Peacebelly Diet

The Peacebelly Diet is a balanced diet focused on lifestyle changes. Following the rules outlined below will go a long way in improving overall health.

Rule 1- 80% of meals are healthy meals

Ideally are meals are healthy meals. In reality, we lead busy lives and we might not want to cook at times. Maybe you’re out with friends and don’t want to order some broccoli. Maybe your hosting a dinner party or on vacation. There are times when you want to live your life and have a greasy burger. That’s fine. Enjoying these types of meals once in awhile can make it easier to stick to your other meals being healthy.
Typically it’s easier to not cheat earlier on in the day. If you eat three meals a day, 80% of your meals being healthy would be every breakfast, every lunch, and three dinners a week. Very doable. 80% should be the minimum.

Rule 2 – Find a low calorie alternative

Take a look at what you normally eat throughout the day and look for a lower calorie option. Snacks and drinks are an easy place to start. Do you drink Pepsi? Swap to diet Pepsi. Ideally water of course. Do you put sugar in your coffee? Use sweetner or drink it black. Swap out salt and vinegar chips for a flavoured rice cake chips. If you take the time to look at what you eat throughout the day, you’d be surprised at how much extra calories you consume by not choosing a lower calorie option.

Rule 3 – Address nutritional deficiencies

This is pretty straightforward. Talk to your doctor and get bloodwork done. The chance of your being nutritional deficient is some way is staggeringly high. There are so many factors that could contribute to being nutrient deficient that even eating a perfect diet could still mean your missing some essential nutrients. Vitamin D is a notable one. If you’re not supplementing Vitamin D, odds are you are insufficient. Addressing nutritional deficiencies goes a long way in maintaining good health.

Rule 4 – Mindful eating

We eat because we need to survive. In fact our body incentives us by making it feel good when we eat, because we need to. We could look at anything we put in our bodies like medication and at a core level, we need food as medication to keep living. But like a lot of medication, we could abuse it. When you feel sad or depressed, does it help to eat something good? Do you like having a beer after a long day of work, maybe with some popcorn? Just thinking about why eat you and examining your eating habits will go a long way in controlling what you consume. Instead of changing your habits, work around them. This is why most people gain their weight back after a successful diet, they revert back to their old habits.

Rule 5 – Always have a goal

Do you want to lose weight? Gain weight? Train for a marathon? Or do you want to feel better all the time. Find a purpose for eating. Although most people revert back to their original diets after successfully completing a weight loss diet, they still achieved their goal because they had one. Finding a goal makes following the other rules a lot easier.