The hardest thing for me to change is my eating habits, and habits is the right word. By habit, I come home from work and eat a snack. I don't typically need one, but I've been doing it for as long as I can remember. It is a difficult habit to shake, or even change. I have tried substituting contents of the snack from unhealthy sugar or candy to a vegetable or fruit; however, they didn't fit the profile for the snack and I usually ended up eating candy anyway -double whammy.
So now, I'm learning to plan my snacks into my day. I'm eating a healthy breakfast with long-lasting foods and eating a healthy snack in the morning as an added boost til lunch. I eat a decent lunch and allow my self a small snack of a Tootsie roll or Andes Mints, not a full serving, upon arriving home. Then go to work on supper. This is the hard part. I tend to over do it at supper. I've found that if I log what I'm going to eat before I eat it, it is much easier to stay on target. Hopefully, this tip will help you if you are struggling with the same thing I am.
With this new epiphany, hopefully, I'll be on my way to results and a healthier lifestyle.
I log what I plan to eat and then eat something completely different for supper anyway. Can't fix that with anything but self-discipline! Hmmm now if only I could get some of that self-discipline stuff...
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work and healthy eating!
Discipline is the hard part. Not everything worthwhile is always easy. I've found that I need to look at it more like a practice than the big game. It's ok to make mistakes, just make sure you learn from them and get incrementally better. Then you can easily recognize the pitfalls in the big game (ongoing lifestyle change).
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