In order to clean up your diet you first need to uncover your biggest eating trouble zone. What are your biggest clean eating issues? Do you avoid vegetables, do you skip meals, do you binge when tired, do you rely on stimulants for energy all the time, do you overeat when stressed, etc. Once you pinpoint your biggest trouble zone, work on clean eating solutions that will help you fix that one zone. The more you focus on your biggest trouble area the easier it gets to clean up your smaller trouble zones.
Focus on habits not just on clean foods
When most of us set out to clean up our diets we tend to focus too much on foods instead of on the habits that motivate us to eat the foods we choose. It’s important not to play the good foods bad foods game. There are definitely foods that are healthier for you than others and it’s o.k. to choose unhealthy foods from time to time but what matters most is how often you make better choices. Keep track of your food choices in a diet journal and you’ll discover a lot about why you choose not to eat clean sometimes.
Be honest about how clean you want to eat
How clean do you really want to eat? Do you want to be 100% compliant and never touch junk food again? Are you happy with 80-90% of your meals being clean? Are you only willing to clean it up 50-60% of the time? The honest truth is that most people don’t want to be perfect and that’s o.k. but it’s important that you decide how clean to eat and then try to stick to that most of the time. Consistency will help you lose weight much faster, keeps you from stressing about food all the time and makes planning cheat meals much easier.
Clean up your diet the easy way with The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Clean
