a healthy diet.
Spending a few hours a week prepping and packing your meals can go a long way to ensure you stay on track.
Consciously Build a Healthy Plate
The sure way to stay on track without counting calories or feeling deprived is to make a habit of building a healthy plate at every meal.
A healthy plate should contain 50 percent low-carb vegetables (greens, mushrooms, asparagus, etc), 20 percent complex carbohydrates (brown rice, quinoa, beans, potatoes, etc), and 30 percent proteins (fish, meat, etc).
This will ensure you stay on track while building long-term healthy eating habits that are applicable even when eating out.
Watch What You Drink
We tend to consume loads of excess calories from drinks, as we are more likely to pay more attention to what we eat than what we drink. Drinks are equally as important when it comes to a healthy lifestyle. Pop (soda/minerals) should be avoided.
Drinks are often sugar-laden and provide little to no nutritional benefit. Excessive consumption of added sugar causes more harm than weight gain alone.
Ronke Edoho is a home cook, health enthusiast and creator of the Lose It Nigerian (LIN) brand. Lose It Nigerian is a sustainable approach to healthy eating/living on a Nigerian diet. Ronke publishes recipes on her blog (9jafoodie.com), Instagram feed & Youtube channel. You can find ingredients listed on the website at ojaexpress.com. Visit ojaexpress.com for quick, convenient grocery shopping.