Organize Your Kitchen and Get Fit
Kill the Clutter and Change Your Eating Habits in the Process
From putting gadgets/utensils in the drawer and clearing the countertops of snack wrappers and boxes, you can greatly increase your chances of getting healthy and fit.
So you have decided to cut out the snacks, keep a food diary documenting what you eat and why, and you are exercising/running/or walking on a regular basis to keep yourself fit and to work off those extra calories. Still, you find the temptation to edge back into those poor eating habits hard to resist. Could it be that your kitchen is the real problem here? Is all the clutter and disarray the true culprit? According to organizational expert, Peter Walsh, clearing out your kitchen can actually help you drop those extra pounds and lead you on the road to getting healthy and fit. In his book, Does this Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? (Free Press), Walsh states that people are caught up in a perpetual state of consumption. He claims it’s no mistake that two-thirds of the country is obese or overweight at the same time that kitchens are bursting at the seams with stuff everywhere. So what’s the solution? Below are some suggested tips:
Downsize the Kitchen
Your kitchen mirrors who you are, what kind of life you want, and what type of body you are creating. Is it the kind of place that excites you to prepare healthy, nutritious meals? If it is overweight with mess and clutter, you can be rest assured your mind will be as well. Clear off those countertops and make room for creating something crisp and low in calories. For many, having kids around may cause a kitchen to look as though it was hit by a cyclone. Snack wrappers and boxes, along with soda cans are often tossed across table and counter tops. Keep in mind that over fifty percent of kids nowadays are also obese, so making them aware of over-indulgent eating habits will put their mind on a healthier track and (hopefully) prompt them to clean up their mess.
Create a Skinny Kitchen
It’s not only the snacks or junk food that is the problem. Empty all the gadgets/utensils you have laying around in a box. Whenever you use something, put it back in a kitchen drawer when you are done with it. If you are one of those that throws mail/bills across the counter or kitchen table, create a file in a handy place. Finally, after a month, go through what’s left in the box or what’s in your kitchen drawers or files and ask yourself if you really need it. Nine times out of ten you will start to downsize the clutter in your kitchen (and mind) and begin to re-organize your life. Clearly, creating an (eating) environment that supports healthy choices could dramatically increase your chances of success.
