Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight
Eat Smart

Eating a healthy diet is a very important part of reaching or maintaining a healthy weight…and maintaining a healthy weight is an important part of overall health.
Tips for Eating Smarter
Load up on fruits & veggies

They are low in calories, full of important vitamins, delicious and filling, and can lower your risk for chronic disease.

Enjoy fresh fruit instead of cookies or chips
Add veggies to your eggs, soups and sandwiches
Freeze blended fresh fruit to make sorbet
Order veggies as a side when eating out
Keep a fruit bowl instead of a candy bowl
Make fruits and veggies half your plate

Re-think your drink

Sugary drinks (soda, sweetened teas, sports drinks, vitamin-enhanced waters, etc.) have lots of calories. Choose water or unsweetened drinks to cut extra calories.

Lower the amount of sugary drinks each day
Try fresh lemon juice in water
Choose herbal teas—they have nice flavor and no calories
Choose calorie-free drinks
Choose 1% or non-fat milk
Put just a splash of 100% juice (an ounce or two) in your water for added taste

Right size your portions

Eating large portions adds extra calories. Eat smaller portions of foods and drinks and eat at a slower pace to satisfy your hunger. Larger portions = extra calories = extra pounds.

Leave a few bites on your plate
Don’t have second helpings
Share a meal with a friend and order a salad as an appetizer
Take half of your dinner home when you go out to eat
Bring a (frozen) calorie-controlled meal to work
Use a salad plate instead of a dinner plate to limit portions