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5 Ideas for Eating Healthy While Moving to a New House

By: George Reynolds | September 27, 2023 | Eating Healthy, New House
5 Ideas for Eating Healthy While Moving to a New House

Our to-do list is longer than usual when we’re getting ready to move into a new home. While moving is an exciting time, it can also be so busy that we can easily forget to take care of ourselves.

Eating healthy while moving to a new home is important to make sure that you keep your overall health in check. The last thing you want to happen in the middle of a move is getting sick, so eating healthy during the process will help make sure that your body is in good condition. Here are the top five ways to eat healthy while moving to a new home.

1- Stay Hydrating

A cornerstone to eating healthy is not just the food you consume but also what you drink, and it’s important to drink enough water. Staying hydrated is imperative when you’re moving because of the extra walking, lifting, and physical activity that you’ll be doing. Have a refillable water bottle with you while doing your moving tasks so that you can stay hydrated all day. You can also cut up different fruits such as strawberries, oranges, lemons, and limes, and put them into your water bottle so you can enjoy delicious fruit water that’s naturally sweetened.

2- Save Time

With our schedules packed full of tasks we need to accomplish when moving to a new home, it’s easy to forgo eating healthy for the sake of our to-do list. Saving as much time as possible during your move helps to free your schedule as well as lower stress levels so you can put a little more focus on eating healthy. Book a portable storage container so that the storage comes directly to your doorstep, then you simply load your belongings into the container, and the company will store the container in their secure facility so you have peace of mind and more time saved during your move instead of needing to drive to and from a storage unit.

3- Offer Healthy Snacks

One of the worst ways to fail at eating healthy is by snacking on junk food. It’s easy to reach for candy, chips, sweets, and other junk food throughout the day as you’re working on moving to your new home. Have healthy snacks available and easily accessible for you and your family such as granola bars, berries, bananas, yogurt, and kale smoothies, so that you can eat healthy snacks instead of reaching for junk food.

4- Eat a Healthy Breakfast

During the moving process, one of the easiest ways to eat a healthy meal is to eat breakfast. This helps you stay full for longer throughout the day and it also jumpstarts your day so that you’re less likely to succumb to eating junk food. A healthy breakfast first thing in the morning helps curb your appetite and start your day off on the right foot.

5- Stock Your New Home’s Refrigerator

Once you move in, make sure that you make a quick trip to the nearby grocery store and stock your new home’s refrigerator with healthy food. This will reduce the temptation to get fast food or meal delivery while you’re unpacking and setting up your new house so that you and your family can have healthy food at the ready. Easy access to healthy food is the key to making sure you’re eating healthy from the first day that you move into your new home.

Moving to a new home takes a lot of time, planning, and energy. Making sure that you and your family are consuming nutritious foods and drinks during the process is the best way to keep you productive and in good health up until you move into your new home.

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George Reynolds

Nature Jim's Sprouts Owner and CEO

Since 1996, George has been working hands on with all thing’s spouts, sprouting and sprouting seeds. He is also a natural health and well-being enthusiast who believes in the power of good health habits. George’s focus on healthy food, nutrition and exercise aligns perfectly with his many years of professional experience as the President of Nature Jim’s Sprouts and Reynolds Industries.

George firmly believes in the health benefits of sprouts and makes them a part of his daily diet. His favorite way to eat sprouts is raw and on sandwiches and salads.

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