Fortify Your Wedding Diet with a Healthy-Eating Power Phrase
Choosing a healthy diet over calorie-heavy (and yes we admit sometimes yummy) foods can be difficult, even with a wedding as motivation. Making those healthy choices when family and friends are pushing those not-so-healthy foods in your plate can be overwhelming. There’s your fiancé who stocks the pantry with every flavor potato chip known to man, your co-worker who seems to be on the daily burger and fries lunch plan, and your mother who shows her love with triple meat lasagna.
Enter in your new power phrase to save the day: “Eat more nutritious.” Using this power phrase will help you fight off the calorie-pushing people in your life without feeling guilty about it. Your new phrase tells them “I’m not trying to be perfect. I’m just making small steps towards a healthier me.”
Use your new power phrase in these situations:
Situation: Aunt Patty plans to make her famous double cheesy french fries at the Sunday bbq.
You say: “Will you please throw a sweet potato on the grill for me? I’m trying to eat more nutritious.”
Result: Avoids the “Why are you on a diet, you’re perfect the way you are” diatribe from your aunt without compromising your healthy eating streak.
Situation: Your co-worker is looking at you cross-eyed because you just ordered the same Breaded Chicken Cutlet she did, but without the breading.
You say: “I’ve gotta be focused and prepared at work this week, so I’m eating more nutritious.
Result: You fight off the calories and as a bonus, maybe she thinks you’re up for a big promotion.
Situation: You order soda water with a splash of pomegranate at happy hour with the girls instead of your usual alcoholic beverage.
You say: “It’s been so crazy lately with all the wedding planning, so I’m trying to eat more nutritious”
Result: Your friends don’t feel bad about drinking it up while you wave bye-bye to the empty alcoholic calories.
What other situations can you use your new healthy eating power phrase in? Let us know. Make a comment below.
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It is very important to start healthier eating habits as soon as possible when it comes to your wedding. The stress that you may feel may try to steer to bad food but the sooner you get it under control, the more likely you are to stop the urge. A phrase like, “I’m trying to eat more nutritious”, is great because it signifies a lifestyle change and not a temporary diet. Anyone that loves and cares about you would encourage you to be healthier.