RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

Eating healthier is made easier when we're better prepared & preplan our meals & snacks ahead of time. This weekend go to the grocery store and buy "sEE-food." Not seAfood as in fish, but healthy snacks that you can have with you throughout the week that you can sEE, so that you're not starving and searching for unhealthy items. When we surround ourselves with healthy choices, we're less likely to make bad choices & overeat. Great sEE-food choices: fresh fruit & veggies that you enjoy, plain Greek yogurt and mix in fresh fruit, hummus and use fresh raw veggies to dip in it like carrots/celery/cauliflower/brocoli/peppers, unsalted/raw nuts, unsalted beans like lentils that make for a great Winter warmup soup, tuna or salmon in a pouch that's packed in water/olive oil, Quinoa which is protein loaded grain that's a better sub for rice/potatoes, and almond butter which a better sub for peanut butter because it's less toxic and allergenic than peanut butter.