1. Walk more.
   Walk to the store, to work or just take a walk. There are probably many nice places in your neighborhood you haven’t seen. Check them out. Try to get at least two kilometres (1,25 miles) each day, preferably more. When you feel comfortable walking often, you can try to take a jog. This is even better exercise.
2. Cut down on the unhealthy fat.
   Use more oil and less butter in your food. Olive oil has many health benefits. Sunflower oil is nice for frying.
3. Eat more pork, fish and chicken and vegetables, less sugary and fatty food.
   Eat less sugar, chips, deep fried stuff and fast food. Use unprocessed food in your cooking. Learn to cook healthy food. Cooking can be fun and relaxes you after a long day at work. Pork, fish and chicken are all really healthy. Together with vegetables they are a perfect dinner. Beef you can reserve for the weekends.
4. Eat 5 fruit/vegetables every day.
   A dinner should be 2/3 vegetables and 1/3 meat/fish. Eat an apple or a banana for snack instead of chocolate or chips.
5. Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
   This together with less sugar and fat made me drop 5 kg/10 pounds in 6 weeks (My office is on the 7th floor and I often walk to other offices on lower floors during the day to help people).

The results

If you follow some of or all these tips you will gain a better health, more energy and a better mood.

Bonus tips:

1. If you smoke, stop. This will be the single most effective thing you can do.
2. Keep sweets and alcohol for the weekends only.
3. Try to eat varied food. Fish at least once, preferably twice, a week.

Ingredients

My favorite fruits to use are kiwifruit, pineapple, apple, orange/clementine, banana, pear and grapes. Almost anything goes, sweet fruits are best.

Recipe

Cut fruit into pieces, serve in dessert bowl covered with ice cream. Remember to let the ice cream melt just a little before covering it. Letting the ice cream sit in room temperature for 10-20 minutes while you cut the fruits is a good idea.

Enjoy!

Bonus tip: Yogurt works great too!