• Keep It Simple

With all of this talk about healthy eating habits you might feel a little overwhelmed as to where to begin. When I started down this path of living a healthy lifestyle I started with little changes in my daily routine, diet and exercise being the MOST important. My previous experience with dramatic changes in my diet led me to failure so therefore I decided to do it one small step at a time. Thus, that is why it took me a solid year to peel all the weight off BUT, that is also why I have been able to maintain the weight I am at now. Let me remind you for the millionth time, this is a lifestyle NOT a diet. Examples of simple changes I made were grabbing some baby carrots and hummus instead of eating a half a bag of chips! One of my favorite snacks is thick greek yogurt with chocolate coconut granola sprinkled in it. To keep off the mid afternoon food binge I started keeping healthy snacks in my purse such as an apple, cliff bar or bag of almonds to hold me over. The first thing you can do is PREPARE yourself WAY in advance to a possible run in with the enemy, your appetite. There is always going to be temptations in your path so you need to learn how your going to deal with this WHEN it happens. I pack my lunch or snacks with me almost everyday. Did you know that they actually make COOL lunch boxes for adults now?!?! LOL! I have a Vera Bradley lunch bag its sooo darn cute! So start getting with the program one small step at a time and next thing you know SHA'BAM your clothes are fitting a little loser then they were last week! Oh and go for a walk or something, a little exercise goes a longggggg way BABY!