From doing the RESET Nation Challenge last year one thing I have learnt is that you cannot just pick a day and start on that day your healthy eating habits and expect to stick to it for 60 or 90 days. I tried that and failed miserably. One of the best ways I found is to start making subtle changes 5 days in advance. Little changes to your diet for example drop any fruit juice and switch it to water instead. Randomly eat a piece of fruit a day if you don't do it already. Get your taste buds use to fresh fruit and vegetables if it's been a while since you have eaten them in their raw form. Cut out a couple of coffee's a day, drop down to just one in the morning. I switch coffee for herbal teas such as, peppermint, Lemon and ginger or green tea, all great to help with weight loss. 
If deciding to start a weight loss programme after a time where you have eaten a lot of junk food it might be a good idea to detox for a few days. I take USANA's probiotics for a few days in advance to help with my digestive health. Digestive health is the core of our overall health. A healthy digestive system helps our body efficiently break down many of the nutrients we consume into forms that are easily absorbed, maximizing the benefits of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, and defending against nutritional deficiencies. So, when doing a healthy eating programme to bring on weight loss your body will need some help in absorbing all the new goodies you will be putting into it. If you want to loose weight it is roughly 80% based on your nutrition and not primarily exercise (although this is important too for cardiovascular, strength, bone and organ health. It is also really good to exercise just before you start your period as it can stop the cramps and PMS.
As I am starting the 60 day challenge tomorrow (we have a holiday booked in a few months and It would be nice to be fit and healthy after indulging at Christmas) I spent the past few days meal planning. Meal planning in my household is never just for myself I have to think about what the 4 children would like to eat too because we often eat together. Breakfast is simple enough. Lunch for myself is often an USANA protein shake with a USANA snack bar with water or a hot herbal beverage. The children either have a packed lunch at school or a school dinner. But dinner time at home is when we come together as a family and eat together while we talk about our day, so it's important to have something warm, yummy and healthy and one which I can incorporate into my weight loss programme.
I read cook books both for adults and children and come up with a meal plan for the week. Writing a shopping list. I'm feeling that this blog is getting rather long. Shopping, meal planning and cooking nutritional food is a whole new subject. That's for another blog.
There is still time to join me in the weight loss 60 day challenge. Please message me for further details.
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