TIPS TO EAT HEALTHIER AT HOME

The kitchen is the heart of a family home, but can also be at the centre of your weight loss efforts. It’s not just about the foods that you choose to keep in your cupboards, there are also some clever changes you can make to your kitchen to help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight.

KEEP HEALTHY FOODS AT THE FRONT OF YOUR FRIDGE

If unhealthy foods are the first thing you see when you open your fridge or cupboards, then you will be more likely to reach for them as opposed to healthy options. Cornell University researchers found that we are three times more likely to eat the first item we see in the kitchen than the fifth, so keeping healthy foods visible at the front of your fridge could help your weight loss efforts. Chop up fruit and vegetables and keep them in airtight containers at the front of your fridge so that reaching for something healthy is as easy as grabbing a bag of crisps.

KEEP UNHEALTHY FOODS OUT OF SIGHT

You don’t have to completely banish unhealthy foods from your kitchen, but just as moving healthy foods into view can benefit your eating habits, hiding junk food out of sight can also help you kick the cravings. This approach should make it far less easy to give in to the temptation of easily and mindlessly snacking on the first unhealthy thing you see in your kitchen.

If these things are put to the back, behind jars, tins and packets, you’ll have to remove everything else and repack it, in order to get to any fatty, sugary foods.

USING MINDFUL PICTURES & QUOTES ON THE FRIDGE DOOR