking that comes with dieting.

But sometimes it’s good to have a check-in and make sure your habits are on the right track. Because you may eat healthy the majority of the time, but your intuitively eaten half pint of ice cream every night could be sabotaging your health goals.

“The fitness world is a tricky, tricky place to navigate nowadays.”

Okay, we’re all guilty of it. It’s a Sunday afternoon and we’re perusing the internet, only to have our attention snagged by some very intriguing articles:

“Get a flat belly fast!”

“Eat these 5 fat-burning foods to quickly tone up!”

“Lose 10 pounds in 1 week with this workout plan!”

You can’t help but click on them. Inside the posts, you find promises that can’t be kept. Because when it comes to fitness, it’s often too good to be true.