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 Quick Steps to Healthy Eating
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- Forget the fads: Diet fads come and go – without offering a permanent
solution. When you hear about the latest diet, always ask yourself: Can I eat
this way for the rest of my life?
- Be realistic: Any eating plan needs to work for your family and your situation.
It needs to fit with your schedule, your food budget, and your cooking skills.
- Make a commitment: Write down important reasons for changing your eating
habits. Share a written or verbal promise to make healthy food choices with
friends or family.
- Start slow: Making drastic changes can be a recipe for failure. Small changes
can make a big difference, if they last. Pick one change, like eating breakfast,
and make it a habit.
- Be consistent: The human body responds well to consistency. If you decide
to eat breakfast, make eating breakfast part of your daily routine – rather
than an occasional thing.
- Stick with it: Research suggests that it takes about 21 days for a behavior
to become habit. If you want to start eating breakfast, make a plan with 21
breakfast menus you’d love to eat.
- Be flexible: Life is full of surprises, and plans need to change. If an early
meeting makes breakfast at home impossible, you need some alternatives, like
desk-fast at work.
- Be creative: Make a list of all the possibilities – like all the breakfast
options that you enjoy: at home, in the car or on the bus, at work, or from
a vending machine.
- Stock up on options: Once you have a list of possibilities, stock up. Fill
your cupboards, car, and desk drawers (anywhere you might eat breakfast) with
healthy options.
- Plan ahead: When situations pose problems, make a healthy plan. Have a meeting
where giant cinnamon rolls are served? Plan to eat 1/2 of a roll; bring cheese
and fruit with you.
- Forgive yourself: Healthy eating does not have to be perfect eating. If
you make a mistake or miss a few days of healthy eating, no biggie. Just get
back on track ASAP.
- Congratulate yourself: Changing your eating habits can be tough. Just think
how long you’ve had your current habits. Give yourself a pat on the back
for any healthy changes.
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