How to have good eating habits

Often young people complain about how tired and run-down they are and often use caffeine or sugar to keep them going. Eating well is overlooked nowadays and here on tips on a healthy life style so to not be influenced by bad foods.

 Don't skip meals:

Did you know breakfast is the most missed meal of the day? This is bad because young people need a healthy breakfast such as toast, yoghourt, or fruit. To help them get through the day and improve their concentration.

Eat Health Snacks:

Snacks like cheese, yoghurt, vegetables, fruits, nuts, fruit muffins, wholegrain rolls or crispbreads are all tasty, healthy and nutritious alternatives to high-fat, high-sugar content foods.
Occasionally eating a bag of chips is OK but don't make it a habit of eating it everyday.
Stick to the main food groups:
Young people need more energy than adults so use the sugary or salty foods as a treat and stick to daily serves of dairy and cereal products.
 Healthy eating plan from www.goforlife.vic.com.au

• Group 1 - Breads and cereals: Use wholegrain products wherever possible, for example, bread, pasta, rice and breakfast cereals. Minimum 5 serves per day (maximum 11 per day). One serve equals 2 slices of bread (60g), 1 cup of cereal flakes, 1 cup cooked rice/pasta.

• Group 2 - Fruit and vegetables: Choose a variety of fruits and vegetables - cooked, raw or in the form of juice. Try to have at least one citrus fruit and a yellow or dark green leafy vegetable daily. minimum 3 fruit and 3 vegetables per day. One serve equals 1 medium piece of fruit or 2 small pieces of fruit, 1 cup salad vegetables, half cup cooked vegetables or half cup cooked peas or lentils.

• Group 3 - Meat and alternatives: Meat, chicken, fish (haem iron sources), dried beans, peas, nuts or lentils and eggs may be substituted for meat (non-haem iron sources). Minimum 1 serve per day. One serve equals 65-100g cooked meat or chicken, 85-120g fish, third of a cup cooked beans or lentils, third of a cup peanuts or almonds, 2 small eggs.

• Group 4 - Milk and milk products: Milk, yoghurt, cheese. Minimum 3 serves per day. One serve equals 1 cup (250ml) of milk, quarter cup powdered milk, half cup evaporated milk, 200g tub of yoghurt, 2 slices (40g) of cheese.

• Group 5 - Extra foods: 1-3 per day. One serve equals 2 plain biscuits, one and a half scoops of ice-cream, a sandwich with salad and cheese.

Sample healthy eating meal plan
The following table provides a 3-day sample healthy eating plan for a young person. This meal plan is a guide only, and individual energy and nutrient needs will vary depending on activity level or the presence of medical conditions.

Table 1: Sample meal plan

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Day 1	cereal - wheat biscuits 2 slices wholegrain toast margarine and cheese fruit juice	vegetable soup toasted cheese and tomato sandwich	fried rice chicken, vegetables yoghurt
Day 2	scrambled eggs 2 slices wholegrain toast margarine and vegemite tea/coffee	sandwich on multigrain bread with chicken and salad fruit smoothie	roast chicken with roast vegetables apple pie and custard
Day 3	fruit salad 200g yoghurt cereal - natural muesli tea/coffee	baked potato with baked beans/tuna, salad and cheese	spaghetti with meat sauce garden salad milkshake
Snacks Drink 6-8 glasses of water a day. Choose 1-2 snacks a day if hungry from the following options: raisin toast, banana sandwich, piece of fruit, reduced-fat cheese sandwich, 200g low-fat yoghurt, low-fat muesli bar, handful of nuts and dried fruit, banana/fruit smoothie.

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If you were like me and have troubles with saving your money and spend it on EVERYTHING including stuff you'll probably never use like an electric nose trimmer, the read these tips on ways to save and budget your dollars
1. Find a piggy bank:
It doesn't necessarily have to be a cermanic pig with a slot on it's back-It can be ANY type of contanier  (empty of course cos' money and leftovers don't mix) I keep my money in an emptey metal chocolate contanier. Ask your mum or dad or anyone older than you if you can seal the edges. ( put a slot through the top first and be sure it can be cut through cos' that would be akward)
If you're a creative type of person you can paste or tape images of whatever your saving up for so not to temp you and remind you of what you really want.
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Now we're actually gonna be writing some poems!
Your name in poetry:
An Acrostic poem uses the letters of a word to begin each line.
AnnaBelle
Able to rescue dogs, cats, and other small animals in a flash.
Naughty but only in the olden days when I was a wee kid.
Noble and strong and faithful to all my friends
Anxious when I have to go to the dentist-but who's perfect?
Besieged by far too many silly chores
Efferscent which means I have a bubbly personality.
Lonesome when I have to move to a new town and start over.
Livid when my brother reads my diary
Excellent friend-any takers? hello? HELLO?
Use the letters in your name to write an acrostic poem about yourself. Spell your first name in column form then start each line with a word the begins with a letter on that line.
Make a wish:
make a poem to describe your biggest wish.
I wish I had
a crown of butterflys
An ocean of smiles
A ribbon of fire
A meadow of quiet
A tree of hearts
A sun of dandelions
A window of wind
A bouquet of clouds
And a world of peace
Haiku Heaven:
A haiku (HIGH-Koo) is a Japanese form of poetry. Each haiku has three lines and a total of seventeen syllables- five on the first line, seven on the second, and five on the third.
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Floating on a fluf-fy cloud
Whisper in my ear
Sing along:
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Freeze pops, ice cream, lemonade
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Science, History, or Recess
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Write from the heart:

Make a list of your loves and hates, fancies and fears on a piece of paper.

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What expands your heart with LOVE?
What fires up your pulse ?
What whips you into a white hot rage?
What sends bone-chilling goose bumps down your spine?
What makes you cry bitter tears?  
 Look back at your emotions, and read all your words of joy, fear, sorrow, and rage. Is there a story behind each love and hate?
I am mad,
roaring-dragon mad, 
when my brother pitches balls too fast for batting practice in the driveway,
I tell him over and over to stop,
and he doesn't listen, and he throws the ball HARD,
and it hits me in the elbow and I wish,
I could sprout humongous wings and fly at him and pick him up 
by the scruff of his unwashed neck and zoom over the sky 
with his skinny not-listening body and drop him in a volcano full of spewing purple and red bubbling lava...   
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Write with the flow:
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start- with a thought, an idea or a feeling that you want to capture.
pick- a format ( acrostic, limerick, ballad, couplet, haiku, lyric) 
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Choose the right words- to capture you thoughts, feelings, or vision. Play with familiar words or search for new ones. Mix and match them to see how they work together. 
Make Line breaks- decide where each line of your poem should end. It can be at a natural pause, to emphasize a certain thought or word, or create a specific rhythm. Do whatever works for you!
Read it out loud- The sounds of the words and their rhythm should be music to your ears.
Come to your senses:
What do you:
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hear
smell
taste
and feel 
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Write It Down!
Look for part 2 tomarrow