Set yourself up for success with your food lifestyle.

Have you ever had a difficult time trying to stay true to your new food lifestyle? Most people would say yes, but don’t fully understand that they have not set themselves up for success the proper way. Here’s what I mean. So you say that you’ll begin to eat clean starting today. You go to the grocery store and buy good wholesome ingredients and think that you’re well on your way to changing your habits. Sadly, this is not enough. What about the items you already had in your pantry/fridge that are not conducive to a healthy eating environment? Why do you still have them around? The answer is because you’re not fully committed to your new lifestyle. You can easily fall victim to the late night munchies (lol) or the unhealthy quick afternoon snack and suddenly you’re back at square 1.

This post came about with me trying to basically save me from myself. On Sunday night I tried a new creation, Individual Granny Smith Apple Pies. OMG they were soooo delicious and I served them with a caramel sauce and Butter Pecan ice-cream (Post coming soon! #JustWaitOnIt ). There were 4 mini pies left and I knew that if I were to simply put them in the refrigerator, I’d come back the next day and eat another 2 (because I’m a fat kid at heart. *Shrugs*). So to create a barrier for myself, I put the remaining pies in the freezer. If I wanted to eat them, it would have required too much effort to thaw out and warm back up, so I passed on the opportunity and thus successfully saved myself from myself. Now granted I indulge in sweets on the weekends, but everything else is pretty much Paleo. I told Trent (#Bae) about what I did and he thought it’d make a great post. Thanks hunnie J (He’s right 99.9% of the time).

I encourage everyone to go through every single food item (Yep, E-VE-RY food item) and determine which ones are not in agreement with your new lifestyle. Sure you don’t want to throw out all the food. Fine, I get it. You can start to get away from those items by creating barriers. Freeze the items that you can, and put the rest of the items all in one corner of your pantry/fridge. Don’t mix the bad items with the good items. Divide and conquer people (#ThisIsSparta lmao!). Doing this makes it easy for you to make an informed decision about what you’re going to cook/eat at that moment. If you open the ‘bad’ pantry or reach for the ‘bad’ shelf, you already know that you’re deliberately making that choice to go against what you said you would do in your new lifestyle. You can’t make excuses for yourself (We all know what excuses are).

Hopefully this will help someone. Set yourself up for success! And as always, if there is a topic or recipe you’d like me to post, don’t hesitate to comment and let me know. I love reading comments! I’m constantly looking for ways to give you more value on my blog. Peace, love, and food!