Eat in a Routine

When you are trying to get in shape you’ve got to change your diet.  Exercise is important, but diet is equally if  not more so important.  If you run or lift but eat big macs, pizzas, and candy all day, it’s not going to help you out much.

You’ve got to eat for optimum health.  Cook your own food (yes it’s not easy with jobs, workouts, and kids, trust me I know) but it’s definitely doable.

Plan your meals and your snacks.  If you just walk out of the house saying you will eat better today but don’t actually do anything to set yourself up for that, you will fall back in the same  rut.

Get to the store and buy some healthy food and snacks.  Get some baggies, a cooler, and some tupper-ware. Before you go to to bed, prep a tuna sandwich on whole wheat bread, or some salad with chicken on the side.  Put some healthy snacks in zip locks, some almonds, or other nuts, some whole wheat crackers, some veggies with a yogurt  dip.

Set yourself up for success, so that when you wake up late and the kids are acting crazy, you don’t have to worry about your food for the day.  Just like you set up your workout schedule you’ve got to set up your food schedule.