Happiness is the key to staying on track and achieving your New Year healthy eating and exercise goals. Many of us would have already fallen off the wagon with our New Year's Resolutions, thanks to our unrealistic expectations. If you want to successful with your goals (whatever they are), then you need to set sensible and achievable goals so feelings of disappointment and food deprivation are avoided.
Think about the time you made chocolate a forbidden food - did you overindulge on it the next time you allowed yourself to eat it? If you just answered yes, you can rest easy knowing that you're not allow. Restricting the foods we love, often leads to an increased desire for these foods, which ultimately leads to over-consumption of the very foods we were trying to avoid.
The best way to achieve a healthy balanced lifestyle is to set small but realistic goals that can be reached; this way it's far easier to stay on track and you will generally feel happier with your achievements. Many of us enjoy a creamy pasta sauce or a creamy ice cream on a hot day, but take away these experiences and people can feel like they're missing out. In fact, a recent Carnation Soy Cooking Milk Survey found that an incredible 81% of Australians say if they couldn't eat creamy comfort foods, their general happiness would be severely compromised. This just shows how closely food and emotions are linked.
To help you achieve your happy and healthy New Year Resolutions, follow my tips:
- Set small, realistic goals that you can achieve
- Find substitutes for the foods you crave, for example Carnation Soy Creamy Cooking Milk is a nutritious non-dairy substitute for cooking
- Buddy up with a friend and support each other
- Combine healthy eating with regular exercise to release endorphins and boost mood
- Reward yourself with a non-food related treat, when you have achieved your goals
- Enjoy your favourite foods in moderation and control your portion sizes
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