Healthy eating: Staying with your plan
What is involved in maintaining a healthy eating plan?
It can be frustrating to start a new habit like healthy eating and then have to stop because something gets in the way—illness, travel, or even just having a bad day. Your goal is to get back in the habit and find a way to make it a routine part of your life.
Remember that you can't create a habit overnight. Keep at it, even if you slip up along the way. It can take as long as 3 months of repetition to form a habit, so every day is a step in the right direction.
Here are three important steps:
- Have your own reasons for wanting to eat healthy.
- Set goals. Include long-term goals as well as short-term goals that you can measure easily.
- Think about what might get in your way, and prepare for slip-ups.
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| Author: | Debby Golonka, MPH | Last Updated: February 6, 2009 |
| Medical Review: | Ruth Schneider, MPH, RD - Diet and Nutrition Rhonda O'Brien, MS, RD, CDE - Diabetes Educator | |
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