Look at past journeys – What caused you to slip? Some say it’s a stressful event, if so, you need to learn how to deal with it better. We can’t control unexpected tragic events but what you can control is your food. Change your emotional pattern before the stress enters the picture.
Read Labels – Nutritional labels are based solely on single serving size. A small bag of chips may have 3 servings. This is important for tracking food properly.
Track your foods – Even when you go over BITE allotment. Research has shown that tracking good and bad food seems to lessen the damage.
Know your danger food – It sounds simple but sometimes it’s that one pretzel or that one scoop of ice cream that leads us down the wrong path. Your family can live without it, and they will understand it just needs to be out of the house.
Success in changing comes when you are willing to change old habits and discover alternative paths and use resources in new ways. Combine adaptability with an active mind set. Progress comes step by step in your journey towards a happy, successful healthy life.