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Teachers should water fast and cut sugar from breakfast

How Can a Busy Teacher Lose Weight?

Losing weight can seem more difficult for a teacher than other professions. Working after hours to make lesson plans and grade homework takes time. As with many goals in life it takes discipline to take care of yourself first. This means eating the right foods and exercising in order to maintain your health.

Health and Wellness for Teachers

Some of the best advice for teachers to be healthy can seem so simple but it is so very important Here are 8 simple tips:

  1. Don’t eat the donuts and bagels someone brings for everyone
  2. Don’t eat out of the vending machine at school
  3. Don’t eat if you are not hungry
  4. Bring your own healthy snack (for example: almonds, fruit)
  5. Plan what you will eat the night before
  6. Drink water not sodas
  7. Get to bed early
  8. Have an exercise plan for your health

Teachers Should Bring Snacks and Not Use the Vending Machines

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Intermittent Fasting for Teachers

Intermittent fasting is good for anyone not just teachers. But teachers should utilize it just like the rest of us. This means going certain periods of time without eating any calories.

The easiest way to start an IF is to eat dinner at a reasonable time the night before and eat nothing else before bed. The IF begins as soon as dinner is over. The sleep time will give a great head start on the fast. Assuming you sleep 8 hours you’re off to a great start.

Despite the common advice that breakfast is the most important meal don’t buy it. The only time you should eat is when you are hungry and at times, not even then. Intermittent fasting is starting a determined fast and sticking with it. The more you do the easier the longer fasts get. Examples of fasts are below where the first number is the hours of fasting and then the feeding time:

  • 16:8
  • 18:4
  • 20:3
  • 23:1

Below are different healthy fasting lengths of time to do periodically:

  • 24
  • 36
  • 48
  • 60
  • 72
  • 96

The above fasting lengths in hours take some practice to get used to and should only be done periodically for new people throughout the year.