Healthy Lifestyle Challenge

MyPlate Challenge

To help you complete this challenge, follow the tips below:

• Find recipes, information and helpful tips at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
• Make at least half your grains whole grains
• Boost your nutrition and feeling of fullness by rounding out meals and snacks with vegetables and fruits. Most people have to make an effort to get the recommended amounts. To make it easier, keep your freezer stocked for convenience. Use whole fruit instead of juice to boost fiber intake.
• Avoid allowing yourself to become too hungry. You know the feeling, you become so hungry you would eat absolutely anything. Eating the MyPlate way becomes that much harder in that state of mind. Become a smart snacker to avoid those “hunger-goggles.”
• Pace yourself. Eat slowly and savor every bite. It can take time for your brain to get the message that your stomach is full.
• Don’t forget to remain physically active, click here for some tips.

To win this week’s raffle: Upload a picture to Sargent College’s Facebook page with the appropriate portions as shown in the MyPlate food icon, or post a description of your MyPlate meal.