What is it that makes eating healthy so difficult?

1. Lack of planning: Make sure you leave home each day with a plan that ensures you will have enough good food to eat before you get home.

2. Sugar addiction: The answer to this is to read labels on everything you buy and have appealing non-sugary foods available. (I don’t mean sugar substitutes - they are worse than plain old sugar.)

3. Misleading labels: Regulations on labeling in the food industry are extremely loose. For instance, the term “natural” as defined by the USDA, applies only to meat and poultry products, yet it appears on countless packaged products: cereal bars, chips, cookies, etc.

4. Lack of exposure to good foods: Perhaps with your career or lifestyle you’ve just never had an opportunity to learn what good foods are and how to prepare them.

Once you identify the challenges that are specific to you, and how they may be impacting your health, you will be ready to set some goals. Seek support in whatever way you need to accomplish your goal of healthy eating. Make a plan today.