When most people start a new diet or new way of eating, they make one huge mistake. They try to get new results from the same old surroundings. Have you ever heard the expression that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results? Why would you expect new eating habits to appear when your cabinets and fridge are still loaded with the same junk food? You need to adopt some new habits and throw some stuff away if you want be successful.
Here are some steps for you to follow in setting up your kitchen for a brand new way of eating:
First thing to do is get rid of all the snacks. This is usually the biggest problem a person faces when following a new and improved eating plan. They will eat the fruits and vegetables like they are supposed to, but at the first sign of hunger they reach for the snacks. After a few times falling into this trap, the new eating plan is over. I suggest that you keep only one snack that you like a lot for an emergency type situation. Toss all the rest of it.
Sit down with everybody in the house who are beginning the new diet and talk about recipes. Pick some that the group feels that they would like to try and incorporate these into a weekly menu plan.
Plan your menu for the week. Keep the plan simple so that you will consistently follow it.Make a shopping list from the plan. Go to the grocery store and natural food market to pick up the ingredients. Remember that shopping for good food may need to happen twice a week rather than once because of the short shelf life of fruits and vegetables. That's alright though because a shopping trip will be much shorter now because you do most of the shopping in one section of the store.
Wash all the fresh fruit and vegetables as soon as you get home. It is a time consuming thing so don't wait until you are hungry to start the process. After it's all washed put it into the fridge and do the cutting when it's meal time.
Make something that can be kept on hand as a between meal filler. For instance you could make a large pot of soup or cut up some raw vegetables and put it into a food container. Another thing I like to have on hand is brown rice in a rice steamer. It is a great snack to have ready to go.
The main thing is to eat consistently. When you are eating fresh fruits and vegetables you will need to eat more often. Plan accordingly, so that you do not have long periods of time in between meals.
If you do all these things you should have no problem with your new eating plan
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