Ten healthy diet tips1) You’ve heard this before but it bears repeating. Visit your doctor and have a check up. Find out your true weight and blood pressure and have blood tests done. Get a base line on where you are right now and discuss with your doctor what you plan to do. Changes to your diet could affect medications you may be taking, and your doctor can advise you as to what changes could result. Perhaps even ask to see you at more regular intervals to monitor your progress. Accept any help he/she offers. Your doctor is a well-educated professional whose advice you should not ignore. Also discuss how you plan to integrate exercise into your life and get his/her approval.
3) You may also want to calculate your BMI, body mass index. It’s a general indicator of healthy weight which your doctor can calculate for you. 4) You’re going to have to get off the couch. The necessity of exercise is just as great as what modifying what you eat. You do not have to join a gym, unless you want to. Personally, I find it boring to sit on a stationary bike staring at myself in a mirror, as gyms are often set up. I find walking a lot more to my liking and it is highly recommended by health care professionals, especially for those just beginning the path to health. I live in a cold climate where we see months of snow and ice, and if I can do it, you can too. 30 minutes a day, no matter what. 5) You must be realistic about the time line on this project. It’s forever. What you are attempting is no small feat. You are about to modify unhealthy, life-long eating patterns, break bad habits and form totally new and good ones. You didn’t get where you are overnight, so….you know what they say about Rome. 6) Stay positive. Find a buddy, read a book for encouragement, remind yourself of why you started, of how far you have come, of what you don’t want to become, or go back to. Use any and all tactics to refresh the inspiration that got you on this journey. And if you “fall off the wagon” one day, don’t sweat it. If you cannot be patient and forgiving of yourself you will likely become frustrated and negative and fall back into old patterns of behavior. There will be bad days. The good news is there’s always a fresh one to replace it!
8) Spend some time analyzing your bad eating habits. If you can figure out where your weaknesses are you may be able to head them off before you find yourself elbow deep in a bag of chips. Can you identify triggers for carbohydrate binges (booze?), or late night snacks (unsatisfying or non-existent dinner?), or sweets (always with a coffee?). 9) In case it has occurred to you that fasting for a few days here and there might be the ticket, put it out of your mind. While fasting may be healthy in some circumstances, as a weight loss tactic it ranks low. The human body is a wonderful and innately smart mechanism. And when food runs low it stores calories as fat to use as fuel later on. I don’t want to store fat, I want to shed it. Not only that but as weight maintenance goes, it sucks. I like food and want to continue to eat everyday. I bet you do too. Having to plan on not eating a few days a month, or more, just to keep my weight down is not my idea of a good time. Plan on eating healthfully everyday instead. 10) The bottom line, at the bottom. No one can do this for you. You and you alone must make the decision and the commitment to do the work necessary for this to happen. You can leave this website now and never come back. Never read another book or site about health ever again. I’ll never know, but you will each and every time you look in the mirror. Every time you turn down an invitation to the beach. Every time you outgrow another pair of pants. Your choice. Return from Ten Healthy Diet Tips to Home Page
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2) Ask your doctor to help you determine what a healthy weight goal would be for you. This will be based on height, and bone structure. 
7) Learn to plan. Hagan Daas ice cream doesn’t “accidentally” get into the freezer. You put it there. If you don’t want to find it, well, you know the answer. Keep the fridge stocked with only the foods you want to include in your new healthy diet. Make sure there is a wide variety of healthy foods that you genuinely love and that will satisfy a craving. Fruits for sweets, nuts for snacks, wholesome grains and veggies with lean meats or fish for meals. If you leave meal times to chance you’ll likely end up phoning out for pizza.
