Eating Healthy with a Busy Lifestyle Anytime
Eating healthy with a busy lifestyle is nearly impossible. There are other activities that take precedent like family, work, and fun. Why should we let eating healthy get in the way? It’s hard to find time to sit quietly for an hour during the week nevertheless prepare a healthy meal. Eating healthy with a busy lifestyle can seem like a monumental task
The truth is eating healthy with a busy lifestyle will give you more energy while making you more productive. Healthy food gives you the energy to crush a busy day. You’ll get more done with less time while feeling incredible and productive. Healthy food can push you through a hectic day like 4 cups of coffee. I’ve written a post on how to meal prep quickly and effectively and a post on how to prepare quick healthy meals anywhere. These posts laid out the mechanics of what to eat and how to prepare it. This post will help you develop a life long habit of eating healthy no matter how busy you are. It will explore the mental side behind creating the habit of eating healthy with a busy lifestyle.
Eating Healthy with a Busy Lifestyle Starts with your Deep-Down Motivation
Eating healthy with a busy lifestyle starts with uncovering your deep-down motivation. Use the five why technique to find out what’s really motivating you to eat healthily. Write this motivation down every day or say it every day! This will remind you why you decided to begin a healthy lifestyle. It will motivate you in dark times when that brownie is calling you.
Revisit your deep-down motivation often. Are you keeping it as a high priority? A busy life can erode core values. Take a step back each week or two and ask yourself what you’ve been prioritizing over the week. Are they things that are important to you? Are filler activities taking the place of more important activities? Be honest with yourself and don’t be afraid to cut out activities that aren’t adding value.
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Eating Healthy with a Busy Lifestyle Begins with Uncovering your Values
What are your life values? What’s important to you? Have you ever taken the time to go through them? Listing your values can aid you in deciding what you’re willing to sacrifice. What things will you sacrifice to incorporate healthy habits? Often, the first things to go are going out to eat or binging Netflix. What things do you need to stay healthy and sane? For me, I need to create time for relationships and exercise.
Everyone will have different values. By listing them out you will know what’s important to you. Hold these dear when you begin to incorporate eating healthy with a busy lifestyle. This will keep you on track when you decide what to sacrifice and what to keep in your life.
Find Time You Didn’t Know You Had
Take an hour out of your busy day to list out all the activities you do on a day to day basis from the previous week. What activities can you do away with? What activities are important? Are there any activities that are huge time sucks that could be replaced with healthy activities like meal prep or exercise? Be honest with yourself and don’t beat yourself up. Remember your values when you decide to cut out activities.
Do this for a few weeks until you feel satisfied that you’re spending your time where you want to. There will be some activities that you don’t want to do that you have to. End the things that are optional where you feel like you’re wasting your time. Getting rid of activities that don’t add value will make you feel better and more productive. This leaves more time for eating healthy with a busy lifestyle. When I started eating healthy, I found myself going to the bar less, eating out less often, and watching less TV. These things were no longer important.
Master the Mindset and Learn the Techniques to Eat Healthily
With your intrinsic motivation, values, and newfound time you’ll have the resources you need for eating healthy with a busy lifestyle. Surround yourself with people that support you and tell them what you’re doing. This will keep you accountable when you have a setback or a particularly busy week.
Refer to my posts on meal prep and preparing quick healthy meals for the techniques to eat healthy when you’re busy. I hope this post helps you prepare for eating healthy when busy. Yet, by no means is it comprehensive.
What have you done to eat healthy when you’re busy? What values have helped you stick to a healthy lifestyle? Do you have advice for others starting a healthy routine? Let me know in the comments!
