The time has come and you decide you want to really put in the effort with your diet. It's time to get healthy. You want results and you want to maintain them. You decide that the best way to have a look at your diet is to do a food diary. This time you are honest with yourself and write it all down.
Have a look at your food diary and what do you see? Chocolate, cheese, coffee, Alcohol, white bread? Pretty much all the food that we don't need but we develop an addiction too. On the other hand there seems to be a lack of fruit and vegetables, all the food that give us our nutrients and helps our body function the way it should. This picture is not looking to good and you want to try your best, but let's face it if you cut all the bad food at once you're going to have some mega cravings and withdrawals. You still think to yourself that you can do it. So you go ahead and cut it all out of your diet and what normally happens next is you can't handle the tiredness and headaches, you fall off the wagon and go back to your bad habits.
Here is the NEW plan... You're going to design your own challenge. Firstly go through your food diary and list all the foods that you know are not good for you and need to go. Then on a separate list write down the foods that you know you should be having more of. (We've made it easy for you: | Click here to download a healthy choices template | )
You've written your lists, now what? You're going to take one thing from both lists each week. The bad list you are going to cut out of your diet the good you are going to put into your diet. The next week you are going to pick another food from both lists and do the same. However this does not mean that you can add back in the bad one from the week before. You have now cut out 2 things and increased 2. You can do a swap if you like. Let say that you like to have a salad and Chicken sandwich everyday for lunch but you have white bread then get rid of the white bread and replace it with wholemeal bread or wrap. Depending on how long your list is will depend on how long the process is going to take. Some weeks give yourself more challenges to speed up the process and cut out two nasties and put in two goodies. Then all you have to do is maintain it.
If you do it this way it is not so much to think about. You are not going to have the same sluggish feelings and headaches if you cut it all out at the same time.
You know the old saying "Slow and steady wins the race" ... this is your race and you're going to go through the paces and win it. It's the race to a healthier you.
- Write down EVERYTHING you eat and drink in a day
- List the foods that you know you shouldn't be eating and need to cut out of your diet
- Write a list of fruit and vegetables that you need to put into your diet
- Each week pick an item from each list and cut out the bad and incorporate the good (some weeks challenge yourself and do two or three)
- Keep doing this until you get to the end of the list
- By the end of the list you will have cut out all the naughty things in your diet and replaced them with lots of goodness
- Get ready for loads more energy, better hair and skin, the loss of those unwanted kilos and all the compliments that are about to come your way!
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