Healthy eating: Starting a plan for change

What is involved in starting a healthy eating plan?

Eating one healthy meal isn't hard. It may not even be hard to eat three healthy meals in a single day. The hard part is making changes in your daily life so that you start eating healthy every day—and keep eating healthy every day.

It's all about changing your habits. And changing your habits is easier if you make a plan first.

Starting a life of healthy eating—or making any kind of change in the way you live your daily life—is like being on a path. The path leads to success. There are three steps that can help you get started:

1. Have your own reasons for wanting to change.
2. Set goals.
3. Think about what might get in your way, and prepare for slip-ups.

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Author:	Cynthia Tank	Last Updated: May 14, 2008
Medical Review:	Martin Gabica, MD - Family Medicine Ruth Schneider, MPH, RD - Diet and Nutrition Rhonda O'Brien, MS, RD, CDE - Diabetes Educator
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