Spring Cleaning Your Diet

Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight has a lot to do with your environment. For most people, your environment includes home, work, and all points in between. Why not give them a much needed makeover with the rest of your spring cleaning? Use this list to clean the blackboard, and your base in time for swimsuit season:

Clean and restock your refrigerator and freezer

First, check expiration dates to make room for new ones. Compost, recycle or reuse what you can and discard the rest. Be sure to clean under and behind the camera to ensure the unit operates as efficiently as possible and keeps food at the proper temperature (below 40 degrees for the refrigerator). Finally, fill with fresh dairy products low in fat and lean protein.

Going on patrol pantry

Consolidate open boxes of pasta, cereals, bars, and more check dates of alteration and long expiry disappeared. Rearrange spices, soups, flour, sugar and other food pantry help reduce the cooking time. Grade your pantry for how "natural" it is. Is it chalked full of processed foods, preservatives or artificial flavors and colors? It is time for a makeover! Contact your local food bank to find out what they accept perishable goods and donate what you can not (or not) use.

E 'spinning, Zumba, yoga or whatever, is definitely strength in numbers when it comes to exercising. Check times and locations of local class, and mark your calendar. Better yet, find a friend in a tag and sign together.

Rate your plate

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Farmer's Market, here I come!

Find out where your local market opens for the season and we where a community-supported agriculture (CSA) near you begin distribution of their products.

Hydrate

With the increase in storms, your body needs for water. Be sure to drink water all day and meals. Try to choose water over other beverages, especially soft drinks with caffeine foods like coffee or tea.