You have to look at your “diet” as a new lifestyle. This is the way you will be eating for the rest of your life. Exercise will be part of our life. The first clue that your diet is not a lifestyle is that you cannot stay on it! Your new lifestyle should include elements of healthy eating habits and exercise you will carry on for the rest of your life.

Gone are the days of sugar sweetened everything. No more regular munching on potato chips. No more leisurely Saturdays without a good walk around the park.

Life will be different from now on. You may even gain new friends and acquaintances as you change habits. You will be changing gears all over the place. You might as well begin to adjust your way of thinking. Depending on how heavy you are, you may make amazing shifts. Like any new path in life, you will need to cover new ground and it may even be “scary”.

But it’s OK to change. This is good and though it may be uncomfortable at first so is any new venture. Stay with it. Keep your goals in view. Remember why you are doing this. Better health. Better body. Better quality of life. More attractive.

Your diet is the training ground for the rest of your life. Like any training situation, you need to allow yourself to mess up. Fall down. But get back up again. Just keep trudging forward. Sooner of later the training will take hold and it will be part of you. Just do it!