1. Don’t diet. A key ingredient in this formula is to NEVER diet. Remove the word from your vocabulary! As a teen, your body is growing and changing rapidly. A strict diet at this stage in your life could be unhealthy. Now’s the time to learn how to eat right and then do so for the rest of your life.
2. Keep track. Make a food log for one week. Write down everything you eat — from regular meals to stolen bites of candy bars to high-calorie drinks like milkshakes or Cokes. Also make note of what time it was eaten.
3. Study the results. At the end of the week, look over your food log. Evaluate where you’re eating high-calorie, low-nutrient foods. Then eliminate these foods from your diet.
4. Find a pattern. Spend some time studying your food log, looking for eating patterns. Do you eat when you’re upset or nervous? Do you eat at bedtime? Stop using food as a Band-Aid for disturbed emotions. When you’re upset, take a walk or express your feelings in a journal; do anything but eat.
5. Eat your Wheaties. Don’t skip breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day. When you wake up, your body hasn’t received any nourishment for 10 to 12 hours. And when the body doesn’t receive any food for more than 12 hours, it goes into survival mode — it burns calories at a slower rate. Therefore, breakfast should be your biggest meal of the day.
6. Check the chart. Learn what foods your body needs daily.
7. Dump the junk. Avoid FAST FOODS! Most are high in calories and fat but low in nutritional value. The only possible exception is pizza. Pizza can be nutritious, but only certain varieties. Avoid pizzas with lots of meat toppings and those with cheese-filled crusts.
8. Don’t go overboard. Everything you eat must be in moderation. You might be eating healthy foods. But if you overeat , you’re defeating your purpose.
9. Exercise! Don’t put it off. As the Nike ads say, “Just Do It!” Take a walk or use the stairs instead of the elevator. Park (or have Mom drop you off) at the end of the parking lot and walk to the mall. Jump on a trampoline. Don’t try to do the whole workout tape at one time; start slow and gradually work up to it. Go swimming. Be creative. Exercise can be fun!
10. Talk to God. If you don’t remember anything else, remember this — GOD CREATED YOU, AND HE UNDERSTANDS YOUR FEARS! Talk to God about your body image and self-esteem. He cares! For proof of this, read Psalm 139. Read it every day until you believe it.
taken from: http://www.briomag.com/briomagazine/healthandbeauty/a0003351.html
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