| New Year's Resolutions are the promises we make to | | | | could be as simple as learning to make simple healthy |
| ourselves in January of each year, only to find | | | | meals at home rather than going to the fast food |
| ourselves falling back into our bad eating habits before | | | | restaurant. If we do go out to eat, we can make |
| Easter. | | | | healthier choices from the menu. |
| We make a pact with ourselves to form good healthy | | | | When you make the decision to form healthy eating |
| eating habits because we know that that one change | | | | habits, you must avoid triggers. |
| will enhance our lives. Everyone knows that it is a | | | | It is almost impossible to change your eating habits at a |
| good thing to form good healthy eating habits but few | | | | fast food joint. The smell, the golden arches are all |
| people have the will power to make this drastic | | | | triggers that will dissolve your resolution to eat healthier. |
| lifestyle change for the long haul all by themselves. | | | | It is not a lack of will power that drives you to order a |
| There are ways to form healthier eating habits that | | | | "Big Mac" and fries, much of the taste and aroma of |
| won't wreck your social status or run your friends | | | | American fast foods are chemically manufactured to |
| away. The most common reason that individuals can't | | | | elicit both emotional and physical responses. |
| stick to their New Year's resolutions are that they | | | | When you smell Mcdonald's, you get a experience a |
| expect to become perfect overnight. If you make your | | | | feeling of hunger even if you just finished a meal. The |
| goals too restrictive, you set yourself up for failure. | | | | whole advertising campaign is designed to have you |
| Here are some tips for forming good healthy eating | | | | associate the fast food restaurants with good times |
| habits: | | | | and erroneously good eating. |
| 1. Tell Family and Friends | | | | 3.Take Small Steps: Unhealthy eating is as much an |
| Tell the family that there will be a fun night fixing | | | | addictive behavior as smoking or drinking. Eating quick |
| smoothies. Announce that the reason is that everyone | | | | meals or snacking on high calorie foods serve a |
| needs to eat more fruits and vegetables. Tell them | | | | function in our lives. whether it is the lack of time that |
| why. This will involve the whole family in the lifestyle | | | | drives us to the quick fix or the need for family |
| change. | | | | socialization on a budget, we have developed these |
| Do not try going it alone for fear that if they see you | | | | habits to make our lives easier. |
| doing the late night run to McDonalds's they will | | | | Changing bad eating habits to healthy eating habits |
| consider you a failure. You might be surprised. Your | | | | does not have to be an all or nothing decision. The |
| family and friends will respect you for your effort of | | | | best we can do is to take a slow, steady approach to |
| self improvement and offer support. | | | | revamping our eating habits. Little steps that we can |
| Husbands might start grocery shopping or children | | | | follow everyday. Sometimes small substitutions of |
| might start dinner Miracles do happen. | | | | healthy foods for those we know are unhealthy add |
| 2. Avoid Fast Food Restaurants early in the process. | | | | up to a good start toward health. |
| Taking small steps in the direction of a healthier lifestyle | | | | |