During your lifetime, you’ll eat about 60,000 pounds of food.  That is the weight of about 6 elephants.

Kick start your day with a  good healthy breakfast. Don’t be tempted to skip breakfast.

Living healthy is a lifestyle. Choose to be healthy and fit!!!

A smile is worth a thousand words.”Smile”.

A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing. So cover up your tooth brush, and don’t brush your teeth while going to the bathroom.

Boost flavor without boosting the calories. You can favor your food with things like: *** olive oil, onions, celery, garlic, parsley, bay leaves, thyme, dry white wine, tomatoes, ground pepper, just to name a few items.

Skip out on the table salt! It’s horrible for you! Salt makes your body hold on to water. If you eat too much salt, the extra water stored in your body raises your blood pressure. So, the more salt you eat, the higher your blood pressure. The higher your blood pressure, the greater the strain on your heart, arteries, kidneys, and brain.

Be aware that a craving takes 20 minutes to go away. If you can distract yourself for that long, you probably have it beat.  Otherwise, eat what you’re craving in its healthiest form. For instance, go for a baked potato instead of fries.

Stay away from white food. Your body burns twice as many calories breaking down whole foods than processed foods.

Do you like your food spicy? Capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick, heats up your body, which may help you melt more calories.