6 Habits People With Healthy Weights Have In Common

We've all heard this one a thousand times, but the healthiest among us have taken it to heart. According to the study, a whopping 96% of those who maintain a healthy weight eat breakfast every day. Also worth noting: Fruits, veggies, and eggs were mainstays in their first meal of the day. So bust out those kale smoothie and egg-white omelet recipes.

Not to be all Captain Obvious here, but exercise was a routine fixture for the healthy adults surveyed. Forty-two percent reported exercising at least five times a week. If you can't dedicate that much time to your sweat sessions, you can make the most of your workouts by tweaking them to burn more calories.

We've got a little bit of a love/hate relationship with the scale (it's not a totally accurate way to measure your progress), but according to the survey, it's a fixture in the lives of those who stay slim. Half reported weighing themselves at least once a week.

Try using this strategy to track your progress instead of weekly weigh-ins if you're not a fan of those little blinking numbers.

The healthiest participants weren't fans of dieting, and almost 75% said they never followed a specific diet trend. But that doesn't mean they'll eat everything and anything: 92% said they paid close attention to the foods they ate.

Those who stay fit and healthy are more likely to cook at home. A majority of those surveyed eat their veggies with dinner every night and opt for lean meats like chicken. Interestingly, 7% were vegetarian (3.2% of the overall US population is vegetarian).

These healthy humans also made a habit of paying attention to what their bodies were telling them. Forty-four percent copped to non-restrictive strategies like listening to their hunger cues and only eating high-quality, non-processed foods.