Think about what you will eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Include healthy snacks. This avoids what I call ‘reactive eating’, when hunger takes hold & we eat the most convenient option available to us. Very often the wrong choice is made. This is a major weight gain trap. Your plan needs to take into account your work and life commitments. What you are going to eat and when you are going to eat it? How much time do you have to prepare your food? If you have a social event coming up plan to enjoy it without over doing it and get back on track the next day. A bad day does not have to turn into a bad week. Learn how to find a balance between your healthy weight goals & having a bit of fun. Make small weekly changes & build on them. Ensure you are implementing these changes 80-90% of the time, this will allow you the odd indulgence here and there along the way.
Reaching a ‘healthy weight’ is a message we need to feed our brain. Prioritise your health. Getting your body into a normal body fat category & feeling better mentally & physically is the key to long term success. That’s step 1. The basic principles of a healthy, balanced diet are lost on many of us today & we are grasping at straws looking for answers to an ever growing problem.
