Have you ever reached a point where you were so hungry that you could (and maybe did) eat anything in sight even though you knew this was not the best choice? Especially when we have a certain goal in mind it is critical that we set ourselves up for success and create a supportive environment.
1. Keep your environment clean & trigger free
Let’s assume eating healthier and/ or weight loss is your intention, the first step to assist yourself is to eliminate all food items and drinks that are not supporting you in reaching your goal. Make it easy on yourself and a) eliminate (give away) the foods that you have in the house that could tempt and trigger you by knowing that they are in the house; and of course, b) do not buy any foods that are not supportive of your goal. If we have trigger foods in the house, they eventually will end up in your mouth so it is best to not even have them around to make it easier for yourself ;-)
2. Meal prep
Pick a day and time in your schedule where you have 1 hour. I find it best to do meal prep either on Saturday or Sunday. During that 1 hour you can get a lot done and have breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared for the next few days. Make it fun, put on some music, maybe get your partner or kids involved, or watch a show while you’re prepping your food. I found it very helpful to have my prepped food in glass containers so I can see the fruit, salad, soups… which makes it easy and enticing to quickly put a meal together.
Here are some ideas:
BREAKFAST:
Overnight oats (e.g. blueberry-banana; carrot-cake oats; apple-cake oats;
chocolate-cherry-oats)
Simply place ½ cup of oats and some plant-milk in a jar, stir and add
the fruit you chose (e.g. grated apple, maybe a few raisins, cinnamon,
a few walnut halves chopped up), seal and store in the fridge.
LUNCH - salad:
DINNER:
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