How do I make exercising fun, and eating healthy delicious? [10 points]?

For exercise :)

- Exercising with a friend or family member

- Finding a sport you really enjoy, like swimming or horse back riding

- Yoga or Pilates is great, you could try going to a class with a friend or family member

- Working out to upbeat music

- Brisk walk in a beautiful area or on like a beach if you are near one

For healthy eating :)

- Replace fast food french fries with homemade sweet potato or regular fries (made with a touch of olive oil, salt)

- For chips, you could try natural sweet potato chips, pita chips, fat free popcorn, pop chips, etc.You can also make your own chips by thinly slicing potatoes or sweet potatoes, olive oil, sprinkling with salt & baking them.

- Replace candy: frozen grapes or banana slices, dried mango strips, dried blueberries/cranberries/cherries/papaya, raisins, etc.

- Try a veggie burger on a wheat bun or a tofu hot dog.

- Replace white pasta with whole grain in pasta dishes + add veggies (for example adding baby spinach to pasta, grilled vegetables to lasagna, broccoli/grated carrot/spinach/kale to pasta salad, etc.

- For a creamy pasta sauce try tomato sauce with goat cheese mixed in, for a healthier dish

- Enjoy pizza, but try it on thin multigrain crust topped with fresh veggies.

- "Comfort food'' like mac & cheese with whole grain noodles, organic cheese. Or for grilled cheese, go for whole grain bread, less butter/no butter, not too much cheese.

- To make oatmeal seem like a treat, try it with raspberries, dark chocolate chips or carob chips with vanilla almond milk. Other oatmeal topping ideas: almond butter or peanut butter, nuts, fresh berries/fruit, raisins, dried fruit like cherries/cranberries/blueberries, cinnamon, skim milk or non-dairy milk, nonfat greek yogurt, jam, honey, agave nectar, maple syrup, etc.

* Non-dairy milk like - almond, soy or rice milk or nonfat yogurt.

- For healthier treat options try things like: frozen yogurt, vanilla greek yogurt with berries & grated dark chocolate, organic cocoa puffs with vanilla almond milk, etc

- Sandwich filling ideas:

(On whole grain bread like multigrain, ezekiel, rye, whole wheat pita, whole grain tortilla, etc.)

- Smoked salmon & cream cheese

- Pesto, tomato, baby spinach & mozzarella melt

- Falafel & hummus

- Almond or Peanut butter & jam

- Chickpea wrap (with things like grated carrot, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, mixed baby greens, salad dressing, etc.)

- Black bean wrap with salsa & some cheese in a whole grain tortilla

- Veggie burger

- Hummus, lettuce, grated carrot, sliced cherry tomatoes in whole wheat pita halves

- Salad: mixed baby greens, romaine or baby romaine lettuce with things like cherry tomatoes/tomato, cucumber, low-fat salad dressing, red onion, dried cranberries, goat or feta crumbles, walnut crumbles, almond slithers, chopped bell peppers, etc.

* For protein to the salad you can add things like:

- Chickpeas (or mixed beans)

- Grilled cubes of tofu

- Strips of grilled tempeh

- Salmon

- Tuna

- Sliced hard boiled eggs

- Make a salad out of diced mango, dried cranberries, chopped cucumber & goat cheese.

- Kale chips (baked with olive oil + salt)

- Stir fry vegetables in a little olive oil (like broccoli, carrot, zucchini, mushrooms, red onion, kale, etc.) with cubed tofu & put it on a bed of brown/wild rice or whole grain noodles with terriyaki sauce.

Healthy, tasty snack ideas :)

~ Veggies & hummus, you can also dip them in salad dressing

~ Greek yogurt or regular yogurt

~ Berries/Fruit & nonfat yogurt or greek yogurt - add healthy cereal if you'd like (Kashi; Nature's Path Organic, etc)

~ Apple slices dipped in almond butter or peanut butter

~ Homemade trail mix. Made with nuts, seeds, dried fruit like cherries/blueberries/cranberries, dark chocolate bits or dark chocolate chips.

~ Whole grain crackers with cheese, hummus

~ Nuts (1/4 cup), seeds

~ Small whole grain tortilla with a tbsp of almond or peanut butter & a tbsp of jam - add a small banana if you'd like. You can also try filling the tortilla with things like cream cheese, low-fat ricotta & honey, honey & cinnamon, etc.

~ Plain greek yogurt with berries/fruit - add a drizzle of honey, agave nectar or jam for sweetness

~ Kashi granola bar or Kind fruit & nut bar or a Lara bar

~ Fruit salad

~ Homemade smoothie - blend fruit/berries with 1/2 - 3/4 cup milk of your choice & 1/2 cup nonfat yogurt. Try adding a tbsp or two of ground flax seed if you'd like to.

Here is a website with some good recipes, meal ideas, nutritional information, etc.

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/

I hope this helps =)

Exercising can be fun. Getting your heart pumping releases endorphins which make you happy :) In order to keep yourself happy while working out, though, try: working out with a friend (as long as they are about at the same level of fitness as you), try to find a sport you absolutely love! basketball, tennis, gymnastics, cheerleading (my favorite), soccer, kirate...whatever you like! Another way to make it fun is through playing a non-competitive sport with friends; kick a soccer ball around, jump on a trampoline...etc. Going on walks with friends is great too :) Its also fun sometimes to go for a run/walk/jog alone, though. It lets you think, and gives you some "me time". I like it :) Eating healthy can be soooo yummy! Try making whole grain blueberry muffins (just change it to whole wheat flour, add applesause instead of oil, and add less sugar) whole grain oatmeal rasin cookies are great too :) Yogurts are awesome, and fruit is delicious! Switch to whole grains: in my opinion, they are yummier that the regular breads/pastas because they are flavorful rather than bland. They have more texture to them :) Eat things like turkey burgers on whole grain buns, or have a make your own helathy pizza bagel on whole grain bagels night :)

eating junk makes you feel droopy, and after you eat a healthy meal you feel really good and refreshed

and another way to make exercising fun is too put awesome upbeat music. They make you feel really good, and give you more speed. make a good playlist of your favorite upbeat songs and about each 3 songs should be one exercise or something.

Find a sport u like and do it with a friend like that other person said... Basketball is super fun 2 play!!! Especially with others and wit all the jumpin it's a good workout!!

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