How can I become a green smoothie maker/yoga/running/all natural food eater/guru ?

[amoleamouseandacat]

I would love to be like this. But I also love a good fry up type of thing. I am desperate to become as healthy as I can be. Making my own smoothies/protein balls kind.

Any ideas how I can change my mind set /pallete?

By starting..
Today! Practice what you preach.

Why would you want to? These people are boring. You would never be able to go out to eat with your friends and family again. You would need new, boring friends who only eat kale.

Can’t help with this one 🍫

If you really want to and are struggling start with one meal (I recommend breakfast) for 2 weeks then change up Lunch and then dinner. Meal plan for all meals and do yoga and running in classes so much more likely to do it.

It doesn’t need to be all or nothing.

Try having a smoothie on weekdays and a cooked breakfast on a weekend! Add some more veggies to your cooked breakfast!

Make a batch of energy balls once a week (or if you CBA buy some Deliciously Ella ones) then have a few other ‘treats’ whenever you fancy

Try out a yoga class once a week, if it’s not for you then try something else!!

Just get started, don’t make excuses and don’t try to achieve 100% perfection as that is not realistic!

Start slowly.
Drink a glass of water before every meal and every time you get home.
Move fry-ups and then cake to weekends only.
Eat more fruit and veg.
Cultivate a love of dark chocolate and have 2 squares when you need something sweet. Or have some fruit.
Aim for 10,000 steps a day. Take time to build up to this if you need.
Actually join a yoga class.

Are you signed up to various social media pages / groups to encourage you? Zoe is a good place to start around nutrition (without signing up) or Dr William Li, as they link healthy eating to health benefits to motivate you. I have the Deliciously Ella app I use quite a lot too. Basically surround yourself with (online) people who are already doing that and it will rub off. It's often more motivating to think of the shorter term benefits (feeling more energetic, skin looking better etc.) than longer term ones.

And we have a winner!

Plan and get some shopping in. Bin the processed stuff so you’re not tempted all the time.

Have a green smoothie (I buy frozen mango, add a banana and handful of spinach with some coconut water or milk - delicious) for breakfast. Have nuts as snacks. Yoghurt with fruit and seeds. I don’t like protein balls, they feel like a waste of time to me.

Make some really lovely colourful meals.

Within a relatively short space of time, this will be the stuff you crave. (But if you do have the occasional fry up, don’t beat yourself up about it).

It's a mindset thing - though you don't actually need to make/consume smoothies or protein bars...

Start the day as you mean to go on - by spending 20-30 minutes exercising while listening to the radio or your favourite music.

Eat a healthy Mediterranean diet. Mostly plants, a fair bit of lean protein, plus a bit of dairy/Greek yoghurt and healthy fats/nuts. Try to limit UPF, sugar and liquid calories.

Walk as much as you can. Take the stairs rather than the lift. Do a daily plank, a few squats while watching TV, some high kicks while you wait for the kettle to boil.

Keep your mind active, challenge yourself and have lots of fun. Find enjoyable hobbies and rewarding interests. Nurture relationships with people who matter to you.

That's all I can think of right now!

A guru? Why? Can't you just 'do you'?

It’s not all or nothing! Try changing one thing at a time, such as more water, less coffee, more fruit as snacks, try one yoga class.

Food prep!
Put the smoothie mix in ready made freezer bags.
It's easier to be healthy with spare time! When you're dashing out the door you make quick bad choices!
Also try yoga on YouTube, loads of free videos/programmes.

We are what we repeatedly do.

So start doing. Pick a thing, find a way to easily fit that into life regularly, and start doing it. In two weeks pick the next thing.
Give yourself grace, having chips for tea doesn't negate the fruit you had for breakfast.

I agree with PP. It’s just about doing a few things differently and seeing how it builds up.

Put more veg in you online shop, plan healthy meals, take the sausages and biscuits out of your basket. Put dark chocolate and berries in.

Do a 10 minute yoga with Adrienne session each morning. If you like it, try a class. In my experience, yoga classes are pretty unthreatening places.

If you don’t like green smoothies and protein balls, don’t eat them. I bet those long-lived Sardinian nonnas don’t either.

Get out for a walk everyday. Even just ten minutes. Leave your phone at home.

And ignore PP telling you ‘these people are boring.’ There’s nothing boring about living a good life, whatever there means for you. I think it was Socrates that said, ‘fry-ups do not an unboring man make.’

I think mostly concentrate on things you enjoy and habits that can fit in with your day. I run 4 or 5 times a week , I eat reasonably healthy but I also eat chocolate every day. I started to drink more water a year ago but it's still a chore! If I drink 700ml that's a good day! I wouldn't drink a kale smoothie if you paid me! 🤣

I've done this, gone from a 22 to a 10/12 and exercise and eat really well.
What worked for me was using my fitness pal to track my eating (though I used it for weightless you may not want to). Atoms (based on Atomic Habits) is also very good for setting healthy streaks. I never wanted to break a streak and here I am over 400 days later.
I don't have any caffeine as I figured out I'm actually very sensitive to it. I drink herbal teas which I used to hate but I found some I love (try teapigs or Bird and Blend). I'm also gluten free which really helps me and non dairy. I eat lots of meat fish and veg and have absolutely no cravings for rubbish at all. I mostly hanker for things like steak, a really nice posh salad, or a bowl of cornflakes!
This is totally different for me as I used to eat a lot of chocolate alongside a healthy but too plentiful diet.
I walk every day.
You just have to do it and then keep doing it.
Good luck!

What even is that? Is it something from social media? I get very influenced by social media so tend to stay away from things that make me feel I should be a certain thing. It's okay if I am learning something from an account. But I only really have about 5 accounts that I am learning from at a time.

You need to pick one thing at a time. Pick one change. Get a cookbook and a book on nutrition. Read about the nutritional content of different types of food. I did this when I was about 21 and now have an encyclopedic knowledge of what nutrients are in what. What you eat will change in your lifetime. How old are you, do you know your TDEE? Make sure you eat enough protein i.e 20mg a day. IMHO diets are fads, think of it as the healthy lifestyle you want to have achieved for your 40s and beyond. This puts the must lose weight and be healthy NOW urgency aside because these are changes where the impact truly is more felt when you age. Gradually phase sugar out, this can take 2-5 years to really stop.

Fast 800 books have some good recipes

I don't think you need to?
Better to do it in moderation imo

Start small and build from there works well in my case
So last year I decided I was getting back to the gym and wanted to lose some weight. I started with 1 x class p week, started calorie counting where I dropped 100 cals per day initially and committed to a 20 min walk 3 days per week.
I've gradually built up to 3 x classes per week, 2/3 runs a week, a leisurely long dog walk one day a week and still calorie counting I'm 3 stone lighter.

You don't need to go all or nothing or be a "guru" but you need to find what works for you and build it into your day/week.

Small steps for sure are the best way to go.

Sounds like you want to be a healthy living influencer and Im pretty sure even those people dont live like that all the time!
I do agree though changing one habit at a time is the way to go...and dont expect perfection.

Ive lost nearly half my body weight the last couple of years, dont smoke or drink, eat mainly whole plant foods. Walk everywhere, exercise 10 times a week. I journal and practise mindfulness as much as possible....
I also have a daily Hula Hoop habit, regularly plonk myself on the sofa to bingewatch Netflix and keep a bar of chocolate in the fridge (not to eat a chunk at a time like a sensible person but for when I want to scoff an entire giant bar of chocolate!!LOL).