So we’re already past the middle of March. For some, the new year’s resolution of healthier eating and active living may be a distant memory. For others, spring break is another reason to keep those resolutions going! I know I’ve got a couple spring getaways planned in the next few weeks and I hope to be sporting a bathing suit… confidently. So what tips and tricks help me to stay on track? I’ve taken the advice from an expert, celebrity nutritionist and author, Jillian Michaels. Below are some of her simple rules that have helped me to stick to healthier eating and living to get me ready for bathing suit season…
1) Make a resolution…and keep it. Resolutions shouldn’t be something you wait for so resolve to do it and resolve to start now!
2) It’s all about balance. Eating three balanced meals (every four hours) with a snack between lunch and dinner is key. Reach for a healthier snack like carrot sticks and hummus, fresh fruit, or curb salty cravings with tasty snacks such as Popchips or almonds and dried cranberries.
3) Just because it’s not fried, it doesn’t mean it’s not delicious! If you are in the mood to nosh, replace fried potato chips with a healthier alternative that still will satisfy that salty crave. Popchips are a great and my favorite snack option! they taste delicious and have less than half the fat of fried chips and only 100 calories in the single serve bag.
4) Grab a buddy. It’s a fact that you will achieve greater success when you have the support of those closest to you. So get your friends together to support each other in being healthier in 2013.
5) Create healthier alternatives to your favorite fried foods. Opt for cooking methods that use little or no fat such as steaming, grilling, baking, popping, broiling or roasting. You can still make these items taste great with the right seasoning! Have a weakness for fried chicken? Instead take skinless chicken breast cutlets, cover them in egg whites and a crushed up cereal like cornflakes, and bake. Same great taste and more than half the calories and fat.
I’m a big fan of PopChips, particularly because they taste great {with 12 different potato flavors and 4 tortilla flavors) and they are gluten free too! I’ve partnered together with PopChips to offer a delicious giveaway of a ONE MONTH SUPPLY of POPCHIPS…. and a SIGNED COPY OF JILLIAN MICHAEL’S BOOK, SLIM FOR LIFE!
To get in on this, leave a comment below with your favorite healthy snack! This giveaway opportunity will run all week and a random winner will be determined on Sunday, March 24th. Good luck and keep up the healthy mindset…summer is just around the corner!
oh wow GREAT giveaway!!! I adore Jillian Michaels!!! And POP Chips are delicious too 🙂 My favorite healthy snack lately is hummus and carrots or 100 cal yogurts 🙂
I like eating Japanese rice crackers. They are low on fat and calories and definitely satisfy my hunger between (or after) meals.
My favorite healthy snack is cut up cucumbers. Yum!
Courtney
Fruit or popcorn!
My current favorite healthy snack is plum tomatoes and reduced-fat ranch dressing.
What a great giveaway!!! I just love Jillian Michaels! (And Popchips!) I like crunchy salty snacks (can you believe Ill gladly push away a slice of cake?) I was so excited when I found Popchips and their clean ingredients. If not, my snack of choice are blackberries, nature's candy cant go wrong!
My favorite healthy snack is Greek yogurt
I love peanut butter- in small quantities.
amandarwest atgmaildotcom
Great give away! My favorite snack is cocoa dust covered almonds!!
Favorite healthy snack is probably fruit and string cheese. I eat this combo once a day.
I love fat free Greek yogurt with fresh berries, or homemade hummus with carrots and celery. I love the BBQ Popchips 🙂
My favorite healthy snack is air-popped popcorn, sprayed with a little olive oil, so yummy!
Air-popped popcorn!!
Love Pop Chips and Jillian Michaels. Great giveaway. My favorite healthy snack is fruit, right now it's red grapes.
Hummus, carrots and celery. Filling and tasty!
Apples are always a great choice! I recently had homemade hummus and am IN LOVE. I'm definitely going to eat a lot more carrots if I can have hummus to dip them in. 🙂
Greek yogurt with fresh fruit
My favorite snack is carrot sticks scraping natural peanut butter up from the jar. It is the right amount of savory and yummy and just feel good foodies!
OMG, I LOVE Jillian! I own at least 9 of her DVDs, they are fantastic at kicking my butt. If you haven't listened to it before I would also highly recommend downloading the weekly or bi-weekly podcasts that she has on iTunes, so funny and informative. My favorite healthy snack lately has been celerey and peanut butter – but it's hard to beat the Salt & Vinegar popchips when I get a salty snack craving.
Greek yogurt and a banana!
I like to eat fruit and nut salads with raw honey drizzled over the top!
My favorite snack is to take bananas, cut them in half length wise, spread almond butter and top with with shredded coconut. Sandwich the halves together and freeze (or if I can't wait that long, eat them right then and there!). So good!
hummus!
We love Pop Chips, especially because they are Gluten Free!!
My favorite snack is sliced apple and cheddar cheese!
I absolutely love Pop Chips!!! Another healthy alternative to potato chips that I like are kale chips.
Great blog!
I love veggies with hummus or pretzels.
Toast with peanut butter, a sliced banana, and honey drizzled on it!
Popchips is totally one of my favorite snacks when I can find it. Bbq rules!
I have been on an apple craze lately!
jessicarwarfield at gmail dot com
I love Chobani! 🙂
Love slices of jicama either plain or with hummus.
I love Chobani as a healthy snack. I also love Pop Chips, they are so delicious!
My favorite healthy snack is an apple with an almond butter smear!
Love PopChips! I have gotten many friends hooked on them. Also enjoy smoked almonds. Fun giveaway! Thanks!
Pop Chips are YUMMY! My fave healthy snack is hummus with pita or veggies. My son loves it, too.
Apples and grapes. And Popchips are pretty awesome too! Even my hubby loves them.
Thanks for the opportunity- I am currently on the "get healthy" train.
My favorite healthy snack are almonds!
I like pop corn without butter 🙂
V_theberge@hotmail.com
Hummus and veggies
I love PopChips!!!!!
mcfallsk8er(at)aim(dot)com
Carrots with Caesar Dressing
Dried fruit.
Cherry tomatoes.
Pickles.
Frozen fruit.
Cheese & crackers
Thanks for the chance to win! (^_^)
My favorite healthy snack is light string cheese.